PDF printing in the Builder

I haven't yet installed APEX 3.0 in my own environment, but I was just curious about something.
I see that almost all the report regions in the APEX development environment itself (the Builder app) have a new "Print" link that launches a PDF version of the report.
Since the PDF printing feature requires a BI Publisher installation, would the APEX 3.0 installation automatically install that product? Or would those links be hidden if PDF printing is not properly configured? After I install BI Publisher or Apache XSL-FO, would those Print links magically appear?
Thanks

"ORV"
There could be any number of reasons, based on the information provided, it's hard to diagnose what exactly went wrong with the installation. Please check the forum for a situation that applies to your case. Given your file name 'Calificaciones.pdf' I take it you're not running this in English, so one possible issue could be the default paper size A4, and the issue we found with decimal separators. If not running this in English, please go to the print attributes page and check your page size. Change the units to "Points" and make sure you have whole numbers for page width and height. Should this be the issue, please use this work-around in other cases as well. We'll provide a patch to fix this soon.
Regards,
Marc

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