Maintaining Printer Default Values for Returns and Corrections in Receipts in the SAP System

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to maintain the configuration to print the Goods Receipt for a specific Condition Type

Printer Default Values for Returns and Corrections

Maintaining default printer settings for returns and corrections in receipts is crucial for several operational and efficiency reasons. These include streamlining workflow, reducing errors, ensuring consistency in document handling, improving audit and compliance processes, optimizing resource use, and enhancing the speed of handling returns and corrections.

By keeping printer defaults for returns and corrections, businesses ensure that the appropriate documents are printed at the correct locations. This practice supports accuracy, compliance, and efficiency when dealing with returned or corrected goods.

This requirement is standard in SAP and is not specifically related to integration with the Managed Gateway.

SAP offers the flexibility to define printer settings that help streamline workflows, minimize errors, and address specific document-handling needs, particularly in environments where:

  • High volumes of returns and corrections require distinct processing.
  • There are strict requirements for audit or compliance documentation.
  • Dedicated areas or departments manage returns or corrections and need automatic routing of documents.

Companies have the option to maintain these defaults based on their operational processes, industry regulations, and internal quality control standards. However, it is often recommended for businesses with complex inventory and warehouse operations to maintain these defaults, as doing so helps automate and streamline printing for specific types of receipts.

Maintain Printer Default Values for Returns and Corrections

Follow these steps to maintain the printer default values for returns and corrections in receipts:

  1. Using the transaction code SPRO, navigate to Integration with Other SAP Components > Managed Gateway for Spend&Network for Buyer > SAP Business Network Integration > Application Specific Settings > Receipt Request.Image of step 1.
  2. Expand the Receipt Request section and select IMG-Activity for Maintain Printer Default Values for Returns and Corrections in Receipts.Image of step 2.
  3. On the Change View "Print Parameters": Overview screen, choose New Entries. Image of step 3.
  4. On the New Entries: Details of Added Entries screen, enter values in the following fields:
    1. Condition Type: WE03
    2. Plant: For example, 1000
    3. Stor. Location: For example, 0001
    4. OutputDevice: Select the printer of your location. For example, LP01
    5. Print immediately: (Optional) Check the box for using the option
  5. Choose Save.Image of steps 4 and 5.

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