PDF printing using SAPSPRINT

We want to move from SAPLPD to SAPSPRINT shortly.
At the moment some aspects are not working and I need your input.
We have a printer that used to print PDF documents fine with SAPLPD however its failing with SAPSPRINT. Does this mean that with SAPSPRINT, we are mandated to use SAPPDFSPRINT or would it still work with other PCL based printers.
The printer in question is a HPLJ5SI printer using access method U on a print server with SAPSPRINT. I reviewed SAP notes and found that we need to have a supported XDC file in order for PDF printing to work. I couldn't find one for HPLJ5SI within the list of XDC files supplied so I added the device type HPLJ5SI and gave default XDC name as hppcl5e.xdc however it doesn't work as it still says unknown device type.
I tried tweaking other things to make it to work but no luck. Also once I add the missing device type to an existing PCL XDC in the XDC assignment, do i need to re-create the PDF form from scratch or would it be okay if I were to re-print a PDF spool thats already there. Just wanted to get test case right here.
The error seem to indicate problem at the core so my question is do we need to switch to SAPPDFSPRINT and if this is our only option given that we will be migrating from SAPLPD to SAPSPRINT.Any pointers here are appreciated.
Regards
Kalyan

Hello Kalyan,
Please see note 1444342.
"You want to print forms that were generated by ADS on printers that are not
defined with a device type in accordance with Note 685571 (that is, they are not
assigned to an XDC file). This was not previously possible. Due to the new
component SAPPDFPRINT, interactive forms can be printed on any Windows printer
just like all of the other spool requests with the SAPWIN device types."
By using SAPPDFPRINT, you do not need to assign XDC file to device type. So it is a easy way to
print PDF on any printer.
If you want to use XDC file and device type other than PDF1 or PDFUC, please read note 685571.
685571 - Printing SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe
Regards,
Yiming

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