Start BI Publisher Report without authentication

Hello
I'd like to start BI Publisher Reports from Apex using a simple URL but without having to login into BI Publisher. Is there a way to provide username/password in the URL ( like with Oracle Reports cgi) or another possibility avoiding to type in Publisher credentials?
I know there is a technique to start Publisher Reports from Apex using a webservice, but with this it isn't possible to show the output on screen.
Thank you
Norbert

Thank you Turribeach.
I tried the guest folder as we don't use SSO. Anyway I can't get it to work... maybe I got a wrong value for Guest Folder Name? The report lies in Shared Folders/Guest. If I use "Guest" for Guest Folder Name I receive the error "The report cannot be rendered because of an error, please contact the administrator.". If I start the report out of BIP it works fine. Any other setting of Guest Folder Name, i.e. "/Guest" or "/Shared Folder/Guest" will bring up the credentials dialog and after loggin in the report is displayed ok.
Any suggentions what's wrong or missing?

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