Creating or Converting Large PDF Files

Purpose:

You wish to create or convert an OTF spool or a List spool into a PDF file. The PDF is very large (over 100 pages) and if you use report RSTXPDFT4 then this is not efficient for system performance

Overview:

• You have a spool in SP01 that you need to convert into a PDF file and save to your PC/Server
• The spool is over 100 pages, and when you execute report RSTXPDFT4 you get the pop-up message: "PDF Conversion in Background?".
• Converting very large spools into PDF using RSTXPDFT4 is not efficient for system performance, and so the report RSTXPDFT5 can be used to convert these large spools in the background
  

Procedure:

• You have a large spool in SP01 to convert into a PDF file
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• You can use program RSTXPDFT4 to convert any spool into a PDF
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• If the spool is 100 pages or more, you are prompted to perform the conversion in the background
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• In SM37 you can see your job, and this will create another spool which is in raw format
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• Your new spool that has been created by the background job is now ready to be downloaded as a PDF file by using the program RSTXPDFT5
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• Save your file as .pdf
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• Your PDF file is saved, and in this example contains all 191 pages from the original spool
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• If your only requirement is to create and save a PDF file without any spool, then note that you can create the PDF file directly, by using a print-to-file printer with access method G or L and a PDF device type like PDF1. This option is described in the following notes: 6753 - Printing in file (to magnetic tape) or elsewhere
  161516- Printing into a file or anywhere else in NT
  576973 - Creating a file printer on a Windows PC