

In SAP S/4HANA Cloud, essentials edition, background (server side) printing from applications is done via print queues. Print Queues and SAP Cloud Print Manager (CPM) Printing is done either online from the web browser or in the background via a print queue and a print client (default: SAP Cloud Print Manager, custom print clients possible). In the essentials edition the S/4HANA output control is the only available solution for output.
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Output format PDF is only supported by specific printers. No preview possible when output format is not PDF. More device types from release 2021 onwards.Īll device types requiring the metadata of the printout, might not work. Limited to PDF1 and PDFUC in lower releases. SAP guarantees that the spools files created will work with SAP S/4HANA See SAP Help Portal: Printing in SAP S/4HANA Output ControlĮxisting solutions from ERP/Business Suite (e.g. From release 2021 onwards more device types are supported.When using release 2020 or lower, customers can only use the device types PDF1 and PDFUC.The system will write the print data (PS, PCL or PDF) into the spool, not the metadata.You find the supported applications in SAP note 3097507. Hence customers should check if their needed functionality is covered before switching to this new output solution.Īlso not all business applications offer the usage of S/4HANA output control. Compared to other generic frameworks like NAST or PPF there can be certain functionality which is not available because it’s not in the scope of the SAP S/4HANA output control. The focus of SAP S/4HANA output control is cloud-driven and its scope is based on the communication to business receivers. However, this new output solution is optional and customers can decide on application level if they want to use it or not.

This framework provides a cloud enabled output management including some new features like Email Templates, sending attachments, native Fiori integration and support of fragments for output forms with a gateway interface. With SAP S/4HANA, SAP has introduced a new output solution, the SAP S/4HANA output control. SAP guarantees that the spools files created will work with SAP S/4HANA.Customers can use the existing device type(s).So basically there are no special actions required when migrating to SAP S/4HANA or starting a green field implementation. Currently there are also no plans to deprecate any functionality (e.g. In these editions, all existing output frameworks and/or output options known from the business suite are still available and can be used in the same way. SAP S/4HANA on-premise & SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition Let’s take a deeper look into the different editions:

Hence the printing solution is as follows: Edition You find more details in my other blog: Output Management in SAP S/4HANA.įor printing, each edition of SAP S/4HANA has specific technical boundaries. When looking at output management in SAP S/4HANA it is important to distinguish the different editions.
