Error - Printing a report directly to printer

Question

Hi,
i'm using oracle forms 9i and i'm trying to print a report directly to printer. I using the code above:
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(ReportId,REPORT_DESFORMAT,'PDF');
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(ReportId,REPORT_SERVER,GetReportTnsName);
IF ReportDesType = 'CACHE' THEN
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(ReportId,REPORT_DESTYPE,CACHE);
ReportServerJob:=RUN_REPORT_OBJECT(ReportId, PList);
rep_status := report_object_status(ReportServerJob);
IF rep_status=’FINISHED’ THEN
JobId := substr(ReportServerJob,length(GetReportTnsName)+2,length(ReportServerJob));
WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT ('/reports/rwservlet/getjobid'||JobId||'?server='||GetReportTnsName,'_blank');
ELSE
message ('Error’);
END IF;
-- logic for sending report directly to printer
ELSIF ReportDesType = 'PRINTER' then
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(ReportId,REPORT_DESTYPE,PRINTER);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(ReportId,REPORT_DESNAME,:parameter.p_print);
ReportServerJob:=RUN_REPORT_OBJECT(ReportId, PList);
rep_status := report_object_status(ReportServerJob);
IF rep_status=’FINISHED’ THEN
message ('Report sent to printer successfully');
ELSE
--handle errors
message ('Error’);
END IF;
end if ;
i get this error :
REP-50157: Erro no envio do ficheiro para a impressora lp65. Sair com o código de erro 64
NEED HELP !!
Regards,

Answer 1

The printer has to be known on the server where the Reports service runs.
Also, the user who runs the Reports service has to have access to that printer. If you are running on Windows, Reports Service runs as Local system by default. Change that to a real (domain) user, who has access to the printer.