SAP Printing System

SAP provides its own spooling and printing system within the SAP applications to enable a uniform interface for all printing functions, independently of the system platforms supporting both the printing devices and the application services. This is one of the features of the traditional open client/server architecture of the SAP Basis system.

Printing is an issue within SAP systems that should be seriously considered and carefully planned in the early technical implementation phases any SAP solutions. After the SAP system starts in productive operation, system managers should monitor and manage all the operations related to printing.

Printing functions are intimately associated with and supported by the SAP spool work processes ...

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