SAP® Device Types
SAP provides its own spooling and printing system within the mySAP Business Suite solution® or SAP R/3® application to enable a uniform interface for all printing functions, independently of system platforms.
In the SAP R/3® spool system, a device type contains the information needed to format data for output on a particular type of printer or fax. A typical R/3 device type contains the same information that a printer driver does in a Microsoft Windows system -- all the information needed to make an output-ready data stream for the device.
In those cases when SAP R/3® does not include a device type for a particular type of printer or output device, a new device type must be supplied by the manufacturer. Lexmark supplies device types for use with Lexmark printers that have the Optra Forms electronic forms printing solution installed.
Download the Device Type for the printer or product you have.
SAPNet (OSS) Notes
Visit http://service.sap.com/ to obtain these SAPNet Notes:
| Note |
Description (English) |
Beschreibung (Deutsch) |
| 141914 |
Latest list of Lexmark device types |
Neueste Liste der Lexmark Device Types |
| 8928 |
Latest list of all referenced printers |
Neueste Liste aller freigegebenen Drucker |
| 119471 |
Bar Code and OCR SIMM's for Lexmark |
Bar Code und OCR SIMMs fr Lexmark |
| 5196 |
Printing bar codes with SAPscript |
Bar Code Druck mit SAPscript |
| 62178 |
Japanese device types |
Japanische Device Types |
| 83502 |
Printing support for native languages |
Druckuntersttzung fr Landessprachen |
| 94233 |
MICR font support |
MICR font support |
| 424597 |
Unicode Fonts |
Unicode Fonts |
| 197177 |
Printing 2-D bar codes in SAPscript |
Druck von 2-D Barcodes mit SAPscript |
| 39647 |
Problem with IBM2391 Plus printer |
Problems with IBM2391 Plus Printer |
| 160804 |
Error in COLxx print controls |
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| 323460 |
Hatching in printing lists |
Hatching in printing lists |
Demo SAP Programs
SAP Font Test
- You have a Lexmark printer, and want to print all possible font sizes from your SAP application.
- Here is a layout set that can be uploaded to your R/3® system, which will print all font sizes from 6 to 72 point.
SAP Bar Code Unit Test
- You have a Lexmark printer, installed the Bar Code Option, and want to print bar codes from SAP. How do you prove that SAP and the printer work together?
- Here is a unit test program for users that have installed the Bar Code Option in their laser printers. This is an SAP Standard Text file, which along with the the ZOPTRA device type, allows a "unit test" of a Lexmark printer with R/3, and prints all possible bar code symbologies from R/3 to the printer.
How to use layout set Z_TEST_OPTRA
Import
Go to transaction SE38.
Execute program RSTXSCRP.
Put "Z_TEST_OPTRA" in Object Name field.
Put "IMPORT" in Mode field.
Pick File system GUI radio-button.
Select location of your downloaded Z_TEST_OPTRA.FOR file.
Execute.
Print
You should now be able to view this Layout Set from transaction SE71.
Select Utilities > Test Print on the top bar to print the layout set to your printer.
Ensure that the Output Device you select is a PCL driver, such as ZLEX1.
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