Saving reports as pdf on local filesystem or network

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I have installed PDF printer driver called PDFCreator on our system, printer is installed with the same account that runs Cognos-service. I have configured the printer so that it produces its' output on local system. When printing from Notepad, the file is produced fine, but when trying to print from Cognos, I get these error messages:

RSV-DST-0009 The print process returned a status code of 8. 
RSV-DST-0014 An error occurred. See the run history details for more information.

Anyone had same kind of experiences, or is there any other way to schedule reports so that, they I saved as pdf-files on some file system?

[Northern_Monkey]

You can save outputs to a file system by following the below steps:

Steps:

Part A: Configure a root directory in Cognos Configuration

Create a shared directory (folder) for your file system.
Tip: Ensure that the directory is accessible to users and separate from the installation directory. For example, in a distributed installation, an archive folder such as \\servername\directory could be used.
On the Content Manager computer, start Cognos Configuration.
From the Actions menu, click Edit Global Configuration.
In the Global Configuration window, click the General tab.
For Archive Location File System Root, type a URI using the format as shown below:
file://\\servername\directory
Ensure that the the user starting the Cognos service has full permissions on the Share. Also ensure that the share is in the same domain as the Cognos server.
To confirm that the correct location will be used, click Test.
Click OK.
In the Explorer window, click Data Access, Content Manager.
For the Save report outputs to a file system property, click True.
To test the connection to the report output directory, from the Actions menu, click Test.
From the File menu, click Save.
Restart the Cognos service to let the modifications take effect immediately

Part B: Define File System Locations in Cognos Connection
From Cognos Connection, click on Launch (top right)
Click Cognos Administration
Click on Configuration tab
Click Dispatchers and Services (left side)
Click the Define File System Locations button ( top right)
Click New
Type the name (this name will be displayed when you use Run with options and then you would choose to save report -> Advanced options-> Save to file System-> click on Edit the options then you rename your report if you want. Under Location you will see the name of folder you created in this step)
Example: you can call it Test
Type description, screen tip
Specify the name of the folder that will show up under your shared folder. (This folder will show up first time you select RunWithOptions and save report to new Location). Example: name it CogTest
Select Finish.

Part C: Saving a report to the file system
From Cognos Connection, go into the Run with options of a report
Go Advanced options --> Save to file System --> click on Edit the options if you want to rename your report. Under Location, you will see the name (Test) of the folder that you created in Part B step 7.
After running the report check the shared folder that was created in Part A step 1.