Print to PDF from SAPgui

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Before you begin

1. Adobe Acrobat Professional must be installed on the computer in order to use these instructions.
2. SAP default output device should be set to %FE1
   1. In SAPgui, follow the menu path System > User Profile > Own Data.
   2. Select the Defaults tab.
   3. In the Spool Control section, locate the Output Device field, and enter %FE1
   4. Click on the Save icon to save your changes (looks like a floppy disk).

Windows

1. In SAPgui, execute the DTR or Summary Statement.
2. Press the printer icon.
3. Press the green check.
4. Specify the output device as %WIN

   Windows 10/11: If not prompted to save as PDF, use WLOC

5. Select Adobe PDF from the list of printers.
6. Press Print.
   Result: A windows Save As dialog box opens, prompting for the location to which the .pdf file will be saved.

Macintosh

1. In SAPgui, execute the Summary Statement or DTR.
2. Press printer icon.
3. In the Print Options dialog, choose Portrait or Landscape and press the green check.
4. Choose Print Preview.
5. At the far left, choose the floppy desk icon for Save As (to the left of the printer icon) - Choose a location and a file name.
6. Press Save.

NOTE: For SAPgui Summary Statement and DTR's on Macintosh, printing to %FE1 or MLOC, then sending the job through the Mac OS printing system to Adobe Acrobat Professional is NOT successful.