Defining a customized device type for ABAP jobs

If you are printing Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) jobs, you must create a blank ABAP Format in the SAP system by using this procedure:

  1. From the R/3 main menu, access the Spool Administration window by selecting the Tools main menu and then selecting Tools → Administration → Spool → Spool Administration path, or typing /nSPAD in the ok-Code field.
  2. From the Spool Administration: Initial Screen window, select the Formats option and click Change.
  3. From the Spool Administration: Format window, select an existing Format (in this case, X_65_255) from which to copy.
    Note: All ABAP system formats follow the naming convention of X_number-of-rows_number-of-columns.
  4. From the Spool Administration: Copy Format from X_65_255 window, specify the name of your customized Format with the naming convention of Z_number-of-rows_number-of-columns_more-identifying-text.
  5. Click the back icon (the left-pointing arrow) and the system prompts you to save the new ABAP format.

Once you have saved the new ABAP format, you must use Connecting a new format to a device type .

Parent topic: Changing document print orientation