I want to dial-in to an SAP system and print from my computer. How do I do it?

If you are using MS Windows, you need to remove ALL network devices except the Dial-Up Adapter. Make sure that you can dial-in and log into the SAP system first. The server must be able to know your machine's IP address by its NAME. The easiest way to do this is to assign a static IP to the dial-up connection, and make sure that an entry is added to the application server's HOSTS file with that IP address bound to a host name (less than 8 characters long). After you have connected, start up SAPLPD. Make SURE that the IP address listed in the SAPLPD window is the same address as your dial-up adapter (from Win95/98, run winipcfg to see your dial-up adapter settings).

If possible, after you have dialed in to the network, ask the administrator to execute a
ping
where is the name of your computer AS DEFINED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED HOSTS FILE, and make sure that the app server can ping your dial-in machine successfully.

Configure a print device to use your computer as the SAPLPD host. The easiest way to do this is to find a device that works on some other computer running SAPLPD (on the LAN with the SAP server), copy all of its settings to a new device (SPAD->Printing Devices->Change), and change only the name of the host computer to the hostname defined in the aforementioned hosts file.