Send PDF output directly to a printer

Hi,
I want to send a PDF Oracle Reports directly to a printer.
I found a plugin (pdfprint) on http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/reports/pluginxchange/index.html but it doesn't work.
REP-50159: Executed successfully but there were some errors when distribute the output REP-80003: PDFPrint : Error while generating PDF !!!
I'am working on AS 10Gr2 running on Win2003 server.
Is it possible to make it running on windows? Or is there another solution?
Thanks,
Patrick

Hello,
In the java code of the plugin :
m_proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(stmt);
int i = m_proc.waitFor();
if(i != 0)
throw Utility.newRWException(80003, "Error while generating PDF !!!", "REP");
Have you set the execName as described in the documentation :
<property name="execName" value="/usr/bin/pdftops -level1 -q"/>
Have you tested this exec "manually" ? Does it work ?
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FIELD-SYMBOLS: TYPE x. " type any.
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