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2141173 - Problems printing to SAPSprint default port 515

Symptom

  • SAPSprint service is not running or SAPSprint printing is not working
  • The sapsprint.dbg trace log ends with the following entries (see KBA 1780925 - 'Collect SAPSprint windows log files' regarding SAPSprint log files):
    • Error: The TCP port (515) for SAPSprint is in use.
    • Error: TCP/IP communication could not be started - aborting.

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Environment

  • SAP NetWeaver All release
  • S/4 HANA On premise 
  • ABAP Platform

Product

ABAP PLATFORM 2025 ; ABAP platform 1809 ; ABAP platform 1909 ; ABAP platform 2020 ; ABAP platform 2021 ; ABAP platform 2022 ; ABAP platform 2023 ; SAP ERP 6.0 ; SAP ERP Central Component 5.0 ; SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 ; SAP NetWeaver 2004 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.1 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.2 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.4 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.5 ; SAP S/4HANA 1610 ; SAP S/4HANA 1709 ; SAP S/4HANA 1809 ; SAP S/4HANA 1909 ; SAP S/4HANA 2020 ; SAP S/4HANA 2021 ; SAP S/4HANA 2022 ; SAP S/4HANA 2023 ; SAP S/4HANA 2025 ; SAP S/4HANA Foundation 2022 ; SAP S/4HANA foundation 1809 ; SAP S/4HANA foundation 1909 ; SAP S/4HANA foundation 2020 ; SAP S/4HANA foundation 2021 ; SAP S/4HANA foundation 2023 ; SAP S/4HANA foundation 2025 ; SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 ; SAP Solution Manager 1.0 ; SAP Solution Manager 2.0 ; SAP Solution Manager 2.1 ; SAP Solution Manager 2.2 ; SAP Solution Manager 3.1 ; SAP Solution Manager 3.2 ; SAP Solution Manager 7.0 ; SAP Solution Manager 7.1 ; SAP Solution Manager 7.2 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP Solution Manager 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; mySAP ERP 2004

Keywords

SAPSprint , Error ,  TCP port (515) , TCP/IP , spool, printing, PRN, windows, print, 516, cannot be reached, , KBA , BC-CCM-PRN , Print and Output Management , Problem

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