Pdf Printing - Sorry another question

Hi all
I am just getting to grips with apex 3 and looking at some of the new features. I am particularly interested in pdf printing and trying to get a grip on the art of the possible without using BI publisher.
I have read most of the forum posts on the subject and Carl Backstrom’s great blog:
http://carlback.blogspot.com/
I have been through his example without any problem
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=11933:139
Next I have been trying to see what can be done with some of the 3ed Party tools suggested; Atova XML Spy and Atova StyleVision.
I did the following:
1.     Export XML from apex report
2.     Open in XML spy
3.     Generate DTD schema
4.     Create a new SPS in StyleVision based on XML and DTD
5.     Generate xslt-fo
6.     Load xslt in print region in apex and voila…. Error
I have put the generated xslt onto apex.oracle.com with an example
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=579:13
Am I barking up the wrong tree? Or should this be possible. It renders ok with the Apache FOP that comes with StyleVision.
Perhaps there is a problem with the xslt?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Simon

Hello,
After a brief look it looks like it is a namespace issues. See here are my namespaces
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:htmldb_r="http://htmldb.oracle.com/report" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">and here's the one you have
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions" xmlns:xdt="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-datatypes" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:altova="http://www.altova.com">See if there is an export that exports with only xslt namespace and I would at least start with XSLT version 1.0
Regards,
Carl

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I first let Safari to active "Reader" by clicking "Reader" button.
Then I click "Print" button and select Adobe PDF as the printer.
The problem is the PDF file has something wrong (shown above), and I would like to know how to avoid this problem.

Using PDF Printer in XP Mode within Windows 7 64-bit (need x86 driver)

This question was asked before and there was no response. (See http://forums.adobe.com/thread/782430 )
I have practically the same question.
My desktop has as Windows 7 64-bit on it, and Adobe Acrobat X installed on it I have an application that I have to run in XP Mode.
How can I install the print driver in both places without buying another license? They are running on the same machine.
I tried to connecting to the shared PDF Printer using a network printer, but Adobe Acrobat only installs the 64-bit driver, and the XP Mode needs the x86 driver installed.
I found that I can go to the printer properties and it has an option to add the X86 driver but asks for the .inf file.
I believe this version of Acrobat came as part of a bundle, but not positive. Can't find a disk anywhere and also looked for a driver on my PC. No luck.
I know this is a fully licensed product. So anyone know where I can find the driver?
John

How is Acrobat 8 not fully Windows 7 compatible? I see discussions on this Adobe Community saying how Acrobat 8 does work on Windows 7 and with 64-bit. It appears that if Acrobat 8 is updated to the latest version, then this should fix AA8-Win7 issues. And I am at the latest AA8 version, 8.3.1.
And how are Acrobat 8 and Reader XI are not compatible? I have always had Acrobat and Reader installed on the same PC, without ever having any issues. And Adobe allows the installation of one after the other. So apparently Adobe allows them both to exist together. If they are incompatible, then why would Adobe allow them to exist together?
Anyway, I did uninstall the FileOpen Plug-in and the Reader XI, then reinstalled the FileOpen Plug-in. So now Reader is not installed and only Acrobat 8 is installed. I then tried to load the PDF file, but I still get the Acrobat 8 error described above.

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