Technology Brief

Installing and
Configuring
Intermec Device
Types for SAP
Introduction

Intermec printers are now certified through the SAP Printer

Vendor Program. Integrated barcode labeling with SAP is
optimized with Intermec device types for SAP Smart Forms and
mySAP Business Suite.

Supported Host Systems

Intermec also continues to support printing barcode labels

from SAPScript in SAP R/3, XML-enabled printing in SAP
Auto-ID Infrastructure and third-party label design and print
management solutions.

Intermec device types for SAP support printing from Smart Forms
and mySAP Business Suite. The Device Type Printer Wizard
described in this document is available on SAP BASIS 6.20 and
higher with the following Support Packages installed:
SAP_BASIS Release 6.20: SAPKB62063
SAP_BASIS Release 6.40: SAPKB64021
SAP_BASIS Release 7.00: SAPKB70014
SAP_BASIS Release 7.10: SAPKB71004

Using this document

Download SAP Device Types

This document is intended to assist system integrators and SAP

administrators when installing and configuring Intermec device
types in a typical SAP system. It is not an exhaustive guide
for SAP printing. Knowledge of SAP device administration and
appropriate system-level permissions are assumed.
The following documents may be helpful when using Intermec
SAP device types:
SAP Printing Guide (BC-CCM-PRN)
SAP Note # 1760619

Supported Printers

The following printers are supported by Intermec SAP device types:

PM43 and PM43c
PD43 and PD43c
PC23d, PC43d and PC43t
PF2i and PF4i
PM4i
PX4i and PX6i
PD41 and PD42
PB22, PB32 and PB50

Supported Command Languages

Intermec SAP device types support Direct Protocol. No other

printer command languages are supported.

The Intermec SAP Device Types may be downloaded from

www.intermec.com/SAP. The following files are included in the
device type package:
ABAP Page Description Language (PDL) Driver
PRI files Device Types. There is one *.PRI file for each
printer type as follows:
Printer Type

Supported Printers

Intermec 6 inch (203 dpi) DP

PX6i

Intermec 6 inch (300 dpi) DP

PX6i

Intermec 6 inch (406 dpi) DP

PX6i

Intermec 4 inch (203 dpi) DP

PX4i, PM4i, PM43,

PM43c, PF4i, PD41 , PD42,
PC43d, PC43t, PB50

Intermec 4 inch (300 dpi) DP

PX4i, PM4i, PM43, PD4x, PC43

Intermec 4 inch (406 dpi) DP

PX4i, PM4i, PM43, PM43c

Intermec 3 inch (203 dpi) DP

PB32

Intermec 2 inch (203 dpi) DP

PF2i, PC23d, PB22

Intermec 2 inch (300 dpi) DP

PC23d

Save the Intermec device type package to a location on your

server and extract the files

Importing SAP Device Types

Before Intermec printers can be recognized by the SAP system,

the printer device types and driver must be installed. Install the
device types as follows:

3. Select Utilities(M)For device typesImport

1. Logon to the SAP System

2. Open Spool Administration (browse or type SPAD in the
transaction code area)

4. Select Device Type and insert the Object name; Insert the .PRI
file location and click Execute.

Installing the Transport Package

Install the ABAP PDL drivers for Intermec
printers using the following steps:

7. Identify the desired Transport Number and select it

1. Copy the transport files to the proper locations in your SAP system:
a. Copy the K*.PVD to the Cofile folder located at
D:\usr\sap\trans\cofile
b. Copy the R*.PVD to the Data folder located at
D:\usr\sap\trans\data
2. Logon to the SAP ECC Dev System
3. Open transaction STMS (Browse or type STMS in the
transaction code area)

8. Verify Transport Request and click the Check box

4. Select ExtrasOther RequestsAdd

9. Click Yes to attach the Transport to the import queue.

5. Enter the target client and click the Check box

6. Search for the desired transport using the *wildcard selection

and the transport file name (do not include the .PVD extension)
and click the Check box

Configuring an Intermec Output Device

This section describes how to create and configure an Intermec

device using the Device Type Printer Wizard. Import of Intermec
device types and driver should be completed prior to this step as
described in previous sections of this document.

5. Enter the Output Device name, the Short name and click
on the Wizard icon

1. Open Spool Administration (browse or type SPAD in the

transaction code area)
2. Click Display next to Output Devices

3. Click the Change icon

6. From the Device Type Selection Window select Intermec from
the Manufacturers Name drop down box and click the Show
Printers button to see the list of available Intermec printers
Right-click a printer to select it and then click the Check box

4. Click the Create icon

7. Enter the printer Model and Location as necessary

9. Select the Host Spool Access Method, available methods for

Intermec Device Types are:
F: Printing on Front End Computer, or
G: Front End Printing with Control Tech

8. Click on the Access Method tab

10. Enter _DEFAULT in the Host Printer field to route print jobs
from the local machine to the default installed printer
Checking No Device Selection at Frontend will route jobs to
the default printer
Click the Save icon.

Standard Features

This section outlines the standard features that are found

in Intermecs SAP device types implementation.
Barcodes
Barcode
Name

Description

Options

INT2OF5

Interleaved
2 of 5

Linear height, rotation,

ratio, check digit, no
human readable

CODE39

Code 39

Linear height, rotation,

ratio, check digit, no
human readable

CODE39A

CODE93
CODE128

The following SAP Font Families are supported

with printer resident fonts:
SAP Font Family
COURIER

MICR_E

HELVE

COURCYR

LETGOTH

COUR_I7

OCRA

HELVCYR

Code 39
(full ASCII)

Linear height, rotation,

ratio, full ascii character
set, human readable

Code 93

Linear height, rotation,

check digit, human readable

OCRB

HELV_I7

TIMES

TIMECYR

Linear height, rotation, full

ascii character set, subset
a, b and c, human readable

LNPRINT

TIME_I7

Code 128

EAN8

EAN-8

Rotation, check digit,

human readable

EAN13

EAN-13

Rotation, check digit,

no human readable

POSTNET

USPS POSTNET 5
and
USPS POSTNET 9

Rotation, check digit,

no human readable

PDF417

MSI

Fonts
The following font functionality is supported
with Intermec SAP device types:
Downloading of TrueType fonts from SAP
Italics
UTF-8 code page

Rotation, security level,

linear height, columns,
rows, truncation
MSI

Rotation, ratio of the small

bars, no human readable

Graphics
The following graphics type is supported
with Intermec SAP device types:
Monochrome bitmap images are supported on PM, PD and
PC Series printers
Shapes
The following shape types are supported
with Intermec SAP device types:
Box
Horizontal and vertical lines

MICR_C

The following SAP Font Families are supported

through downloadable fonts:
SAP Font Family
A_SIMP

KPBATANP

A_TRAD

KPDODUM

A_TRAN

KPGULIM

CNHEI

KPGUNGSE

CNKAI

KPSAMMUL

CNSONG

THANGSAN

CNSONGP

THDRAFT

DBGOTHIC

THVIJIT

DBMINCHO

TWDPHEI

JPMINCHO

TWMING

JPMINCHP

TWMINGP

KPBATANG

TWSONG

RFID
The following RFID functionality is supported
with Intermec SAP device types:
ISO 18000-6C/EPC Gen2
Write support for RFID inlays
Protection for RFID inlays
Writing KILL PASSCODE into memory for RFID inlays
Writing into EPC memory bank starts at position 4
Writing into USR memory bank starts at position 0

Limitations/Considerations

Printer Configuration and Status

Printer command languages IPL, ESIM, ZSIM, DSIM, CSIM, XSIM
or ESC/P are not supported
Printer settings, including media settings, are not configurable
via the SAP system
SAP print options are not supported
SNMP status feedback is not provided
Fonts
The following font options are not supported
or have limitations where noted:
Cascading fonts
Bitmap fonts
Underline
Superscript/Subscript
Code pages other than UTF-8
PB22, PB32 and PB50 do not support printing Cyrillic characters
Asian language fonts may have wider or narrower spacing when
compared to the mapped SAP standard system fonts.
Printer Hardware
Cutter Control is not configurable via the SAP system
Pre-defined finishing modes, such as cut and peel off, are not
configurable via the SAP system

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Graphics
Print jobs with graphics will not be printed on the following printers:
PF2i and PF4i configurations
PM4i configurations
PX4i and PX6i configurations
PD41 and PD42 configurations
PB22, PB32 and PB50 configurations
Color graphics are not supported
Automatic image scaling across different DPI printers is not
supported
Other
Sending very large print jobs over a wireless interface to
the PB22 and PB32 may fail. This is not related to the SAP
device type, but rather an issue in the printer firmware.
This issue will be resolved in a future firmware release.

References

Other suggested reading:

SAP Device Types Release Notes in the Intermec Device Types
download packet
Whitepaper: Bar Code & RFID Label Printing: Options for
Printing from SAP
SAP Printing Guide (BC-CCM-PRN)

Conclusion

Intermec device types and drivers for SAP make

Intermec printers even easier to integrate with SAP
Smart Forms and mySAP Business Suite.
While this document is intended to assist system integrators
and SAP administrators when installing and configuring Intermec
device types in a typical SAP system, it is not an exhaustive
guide for SAP printing. Please refer to the SAP Printing Guide.
More information about integrating Intermec devices
with SAP may be found at www.intermec.com/SAP.

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