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Frequently Asked Questions
■ The printer specified in uiprint.txt must be enabled at the operating system
level. A quick test is to try printing any file from the command line using lp or
lpr. If you can print using one of these commands and get the output on the
printer, then the printer is enabled.
■ The printer queue and uiprint.txt entry syntax must be valid.
If the printer validation fails, refer to the environment variables TK_PRINT_
STATUS and REPORTS_NO_DUMMY_PRINTER in Environment Variables.
REP-00826 - Invalid printer driver xxx specified by parameter desformat.
REP-00177 - Error while running in remote server (When run through CGI)
Cause:
An invalid value was specified for DESFORMAT for the specified report execution
mode.
Solution:
The DESFORMAT parameter specifies which output format is needed. Valid formats are:
■ For bit-mapped reports, any of the output formats supported by Oracle Reports
(Postscript, PCL, PDF, HTML, XML, HTMLCSS) is valid for DESFORMAT. You
should not give the PRT file names here. While running to a file, the DESFORMAT
parameter needs to be set to a valid printer queue. Oracle Reports uses the printer
definition file associated with the printer to format the output.
■ For character mode reports, DESFORMAT sets up the output for ASCII printers and
passes escape characters. For running character mode reports, make sure you
change the MODE parameter to Character and use any valid .PRT file.
Table 5–6 maps the command line options (DESTYPE, DESNAME, and DESFORMAT) to
the printer by what you are trying to achieve.
Table 5–6 DESTYPE, DESNAME, and DESFORMAT settings by case
Case DESTYPE DESNAME DESFORMAT
Generating to a file File file_name.ps printer name
Printing Printer printer name
Distribute=Yes printer name
Mode=Character file_name.prt
REP-01800 - Formatter error.
REP-00177 - Error while running in remote server
(When run through CGI)
Cause:
The error indicates that a printer configuration issue has occurred on a UNIX server.
Even if there is not a physical printer available on the system, you have to set it up as if
there was one.
Solution:
1. Verify that there is a valid entry in uiprint.txt.
Printing on UNIX with Oracle Reports 5-19