Automatic generation of PDF file from briefing book in OBIEE11g

Hi all,
Could anyone tell me if exist a way to generate PDF files from briefing books automatically in OBIEE11g?
Thanks
Annalisa

I only got so far when I tried to do this in Windows. The problem comes when you try to tell the printer to print to a file with a particular name.
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