Defining SAP devices using access method U

From your SAP system, you can submit jobs to an InfoPrint Manager for AIX, Manager for InfoPrint Linux, or InfoPrint Manager for Windows server using LPD by defining your SAP device to use access method U.

This method is intended for InfoPrint Manager users whose SAP R/3 applications run on non-AIX or non-Linux systems. This method is discouraged with SAP systems running on AIX or Linux because you must create AIX or Linux print queues to use it. For a preferred method of submitting jobs from SAP systems to InfoPrint Manager that provides better feedback, see either Installing and configuring InfoPrint Manager's OMS or InfoPrint Manager non-OMS support.

To use access method U to send jobs to InfoPrint Manager, you need to make sure that the LPD service is running on the InfoPrint server. Use the procedure appropriate to your InfoPrint Manager server operating system: