Add a printer in SAP

Creating a Print Device

1.               Log on to any client in the appropriate SAP system.

2.               Go to transaction SPAD.

3.               On the Spool Administration: Initial Screen screen, under the Devices/servers tab click the Output devices button.

4.               On the Spool Administration: List of Output Devices screen, click the pencil picture-icon to switch into change mode.  The easiest way to create a new printer is to copy an existing one.  Click on a similar printer in the output devices screen then click the create with template picture-icon.

5.               On the Spool Administration: Create Output Device screen, fill in the Output device and Short name.  Make any changes that are unique for the new printer on the Device Attributes and Host Spool Acc Method tabs.  When all the required data has been changed/added, click the Save picture-icon.

6.               You will receive an Output device was saved message in the status bar at the bottom of the screen.  Click the lit match picture-icon to activate the printer.

7.               You may now leave the SPAD transaction.