SAP Note 18081 - SUBMIT TO SAP-SPOOL in a background job

Symptom:

If the statement SUBMIT TO SAP-SPOOL is called up in a background program without the explicit specification of print parameters, then the current print parameters are not used for the SUBMIT call but the usual default print parameters are used.

Reason and Prerequisites

The statement SUBMIT TO SAP-SPOOL behaves in the same way as almost all ABAP/4 statements online and in the background. Print parameters other than the default ones are only used if they are explicitly specified.

Solution
Read the current print parameters using the following call and use this for the SUBMIT command:

CALL FUNCTION 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS'
EXPORTING
MODE = 'CURRENT'
NO_DIALOG = 'X'
IMPORTING
OUT_PARAMETERS = pripars
OUT_ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS = arcparams
VALID = valid
EXCEPTIONS
.....
SUBMIT ... TO SAP-SPOOL AND RETURN SPOOL PARAMETERS pripars
ARCHIVE PARAMETERS arcparams.