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Title: BI installation printer requirements: Adober Reader or Adobe Acrobat?
Post by: larus on 10 Dec 2012 12:51:27 AM
I'm planning a IBM Cognos BI 10.2.0 installation on a single computer (demo environment). There stands in the installation documentation that

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cbi/v10r1m1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.inst_cr_winux.10.1.1.doc%2Fc_installservercomponents.html

+Printer requirements+

+To ensure that reports print properly on Windows, Adobe Reader requires that you configure at least one printer on the operating system where Application Tier Components are installed. All reports, regardless of the print format that you choose, are sent as temporary PDF files to Adobe Reader for printing.+

Is latest Adobe Reader enough or should I install Adobe Acrobat on the same computer?
Title: Re: BI installation printer requirements: Adober Reader or Adobe Acrobat?
Post by: RubenvdLinden on 11 Dec 2012 06:49:43 AM
Adobe Reader suffices.

I have seen some problems with Adobe Reader X, so I recommend the latest version of Adobe Reader 9.