FRONTEND UNAVAILABLE

Hi
I have an strange problem in printing, I am using the Access Method "G" for the printing. users has no complain about the printing, they are printing fine but SP01 is always show the spool request in "WAITING" and "frontend unavailable".
Please advise us.
Regards
Anwer Waseem

Hello Manomeet,
This concept that front end printer can be used for background is partially incorrect or shall I say partially correct. They can be used but automatic printing wont happen. You need to select the spool and then fire the print.
Also you have mentioned "<i>Printing on a frontend printer means that the SAP System can reach the Frontend (the PC), this is not guaranteed. Perhaps you turn off your PC and then the background job can't reach your frontend</i>.
Immediate printing ain't possible with front end printer. SAP wont do immediate printing even if you select that option.. You need to select the spool and the fire the print out. To do this of course your PC needs to be on and working.
Regards.
Ruchit.

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Frontend Unavailable
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Hi anil,
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Regards
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Manish

Hello Manish,
it seems that you try to print the spool in background and that your printer is a frontend printer with the 'Host spool access method F: printing on Front End Computer' (in transaction SPAD).
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chk this statement
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