APEX 3.0 PDF REPORT

Hi all
I installed APEX 3.0 (no errors) but i have a problem printing.
It seems that i am missing something. whenever i tried to print i am getting the following message:
Acrobat could not open 'obe_ projects[1].pdf' because it is either not supported file type or the file has been damaged
Pls Help. Thanks
Ribhi

Scott:
I have now tried this with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 10.1.3.2 and it worked without issues. We’re currently updating our PDF Printing configuration document:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/html/configure_printing.html
So you’ll find more details about this on that page soon. Im short though, I downloaded the two CDs, ran the installer (I’m using Windows XP) and selected to only install BI Publisher. Once the install completed, and I rebooted my server, all I had to do was start up OC4J (which can be done from the BI Publisher folder in the Windows start menu). And then enter the host address, port and servlet information (/xmlpserver/convert) into my Application Express instance settings and everything worked just fine afterwards.
Regards,
Marc

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