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

You can use program RSTXPDFT4 to convert any spool into a PDF

If the spool is 100 pages or more, you are prompted to perform the conversion in the background

In SM37 you can see your job, and this will create another spool which is in raw format

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

Save your file as .pdf

Your PDF file is saved, and in this example contains all 191 pages from the original spool

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