Printing with mpage(1) or equivalent formating

Q1: Can Java control Margins simular to mpage?
"/usr/bin/mpage -m10l0r60t10b bla.java | lp" prints clearly.
How can I control the margins simularly via Java?
Q2: Can I control which program Java utilizes for printing?
It appears Java is executing the following "echo 'data'|/usr/bin/lp".
Can I control the underlying program called by Java to execute
"echo 'data'|/usr/bin/mpage -m10l0r60t10b | /usr/bin/lp"?
Q3: Can I print multiple pages per sheet?
mpage(1) has "-2", "-4", etc. options to print multiple pages per sheet.
Is there a simular option in javax.print.* methods?

I was not able to find a way to modify the Java Printing layer. However, I have verified the native layer is CUPS lp(1). Well, it turns out you can set lp settings on CUPS lp(1) simular to mpage(1):
lpoptions -o page-left=3 -o page-right=0 -o page-top=0 -o page-bottom=0 -o number-up=4 -o number-up-layout=tblr -o prettyprintThe "-o page-left=# ..." options control margins. The "-o number-up=4 -o number-up-layout=..." options control multiple pages per sheet. The "-o prettyprint" option is an added bonus to provide title bar and additional text formatting.
The only remaining issue... the document title is listed as "Java Printing" instead of the
document name... On to the next layer of the onion.
Anyone know the Java setting to control the document title during printing?

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Valencia, Venezuela
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UT<RS><EOT>
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L_XEKPO is the item table which has all the line item details.
Define the line types based on the positioning of the text in main window. For         example: TABLE_HEADER1
is used for positioning Header texts in the table.
·        Table is divided into three parts: Header, Main Area and Footer.
·        Header is used for printing the Header Title of the table and it at the start of the table on every page.
·         Main Area is used to print the line item details of the PO. Create a line (ITEM_DETAIL) of the line type
TABLE_HEADER1. It will dynamically generate number cells based on the line type defined in the table layout.
Name all the cells as per the usage. For each cell create the text node to display the information. For example:
Cell VAL_MATERIAL, Text node MATNR is created which has text element - -matnr.
·        Footer is used for printing the information after Main Area data is printed. This can be used for Total
printing or any other information which needs to be printed after all line items are printed. Create line
TLE_CONTR_STP for Contractual Stipulation of the line type u2013 LINE which has only one column. Create the
text element to print the information.
Special Requirement: Printing the Acknowledgement text if the order value is greater then USD 50,000.00 on
the second copy only.
·        This requirement needs the modification in the print program and the Smartform.
·        Modification in Print Program to trigger the second copy if the order value is greater then 50K. Its
advisable to copy the standard print program to custom Z program (Z_SMB40_FM06P), and changes should
be made to Z program. Number of copies is passed from NAST to ls_composer_param-tdcopies in Smartforms.
The value ls_composer_param-tdcopies is modified in the print program to 2 if the order value is greater then
50K.
·        The printing of Acknowledgement Text only on second copy is achieved using the COPIES WINDOW in
Smartforms. Define Window ACKN_COPY of the type COPIES WINDOW and Output to u2013 Only Copies u2013 Copies
Differ. Also set the condition in the Condition Tab of the window u2013 SFSY-JOBPAGES = 1, so that it only print
on the first page of the copy.
·        If user selects to print 2 copies and the order value is more then 50k, program needs to print 2 sets
meaning 4 copies. So number of copies is taken care of in Print program but again the printing of
Acknowledgement Text should be only the Even number copy meaning Copy# 2 and 4. This achieved by using
the program lines to determine the even copy. SFSY-COPYCOUNT will tell us the current copy number being
printed.

Printer device group and a label format in SAP AII

Hello @ all,
I try to configure a SAP OER System with SAP AII. Now I should configure the label printing with the transaktion /AIN/ASGN_PRF_FORMAT. I must take a profile name, a printer device group and a label format. The problem is now, that I can't chose a printer device group and also I don't know the label format. Where can I adjust the printer device group and which label format must be in that field?
Can anybody help me?
Thank you.
Peter

Hi Peter,
SAP AII sends the label format filename as part of the Command message xml to the printer during tag commissioning.
I assume you have configured the label format filename for SAP_PRINT_PROFILE using transaction /AIN/ASGN_PRF_FORMAT - Assign Format to Printer and Profile
Now you have to assign that profile to an ID type or GTIN, etc. using the menus under Profiles for Tag Commissioning and Label Printing.
Once this configuration is done, the xml command message containing the element WriteTagData is sent to the printer RFC destination configured against the Device controller as an HTTP message.
This command message will contain the label format and field names - value pairs as per the SAP_PRINT_PROFILE.

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