Spool request printing unlimited number of copies

Hi Experts,
I have a Z transaction which uses SAP Script for printing. There is a peculiar problem with this. It is printing copies with out any limit. It is continously printing although the spool request is showing only 1 request in the spool attributes. The same form is getting printed multiple times.
I need your help guys....!
Regards,
Arun

Hi Nagraj,
Thanks for the reply...i have checked in VV33 as well..but there is no output type defined in that transaction which is being triggered in my case.
still trying for the fix.....any how hoping that this is due to some configuration problem with output types or the printer....
Regards,
Arun

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has anyone found a fix for this issue? i'm currently experiencing the same issue and would like to know how i can fix this..
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