Print report on network/local printer

Question

Hi forms gurus,
I repost this topic because it's very important to me.We have at a lot application witch work in client/server mode using forms/Reports 6i.With these applications we haven't problem to print report on printer using RUN_PRODUCT.Now we want to migrate on Forms/Reports 9i.When we use Run_Report_Object to print report on network print, we are encountring problems, the following errors occurs:
REP-713: Printer name '\DT_C2_0_8102\LaserJet1100' is wrong in the parameter DESNAME.
LaserJet1100 is a network printer install on the machine witch have DT_C2_0_8102 in the network.
I would like to know, if there an other way for naming printer? Secondly, i would like to if i add a network printer on my machin and define it as my default printer. Am i obliged to define the parameter DESNAME in the call off RUN_REPORT_OBJECT. If someone have a sample code about how to print on printer, it'll be helpfull.
Plz forms gurus help me to solve my problem.
Thanks in advance.
TYAG

Answer 1

Hi Franck,
Excuse me to repost the same topic.I did it because it's very important to me to solve this problem.
I do what u said by change the value of DESNAME parameter in '\\DT_C2_0_8102\LaserJet1100' but the same error happen.
Here is the code the function i use to print report:
FUNCTION     Run_Synchrone (P_robject VARCHAR2,P_rserver VARCHAR2,P_rformat VARCHAR2,P_rdestype NUMBER,P_rdesname VARCHAR2,P_rfilename VARCHAR2,P_rother BOOLEAN,P_rother_params VARCHAR2,P_rservlet VARCHAR2,P_message_out OUT VARCHAR2) RETURN BOOLEAN IS
          V_rid REPORT_OBJECT;--Id du report object
          --V_rmessage                  VARCHAR2(100)     :='';     
          V_rmessage                VARCHAR2(100)     :=NULL;--valeur de retour run_report_object     
          --V_rstatus                      VARCHAR2(100)     :='';
          V_rstatus                VARCHAR2(100)     :=NULL;--Statuts de l'execution
          --V_Jobid                     VARCHAR2(4000)     :='';
          V_Jobid                     VARCHAR2(4000)     :=NULL;--id du job d'édition
          --hidden_action                       VARCHAR2(2000)     :='';
          --V_other_Param                    VARCHAR2(4000)      :='';
          V_other_Param                    VARCHAR2(4000)      :=NULL;--Autre parametre utililasteur
          V_user_connect VARCHAR2(255):=GET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(username)||'/'||GET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(password)||'@'||GET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(connect_string);--utilisateur connecté
          v_report_url VARCHAR2(100);
          V_Ret_Val BOOLEAN;--Valeur de retour de la fonctio,
     BEGIN
          V_rid:=FIND_REPORT_OBJECT(P_robject);          
          -- setting Reports runtime parameters
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(V_rid,REPORT_COMM_MODE,SYNCHRONOUS);
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(V_rid,REPORT_FILENAME,P_rfilename);
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(V_rid,REPORT_SERVER,P_rserver);
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(V_rid,REPORT_DESTYPE,P_rdestype);
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(V_rid,REPORT_DESNAME,P_rdesname);
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(V_rid,REPORT_DESFORMAT,P_rformat);
          --Autre parametre par defaut= userid
          V_Other_Param:='userid='||V_user_connect;
          --Test si autre paramètre applicatif
          IF P_rOther THEN
               V_Other_Param:=V_Other_Param||P_rother_params;
          END IF;
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(V_rid,REPORT_OTHER,V_Other_Param);
          V_rmessage     := RUN_REPORT_OBJECT(V_rid);
          V_rstatus      := REPORT_OBJECT_STATUS(V_rmessage);               
          --Test d'éxécution de l'état
          IF V_rstatus='FINISHED' THEN--Aucune erreur
               P_message_out:=P_rfilename||' édition terminée avec succès';
          V_Ret_Val:=TRUE;
          ELSE--Erreur quelconque.
               --handle errors
               P_message_out:=V_rstatus||': '||P_rfilename||' édition annulée...';
               V_Ret_Val:=FALSE;
          END IF;
          RETURN(V_Ret_Val);
     END;
And is how i call it:
V_Edition:=Web_Edition.Run_Synchrone ('RO_FM_DMP6',:GLOBAL.rserver,'PDF',PRINTER,'\\DT_C2_0_8102\LaserJet1100',P_File,TRUE,V_user_params,:GLOBAL.rservlet,V_Mess_Out);
What's the problem.Perhaps the problem reside in how i install the printer on the machin where i try to print.What steps must i follow to install it.
PLZ HELP!