Not able to print

[Former Member]

Hello SAPGurus,

Here is one scenario there are two machines and a printer. Printer is connected to machine A through a cable and the same printer is configred at SAP level on machine A. Now how can I get a print out from machine B through SAP when the printer is nowhere connected to it. I am using Access method F wherein it throws a saplpd window which ask me to save it on my machine as a log but doesnt give any printout. I see the spool in SP01 where it shows completed but possibly printed.

Note:- How can a print server help me to solve the issue. Please suggest.

Regards,

Abhishek Paritosh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can use access method 'S' for remote printing.

Read note Note 894444 - Tool for server-based printing on Windows (SAPSprint).

Regards

Shanthosh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

How would you use that to print to a printer connected to another PC?

Steve.

[former_member188883 · Accepted solution]

Hi Abhishek,

As Steve mentioned you need to share the printer from machine A and configure the same into machine B as shared printer.

You may use access menthod G as it has no dependency on SAPLPD.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Deepak Kori

[Former Member]

Hello SAPGurus,

Thanks for your participcation Steve, Deepak, Shantosh, there was a mistake in my original post. I have used the Access Method as S and used __DEFAULT as the printer.

I need to take a print out from a SAP system A which is connected to VPN also the physical printer is connected to it. Now I am not able to take print out when I fire the print command from another SAP system B which is not connected to the physical printer nor it is under the VPN where SAP system A is. Please guide me what shall I do with the system B so that it connects tA and pushes the print out from the printer without putting B into A's VPN.

When I look into SP01 it says Output Device unavailable.

Regards,

Abhishek Paritosh

[Former Member]

So A and B are two different SAP systems on different servers, not two SAP clients of a single system? Is that right?

When you say system B is "not under the VPN where SAP system A is" do you mean there's no network connectivity between them at all, or just that they're not part of the same network? Can the two servers talk to each other? If not, I don't see a solution to your problem.

If they can, then the problem is simply one of how to get server B printing on the printer on server A. This is just a printer sharing problem at the OS level, isn't it? There's nothing SAP-specific in here at all. Once you can print at OS level, the printer appears to be a local printer on server B and you can set it up exactly as you have for system A.

Or am I missing something?

Steve.

[Former Member]

Steve both SAP system A and B are same say SDX with same client say 100. But as I said A is connected to VPN so I dont think so any other system B will be able to connect it.

Please suggest.

Regards,

Abhishek Paritosh

[Former Member]

Unless there's something I'm missing, if there's no network connectivity between servers A and B I don't see how you can do this. Sorry.

Steve.

[Former Member]

Assuming we're talking about Windows machines here, then on machine A just share the printer and on machine B connect to it as a standard Windows printer. Then standard SAP frontend printing will work fine on machine B.

Steve.