C-LANG Statements › PRINTCOPIES Statement—Specify the Number of Print Copies (SAP Jobs)

PRINTCOPIES Statement—Specify the Number of Print Copies (SAP Jobs)

The PRINTCOPIES statement specifies the number of print copies for the reports associated with the ABAP specified in the job.

Supported Job Types

This statement is optional for the following job types:

• SAP Batch Input Session
• SAP Data Archiving
• SAP R/3

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

PRINTCOPIES num

num

Specifies the number of print copies for the reports associated with the ABAP specified in the job. The value corresponds to the SAPGUI Number of copies field on the Background Print Parameters dialog.

Limits: 1-255

Notes:

• Use the PRINTCOPIES statement before the first ABAPNAME statement to set the default value for subsequent steps.
• Use the PRINTCOPIES statement within the boundaries of the step definition (between two ABAPNAME statements or between an ABAPNAME statement and the end of the job definition) to define the value for that step.
• COPIES is an alias of PRINTCOPIES.

Example: Specify Number of Print Copies

This example prints three copies of each report associated with the ABAP BTCTEST:

SAPJOBNAME SAPTEST
AGENT SAPHTAGENT
SAPUSER J01PROD
ABAPNAME BTCTEST
   VARIANT TEST
   PRINTCOPIES 3