Chapter3 Handling Printing from SAP System There are three types of printing methods from the SAP system, which is one of the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems: Direct printing, Indirect printing, and High Volume printing. This product supports the two printing methods, Indirect printing and High Volume printing, and does not support Direct printing, which is the standard printing method for SAP systems. If you want to print with Direct printing, please use CW-C6000/ C6500 Series. Methods of Printing from SAP System There are the following three methods to print from SAP System. To know the data flow and component of each methods, see "SAP System Printing Data Flow" on page 188 .
187 Printing Method Overview Indirect printing U"Indirect Printing" on page 189 Printing operation is completed through a Windows computer located outside the SAP system. Sprint or SAP LPD software provided by SAP company installed on the Windows computer receives print data from the SAP system, converts the data into Windows print system format, and then prints the data by sending it to a Windows printer driver provided by the printer vendor. Therefore, this method allows you to print on various Windows compatible printers. However, because of using software located outside the SAP system, frequency of problem may increase or printing speed may decrease compared to Direct printing.
High Volume Printing U"High Volume Printing" on page 189 This method is for printing GHS labels that contain color pictograms. The data is sent from EHS (Environment, Health and Safety Management) and GLM (Global Label Management) and printed through WWI (Windows Word processor Integration) Server. HVP driver provided by SAP company is used, and for specifying the target printer, plug-in provided by the printer vendor is used. The amount of data for printing is smaller than that for normal Windows printer driver. Direct printing This product does not support this printing method. This is a standard method for printing from SAP System.
Printing operation is completed in the closed SAP system environment, where basically only programs provided by SAP company are used. Printer driver provided by the system as a SAP standard printer driver is used. Since this Direct printing system is highly reliable and stable, it is generally used for remote batch high-volume printing.