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Spool administration

Spool is for printing purpose in SAP.

What Is Spool Administration in SAP?

Spool Administration in SAP refers to managing the entire printing process — from generating spool requests to sending them to printers (output devices).

SAP uses a spool system to temporarily store output (like reports, forms, invoices, logs) before sending it to a printer or file.

 How Spool Works (Flow)

1. User runs a report → chooses print
2. SAP creates a spool request
3. Spool request is stored in TemSe
4. SAP creates an output request
5. Output request is sent to the host spool system (OS printer queue)
6. Printer prints the document

1. Spool Request

• Created when a user runs a report or print job
• Contains formatted output
• Stored in SAP TemSe (Temporary Sequential Object)

2. Output Request

• Created when the spool request is sent to a printer
• Contains device-specific formatting
• Sent to the OS-level spooler

3. Output Device (Printer)

Configured in SAP using SPAD

• Device type
• Access method
• Host spool server

Important T-codes in Spool Administration

T-Code	Purpose
SP01	Display spool requests
SP02	Display own spool requests
SPAD	Printer configuration & spool administration
SP12	TemSe administration (spool storage)
SPAD → Full Administration	Create/change printers
SM51/SM66	Check spool work process load
SM37	Check background job output

Access Methods in Spool (Important)

Method	Meaning
C	Direct operating system call (Windows)
L	Local printing
S	Printing via SAPLPD (old method)
U	Printing via front-end (SAP GUI)
F	Printing to a file

 

We can configure the output device with SPAD transaction code. Default printer in SAP is LP01.

Configuration of output device:

1.Transaction code SPAD.

2.Click Display of output devices à Change.

3.Click on create
4.Give the output device name, spool server details and other require information and click on

save.