Is it possible to give Direct print of Excel format XML Report

Question

Guru,
As far my understnading Excel Format reports are not supported for direct print in EBS,
I could see the following error in CM request logfile and came across couple of metalink Note :  387104.1 & 1317314.1
However iam not sure on this functionality .
Please provide your experience on this case.
<stdin>: File does not begin with '%PDF-'.
lp: stdin is empty, so no job has been sent.
APP-FND-00500: AFPPRN received a return code of failure from routine FDUPRN. Program exited with status 1
Cause: AFPPRN received a return code of failure from the OSD routine FDUPRN. Program exited with status 1.

Answer 1

Hi,
Initially I get the Form Name by calling FM: SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME and I store it in l_fm_name. now calling the FM: l_fm_name like below:
LOOP AT i_item INTO wa_item.
CALL FUNCTION l_fm_name
          EXPORTING
            wa_item                    = wa_item
         EXCEPTIONS
           formatting_error           = 1
           internal_error             = 2
           send_error                 = 3
           user_canceled              = 4
           OTHERS                     = 5.
        IF sy-subrc <> 0.
          MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
                  WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
        ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
As I have multiple form need to print, I am calling the smartform in loop.