Frontend printing issue

[Former Member]

Hi,

In our SRM system there is background job runs ZPRINT_PO which runs successfully but it gives the spool request which shows status "waiting".When i double click on status it shows me Status text "Frontend unavailable".

If I try to re-print this manualy than it shows in completed status.

Can anybody please suggest on this....

Regards,

Manish

[MichaelTe]

Hello Manish,

it seems that you try to print the spool in background and that your printer is a frontend printer with the 'Host spool access method F: printing on Front End Computer' (in transaction SPAD).

This doesn't work as far as I know. You have to provide a printer with an other Host spool access method, e.g. C or S or U).

Printing on a frontend printer means that the SAP System can <b>reach</b> the Frontend (the PC), this is not guaranteed. Perhaps you turn off your PC and then the background job can't reach your frontend.

Hope that helps,

Michael