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SAP Printer Vendor Program (PVP)

The SAP Printer Vendor Program (PVP) allows printer vendors to develop optimized support for their printer models within SAP landscapes. The program aims to improve coverage of supported printer models and provide optimal combinations of printer features and SAP technology. Printer vendors can quickly support new printer models and take advantage of marketing benefits and visibility through the PVP online directory. The program benefits customers, printer vendors, and SAP by standardizing support and reducing total cost of ownership.

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SAP Printer Vendor Program (PVP)

The SAP Printer Vendor Program (PVP) allows printer vendors to develop optimized support for their printer models within SAP landscapes. The program aims to improve coverage of supported printer models and provide optimal combinations of printer features and SAP technology. Printer vendors can quickly support new printer models and take advantage of marketing benefits and visibility through the PVP online directory. The program benefits customers, printer vendors, and SAP by standardizing support and reducing total cost of ownership.

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SAP Integration and Certification Center -

SAP Printer Vendor Program (PVP)

PUBLIC
Introduction:

❑ Printing from an SAP system can be a critical business activity for SAP customers; a delayed or defective document can impact a company's
business operations. In addition, with thousands of printer models available and manufacturers continually adding new models to this $100
billion market, it is a challenge for customers to determine the right choice.

❑ SAP is committed to reaching and satisfying as many customers as possible by offering printing industry-leading solutions. We know that co-
innovation helps ensure success in today's marketplace. SAP and printer vendors/manufacturers are cooperating in implementing the best
combinations of printer features and SAP technology to benefit our joint customers under the program structure called SAP® Printer Vendor
Program

❑ Demonstrating the value of our customer-focused ecosystem, SAP is collaborating with leading printer manufacturers such as Brother, Canon,
Dell, Epson, Fuji Xerox, Hewlett Packard, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Lexmark, OKI, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba TEC, and Xero x and etc.,.
SAP Printer Vendor Program members co-develop solutions for broader support of printer models used with SAP software.

❑ Want to know whether your printer vendor is participating? Check the list of members.

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SAP Printer Vendor Program – Goals
Enabling Best-in-Class Printing for SAP Customers

In Real business, to support highly-reliable, high-quality printing is the target of the SAP® Printer Vendor Program

Goal of the program is to:

▪ Provide SAP customers a mapping from a printer model to a working device type for this printer model.

▪ Improve the coverage of supported printer models.

▪ Offer an optimum combination of printer features and SAP’s printing infrastructure.

▪ Engage in joint efforts to identify and implement modern features that benefit SAP's business customers.

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SAP Printer Vendor Program – Engage

SAP engages with printer vendors in three major Phases

❑ Development, Collaboration and Quality Assurance

❑ Delivery, Maintenance and Support of Device Types

❑ Go-To-Market

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Benefits for Printer Vendors
❑ Printer vendors gain access to SAP development systems to develop the optimum support for their devices within SAP landscapes. Vendors
can react expeditiously to their own developments – as soon as a new printer model is on the market, they can make it available for SAP
customers. Using new enhancements that SAP provides to complement capabilities of today's printers, vendors can add value and differentiate
their models from those of competitors.

Marketing benefit for Printer Vendors after joining the SAP ® Printer Vendor program:

❑ After Printer vendor becoming a member (gold or silver), they will be provided an respective enhanced marketing package whichcontains the
logos and branding guidelines that the vendor can use to support their own marketing efforts.

Or

❑ PVP online directory - for all printer vendors which will increase the visibility of the device types & printer model combinations among SAP
customers.

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SAP Printer Vendor Program - Benefits

❑ Customer:
- Can use vendors’ printer models in SAP systems out of the box.

❑ Printer vendor:
- Can add value and differentiate each printer model from competitor’s models by optimum support of print options, etc. in the SAP business
application.
- Optimum combination of printer features and SAP mechanism.

❑ SAP:
- Reducing TCO for our customers by delivering a standard solution for all printer models.

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How to Participate in the SAP Printer Vendor Program

If you are producing (and/or selling) printers and you might want to apply for participation in the SAP® Printer Vendor Program:

❑ Write to [email protected] to get information and SAP colleague will reach out to you to discuss further on participation

❑ Price List: 5000 Euros per year (Euro currency applicable to all countries).

❑ Thereafter the agreement will automatically renew for one-year terms, unless terminated by either Party upon sixty (60) days prior written notice.

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Related Links:

SAP ICC Application Form

❑ Please fill in SAP ICC online application form with information about your company and about the software application that you want to integrate
in order to apply for an integration certification.

Know More About Certification

❑ To learn more about certification please visit Software Certification page.

❑ SAP Printing Guide

❑ SAP Training and Help: Please refer to SAP Education.

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