Checking default printer before running a report

Hi guys,
I'm trying to run a report directly from a form on the Web. However, at form runtime, the only thing known is DESTYPE ('PRINTER') but DESNAME is not. What I would like the form to do first is to check the user's local machine's default printer before running the report, and maybe show a message like: 'Oops, wait a minute dude! Your default printer is 'X', please change your default printer to 'Y' before proceeding.' Or something to that effect. After the change, of course, 'Y' (the name of the printer) gets passed on to DESNAME, and the report printing proceeds from thereon. Well, I think you get the point. Any cool ideas?
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I can't tell the exact solution.
But just check the Oracle Reports Remote Printing Utility(ORARRP).
U can download this from oracle website.
Using this u can generate o/p to a file and then a double click on that file will display a popup with all the printers accessible for that m/c.
Thx,
Rgs,
Raj

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