Installing the SAP Client when SAP runs on Linux

To allow SAP to issue the InfoPrint Manager commands, you must install the InfoPrint Manager SAP Client on every SAP server where an SAP application server will issue the commands. This includes every application server with an SWP managing R/3 devices that have been configured to use access method L for sending jobs to InfoPrint Manager. If you have configured your SAP R/3 system to use alternate servers, you must repeat these installation tasks on the alternate servers as well.

To install the SAP Client for Linux on your SAP application servers, use this procedure:

Log into the Linux system as root.
Insert the RICOH InfoPrint Manager: Common Clients DVD-ROM, LCD4-5642, into the drive.
Open a terminal window.
The first time you run the Installer, follow this procedure:
1. If you are installing from the RICOH InfoPrint Manager: Common Clients DVD-ROM, LCD4-5642:
  1. Insert the DVD-ROM into the drive.
  2. Mount the file system by typing:
```
mount /dev/cdrom <mount_point>
```
  3. Type:
```
cd <mount_point>/linux/x86_64
```
  4. Install the Linux SAP Client package (64–bit) by typing:
```
rpm -ivh ipr-client-sap.4.13.m-n.x86_64.rpm
```
    where m and n represent the service update level.
  5. If you are upgrading the InfoPrint Manager: Linux SAP Client from a previous version, you need to run:
```
rpm -Uvh ipr-client-sap.4.13.m-n.x86_64.rpm
```
    where m and n represent the service update level.
    
    After the upgrade is complete, you must log off and then log in again.
  6. Unmount <mount_point> file system.
  7. Remove the RICOH InfoPrint Manager: Common Clients DVD-ROM.
2. Test the system:
  1. Log off and log back on to pickup the changes.
  2. Issue one of the commands, followed by the -h flag to display the syntax of that command and verify the installation.
    
    For example:
```
pdls -h
```

Note:

The SAP Client package cannot be installed if other ipr-client-sap.* rpm package reside on an SAP application server.
If your installation uses older printers (for example, 4000 printers instead of InfoPrint 4100 printers), the GOCA support can cause the printers to print at less than rated speed. If your applications do not require GOCA support features, such as box shading, you might want to improve performance by turning off the GOCA support. For instructions on turning off this support after installing the SAP Client, see Adding box shading values to printed output.

Once you have completed this procedure, follow the directions for updating the SAP profile to activate the SAP Print Command and define SAP devices that use access method L in Configuring your SAP system to use the InfoPrint Manager Client command.

RICOH InfoPrint Manager™ for Linux

Installing the SAP Client when SAP runs on Linux