Symptom
A customer is not satisfied with the SAP layout for list output (according to SAPterm).
Other terms
Punching, punching margin
Solution
Copy the device type SAPWIN to a local customer copy (for example, ZSAPWIN) using Transaction SPAD Utilities -> select Output devices -> Copy device type. Change the printer initialization of the unsatisfactory formats X_??_?? in ZSAPWIN by calling the formatting for device types in Transaction SPAD.
The control sequences used have the following meaning:
1. Set line spacing to nn.n lines per inch.
\elnn.n;
2. Set character separation to nn.n characters per inch
\ecnn.n;
3. Set character size in nnn=points*20
\eSnnnX
4. Set left hand margin in nnn=points*20
\eMLnnn;
5. Set upper margin in nnn=points*20
\eMTnnn;
Thus: \eS200X sets 10 point typeface and \eMT567; an upper margin of
one centimeter.
If no character separation is entered, this is determined automatically from the character size. However, if a character spacing is specified, SAPLPD must bring every letter onto the paper individually. This is very slow and generally only works well with page printers. You should therefore avoid specifying a character spacing.
Totally new formats can also be generated by changing the parameters. However, these should always follow the naming convention Y_??_?? or Z_??_??.