Service Management – Basic Settings – Print Control – Activate Printing in Online Processing

Well, this is a very simple piece of configuration that is rarely touched in my experience.  The idea behind this configuration is that you can turn off the collective shop floor papers, and instead opt to print them in dialog instead.  The reason this configuration is rarely touched is because it applies to to all of PM and QM.  So any notifications, service order, quality notifications will obey this same configuration.  Nevertheless, it’s best to cover it 🙂

According to SAP,

“The setting should always be used when you make changes to the print programs or the layout of forms, and you want to test the functions of changes from dialog. It is easier to use the options for error search and analysis of changes in a dialog program than in an update program.”

Here is where you can find the configuration in the IMG.

And this is it…  a simple check box of yes or no.  I know… almost too easy.  Just remember, if you use it, don’t forget to turn if off when you’re done testing, or your background print jobs will be useless.

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Mike CTO – JaveLLin Solutions, LLC