Print Erro in BI Publisher

Hi Experts,
we are getting the following error when we try to print XML Publisher report in PDF format.
Printing output file.
Request ID : 10945693
Number of copies : 1
Printer : USNBKB08203
sh: pdftops: not found
Pasta: Error: Preprocess failed. Command=pdftops /db01app2a035/devdevcomn/admin/out/DEVDEV_usnbka035/XXULGLJE_MXC_10945693_1.PDF /db01app2a035/devdevcomn/temp/pasta16847_0.tmp
Pasta: Error: Preprocess or Print command failed!!!
APP-FND-00500: AFPPRN received a return code of failure from routine FDUPRN. Program exited with status 1
Cause: AFPPRN received a return code of failure from the OSD routine FDUPRN. Program exited with status 1.
Could you please help us to resolve this issue.
Cheers,
Andy

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