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Introduction User Manual
New Device Type Wizard




























Version: 2013-09-18
Table of Content
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Table of Content
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
2. Operation Guide ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
3. How to Use the Old Device Type Wizard ........................................................................................................... 13
4. Updating Information Database Tables on Your System ................................................................................. 14
5. Install a Device Type ............................................................................................................................................ 17
6. Reference SAP Notes ........................................................................................................................................... 18



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1. Introduction
When you create an output device in transaction SPAD, you have to specify an appropriate device type. However,
finding an appropriate device type is not always easy.

To solve this problem the Device Type Wizard had been introduced with NetWeaver 6.20. The Device Type Wizard
recommends an appropriate device type based on the printer model and the language to be printed.

Together with the Unicode Printing Enhancement (UPE) solution a new enhanced Device Type Wizard has been
developed. In addition to an improved usability, the new Device Type Wizard has been extended with several new
features.

The new Device Type Wizard is available in Unicode-systems
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with the following SAP NetWeaver Basis releases:
- 702 SP14 and higher
- 730 SP10 and higher
- 731 SP09 and higher
- 740 SP03 and higher

In Non-Unicode systems and systems which have not imported the above mentioned support packages the old Device
Type Wizard is still active. For a detailed operation guide about the old Device Type Wizard see the attachment
selectdevtype_wizard_old.pdf in note 1036961.

Remark
The following screenshots were taken on a 7.40 system. Although they may look different in older releases, the basic
functionality is the same.



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The new Device Type Wizard is not available in Non-Unicode-systems.

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2. Operation Guide

Note: If you still want to use the old Device Type Wizard, see chapter 3.



To start the wizard, click on the wizard-button in transaction SPAD.



Remark
If you are using the Device Type Wizard for the first time, the following message will be shown:

The database tables which store information about printer models and device types are empty and have to be filled
before the wizard can be used. Please follow the instructions described in the longtext of this message. For further
information see chapter 4.

After you have clicked on this button, the Device Type Wizard is opened.
(If your system is a Non-Unicode system, the old Device Type Wizard will be opened.)


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On the first screen select a printer manufacturer from the drop-down list.
After a manufacturer has been selected, a table containing printer models of the selected manufacturer is shown. In
this table you are able to select one, multiple or all printer models.


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Select the printer model(s) for which you want to see recommended device types and click on Continue with
Language Selection.

On the next screen you have to select the languages/language groups/scripts which you want to print.


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Check the boxes next to the languages you want to print and click on Show Available Device Types.
For example, if the output device shall be used for printing German, Polish and Russian, you need to select the
language groups "Western European" and "Eastern European", and the script "Cyrillic".

Recommendation: Choose only languages which you are really going to print. If you select many languages, but later
you only print documents in for example English and Chinese, maybe not the best option will be suggested
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After that the recommendations are calculated and shown on the next screen in a table.

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In the worst case there is no device type which can be used to print all your selected languages with the selected
printer model. Also an option may be recommended which requires a lot of additional configuration afford or a solution
is suggested which creates printouts of poor quality.

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If you have selected more than one printer model on the first screen, the result will look a little bit different:


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Now double click on a row, or select a row and click on Show Details.


Thereby details about the currently selected device type are shown on the right side.

(+ Unicode Support (UPE))
If this comment is shown, the device type is not able to print the selected language(s) by itself. Instead documents
have to be printed with the Unicode Printing Enhancement (UPE) solution. To use the UPE solution a so-called
Unicode Reference Device Type (URDT) has to be assigned to the output device in addition to a usual device type.
This is done automatically by the wizard. For more information about UPE see note 1812076.


(resident fonts required)
If this comment is shown, the suggested device type may require a special printer. So-called resident fonts have to be
installed on this printer. Please check whether your printer actually possesses such kind of module.


Device Type not yet installed!
If this flag is shown, the selected device type has not been installed in the system. Before it can be assigned to the
output device, you have to install it. See chapter 5 to learn how to install a new device type.
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In case the UPE solution is required an important fact has to be considered, if the selected device type is not yet
installed in the system. UPE is not compatible with all device types. Unfortunately this compatibility can only be
checked, if the device type is installed. As a consequence, you may have to choose another device type after you have
installed the previously selected device type. UPE is possible with postscript and PCL printers.

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To assign this device type to the output device click on Assign Device Type to Output Device.

After that the wizard is closed and transaction SPAD is reopened. The selected device type has been automatically
assigned to the output device. If the UPE solution is required for printing the selected languages, the best fitting
standard URDT
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is assigned to the output device, too.


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At the time of the creation of this document four different standard URDTs are available: URDTC, URDTT, URDTJ,
URDTK. These URDTs differentiate in the used flavor for CJK-languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean). For further
information about the different standard URDTs see note 1812076. The best fitting standard URDT is determined
based on the selected languages. For example, if you select Western European and Japanese, the URDT URDTJ is
used.

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Now save your work to persist the changes.




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3. How to Use the Old Device Type Wizard

The old Device Type Wizard is available via the Goto menu in the new Device Type Wizard.





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4. Updating Information Database Tables on Your System

The relationship between printer models and device types and the list of printer manufacturers are stored in database
tables. The version of the current data on your system is displayed at the top right corner of the screen.



The latest data is provided as an attachment to SAP Note 1036961, Device type selection in transaction SPAD. The
file name is tspopi-yyyymmdd.xml where yyyymmdd is the date of the file creation. (The xml file is zipped so the actual
attached file names are tspopiyyyymmdd.zip.)


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To update your table, download the attachments to your local PC, unzip them, and then click on "Update Printer
Information". A simple dialog box appears.




Click on the marked button. A file dialog appears.


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Select the downloaded file and click on the Open-Button.

After that the database tables are updated automatically.



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5. Install a Device Type
Sometimes a device type might not be installed on your system. You can install it in a traditional way as described in
SAP Note 6427, 'Information about device type upload/download'. However, it is also possible via the Device Type
Wizard.



Click on Install Device Type.

On the following popup further instructions appear.



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6. Reference SAP Notes
1036961 Device type selection wizard in transaction SPAD
1812076 Unicode Printing Enhancement (UPE)
6427 Information about device type upload/download