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Can SAPSprint support the printers without own IP address(USB printer)?

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Dear all,

We want to switch SAPlpd to the new tool SAPSprint for Server based printing.

Our SAP version is 4.6C. We has SAPlpd on our print server (address is 192.168.214.222).

We have two kinds of printers.

One kind are network printers with own IP address.

The other kind are USB printers without own IP address, need to be connected to user's computer.

Now we have installed SAPSprint on a new server(address is 192.168.214.223).

We found that it is OK for network printer.

For example we have a network printer named NP1, NP1's output device in sap system(SPAD) is named NP01,

Host spool access method is 'S',

our old print server(SAPlpd installed on it) address is 192.168.214.222,

the new print server(SAPSprint installed on it) address is 192.168.214.223.

We install NP1 on the new print server(install driver for NP1 during this process),

then change the config of Destination host of output device NP01 in SPAD,

change it from 192.168.214.222 to 192.168.214.223.

(the config of Host printer we use the same name NP1,no need to change,also use Host spool access method 'S')

It is OK for NP1's using,

the SAPSprint replace SAPlpd to provide sap print service on the new server for NP1.

But for the USB printers, the SAPSprint seem not support.

We have a USB printer named UP1, UP1 is connect to a user computer named CP1,

UP1 is installed on CP1(install driver for UP1 on CP1),

and set UP1 for share as name UP1,

UP1's output device in sap system(SPAD) is named UP01,

Host spool access method is 'S'.

We add the printer UP1 on the old server(address is 192.168.214.222),

notice it is add not istall, printer UP1 is installed on CP1,

it will show as a name 'UP1 on CP1' in 'Printers and Fax' view.

our config of Host printer in SPAD is
CP1\UP1,

the config of Destination host is 192.168.214.222.

This setting is OK for SAPlpd environment.We can use UP1 sucessfully for sap print.

But when also add the printer on the new printer server(address is 192.168.214.223),

and change the config of Destination host from 192.168.214.222 to 192.168.214.223.

We found that this setting doesn't work in SAPSprint environment.

It will reply 'SAPlpd err'.In fact we are using SAPSprint on server 192.168.214.223.

We found the below important information in sapnote 894444:

All printers that SAPSprint uses must be installed on the SAPSprint computer.

In our case, the SAPSprint computer is the new server 192.168.214.223

Network printer NP1 is installed on the new server 192.168.214.223, NP1 can work well.

USB printer UP1 not installed on the new server 192.168.214.223,

it is installed on user computer named CP1, and is set share,

we add UP1 on the new server 192.168.214.223, UP1 doesn't work.

Is this means SAPSprint doesn't support the USB printers (without own IP address) in Server based printing conditon?

Any experienced please give your advice.

Regards

Allen

Edited by: allenGG on Sep 9, 2011 12:00 PM

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Sriram2009
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Hi

u2003

1. In your UP1 printer shared in the CP1 system that shared printer configured in your either old or new sap sprint server and then try to use the Sap S print method.

2. If you are using the HP DeskJet printers you can find the network to USB converter (HP jet direct port)

Regards

Sriram

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In fact, finally we found SAPSprint can support the USB printers, but not good and stable enough.

Sometimes the SAP print request of USB printers not printed out, we didn't find why it happened.

And for the network printers, we found it is good working in SAPSprint environment.

We have more than 10 usb printers. They are used for our production department which is 24 hours running.

Since each printer is only used for each user computer(not for share),

so at the end we use front end printing method for these printers.