PLD Multiple copies

[Former Member]

Hello Expert !

In SAP B1 there are a number of places where the number of copies can be setup ;

- In the form itself (via the Document Property window)

- In the printing preferences (where if you select to print when adding the document it prints the number of copies that you require)

- In the user defaults (where per document, you can specify to print when adding a document, it then prints the number of copies you requested)

My questions are ;

- Which configuration superseds the others ??

- Is it normal that the number of copies does not behave the same depending on the setup selected ??

(For this last one, I am having a hard time with printing two copies with different copie identification 'Original' and 'Copy'. It works ok if I create an invoice, call it back and print it. However if I in the printing preference I set the 'When adding, print' and set the number of copies to 2, I will get two pages with 'Copy' on it. I am not sure I understand why the behavior is different)

Yves B.

[Former Member]

This remains a mystery....

I was expecing that the number of copies specified in the PLD would supersede any other setup done in SAP B1.... doesn't look like it....

Yves

[Former Member]

Thanks..... that's the order I was kind of expecting..... however, the behavior is not the same;

if the number of copies is controlled by the PLD, then it is possible to set it up in sich a way that the first copy can say 'original' and the subsequent copies to say 'copy'.

If the number of copies is set in the print preferences, it is not possible to distinguish the copies to print 'original' vs 'copy'.

Yves B.

[Former Member]

Thanks, but these links do not help.......

My question is much simpler ;

- I cannot figure out why when I print an invoice from the AR Invoice marketing document window I get 2 copies of the form (which is what I expect since that's what I have coded in the PLD), but when I set the parameter at the printing preferences level to print when I add a new AR invoice it gives me one copy only.

Yves

[Former Member]

The user defaults will supercede the printing preferences, which will supercede the PLD settings (I think).

There have been bugs with this in the past where if you set 2 copies in each of these places you would actually get 6!, but this has been corrected.

[Former Member]

You may read through these threads first to see anything may apply to you:

[Former Member]

Ok, then I do not understand your previous point......

I have only one form to print invoices, and in terms of number of copies (specified in the form itself) it reacts differently depending if I manually invoke the printing versus if I print automatically when I add the document.

How can that be ???

Yves B

[Former Member]

No. System will use its own logic to find the PLD to use.

[Former Member]

Can you please let me know where I can specify the PLD for auto-printing ???

Yves B.

[Former Member]

Hi Yves,

You need to check which PLD has been used for auto printing. Apparently it is not the one you configured.

Thanks,

Gordon

[Former Member]

My problem is that there are three places where the number of copies can be specified and I need to know which one supersudes the other, and more specifically why when I manually print my documents the number of copies is passed properly to the printer selection window ut when the document print automatically when added this feature is ignored.....

Yves B.

[Former Member]

Thanks for the information. I have done this configuration in the PLD already, and as I mentionned, it works great when I call back an invoice and print it (using the printer icon in SAP B1).

My problem is that I need to automatically print the invoice when the user adds it (to avoid having to call it back and print it every time). When I setup the printing preferences to automatically print when the document is added, I only get one copy (because in the print preferences it says number of copies 1) however my PLD has three copies in it.

So I changed the printing preferences to 'Number of copies = 3', when I add a new invoice, I get three copies but it no longer recognize copy 1 from 2 it thinks that they all are copies.

[Former Member]

Hi Yves Beaucage,

yes, your configuration is correct.

What is your problem?

Close the thread, If problem solved.

Regards,

Madhan.

[Former Member]

Hi ,

I believe your problem starts with last one .You cannot have original . copy by default .You have to customized yur pld to get that going.

Lets start with this and then resolve other ....

Please look at this solution from another thread

The solution is as follows:

Assuming that you want to display the copy name in the Start of Report (SoR)

1) in the Display Document Properties>Paper Format>Number of Copies = 3, this defines how many copies will be printed

2) Place a formula field in the SoR fldCopyName, set its formula as CopyNumber()

3) Place a formula field in the SoR fldCopy1, set its formula as fldCopyName == 1

4) Place a formula field in the SoR fldCopy2, set its formula as fldCopyName == 2

5) Place a formula field in the SoR fldCopy3, set its formula as fldCopyName == 3

6) Place a Text field in SoR and type in your Copy Name in the Content Tab and set the Link to fldCopy1

7) Place a Text field in SoR and type in your Copy Name in the Content Tab and set the Link to fldCopy2

😎 Place a Text field in SoR and type in your Copy Name in the Content Tab and set the Link to fldCopy3