- [Instructor] Setting up the default printer in SAP
is really helpful to get physical outputs from our system,
and it's one of the first things to do
when working in a new SAP system.
Let's set up our default printer now.
To do this, we'll go to More, System, User Data.
This opens our Maintain User Profile screen.
From here, we'll click the Defaults tab.
Now, under Spool Control,
we need to set up our default printer
in the output device field.
To do this, we'll click in there
and choose the match code button.
We'll leave all our fields blank and choose Start Search.
Our search returned three possible default printers.
At larger organizations, this list can be massive.
We'll choose LP01
and select Copy.
We'll also check the Print Now box.
If left unselected, the system retains printing requests
in the spool system until they are released for printing
all at once.
We'll also check the Delete After Output box.
This indicates whether lists
are to be deleted immediately after printing,
otherwise, if left unchecked,
what has been requested to be printed
stays in the spool system until an expiration date.
Now we can Save.
We see we get a success message
that our user ID, student 001, has changed.
It's important to note that our default printer
will not take effect until we log off
and log back onto the system.
To do this we'll press Exit
and confirm Yes, we do want to log off.
Now we can log back on.
We'll enter client,
username, student 001,
and password,
and press Enter.
Our default printer is now set.
To demonstrate printing, we'll enter VA05 and press Enter.
This is our list of sales orders reports.
We're going to run this without any selection criteria
by pressing Execute.
Now on most report results screens,
we'll see our print icon,
which is in our top right next to the Exit button.
When we click this, we'll be able to print a physical copy
to the default printer we just set up.
Setting up our default printer and printing
can be crucial when we need a physical copy
of important system information.