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1574985 - Problems while printing from handhelds to SAP

Symptom

  • Printing from handhelds to thermal printers.
  • The productive system needs to be restarted every time that errors start showing up in SP01.
  • SP01 spool request status displays 'Waiting' and afterward the message changes to "Output device unavailable".
  • SM50 the spool work processes may not show any problems or activity:
        FA  U Connection to SAPLPD Broken
        Q0  I Operating system call connect failed (error no. 55 )
        Q0  2 Stop Workproc PID
  • SP01 error's can display:
        Incorrect (Failed to connect to LPD)
        Error:               LPD response format invalid
        Error during print request output. l_rc = 2
        Unable to establish connection to Berkeley LPD
        4 connection attempts terminated with network errors.
        For more information, look in the system log or developer trace
     
  • Access Method 'U' is in use for the affected Output Device/s in SPAD.


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Environment

  • SAP Netweaver
  • SAP Basis

Product

SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

Print, Printing, Handhelds, Handheld Printers, Thermal Printer, SP01, SPO, WP, Spool Request, Spools, Waiting, SPAD, Output Device Unavailable, Access Method U, Remote Printing, FA U Connection to SAPLPD Broken, Q0 I Operating system call connect failed (error no. 55), Q0 2 Stop Workproc PID, Incorrect (Failed to connect to LPD), Error: LPD response format invalid, Error during print request output. l_rc = 2, Unable to establish connection to Berkeley LPD, Connection attempts terminated with network errors, For more information, look in the system log or developer trace , KBA , network , BC-CCM-PRN , Print and Output Management , Problem

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