Export & Import Printers in SAP

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Symptom
You are doing database refresh and want to preserve the current configured printers in your SAP
system and re-import back after completed the database refresh.

Exporting Printer
1. Execute transaction code SPAD. Click on the Output devices.

2. Switch to change mode and click on any of the output device. Go to Edit > Transfer > Export.
3. Next, in the Import and Export of Device Descriptions screen, you need to select

• Operation = Export
• Options = Execute export, Generate log and Export Printer Configuration
• Objects for export = Put as * if you want to export all the printers or you can define which printers
to be export via multiple selection option.
4. Press Execute (F8). If you happened to receive below notification, just select YES.

If printer configuration data is also exported,

the generated file is incompatible with older

SAP systems (see SAP Note 1040202). Continue?

5. Save the export file (text format file) in your local computer. Please be noted, some of SAP
component (ECC, R/3) will asking for location to save the export file. So, you will need to provide
the full path to your local computer.
6. The export file log of device descriptions will generated. You printer export is completed.
Importing Printer
1. Follow all steps as per exporting but choose IMPORT instead for step 2 & 3.

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