Installation
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Install

To install novaPDF (Lite, Standard or Professional) on your computer you need to have administrative rights. The installation process does not take much time. All you need to do is to follow the instructions of the "Setup - novaPDF Printer" wizard. If this is the first time you install, there is no need to reboot at the end of the setup; you can print to novaPDF right after it is installed on your machine. 

If you have already installed an older version of novaPDF, you can install the new version on top of the older one, no need to uninstall it. If it is a minor release your old settings will be preserved. If it is a major release it will not overwrite the previous version. During setup you will have the option to import the profiles from previous versions and later you can uninstall the older version. After the installation process finishes, you might be asked to reboot your computer.
Network install
novaPDF Printer Server edition (Lite, Standard or Professional) can be installed on a central computer and used by any computer in the network. This is what you have to do:

Choose a computer in the network that will be the print server. Install novaPDF Printer Server (Lite, Standard or Professional) on it, as described in the Installation section.

If you are using Terminal Services then you do not need to share and install on the client computers anything.

If you are not using Terminal Services you have to share the printer installed on your print server. From any workstation in the network, connect to the shared novaPDF Printer Server. You can connect to a network printer in several ways. Here are two of them:
- from Windows Start menu, Settings, open Printers and Faxes. Select Add Printer and choose the network shared novaPDF Printer Server on the printer server.
- in Windows Explorer, go to the printer server computer, open Printers and Faxes, select novaPDF Printer Server and from the Popup menu choose Connect...
After a connection was made to the novaPDF Printer Server, you can see it in your list of printers on the workstations. You can go to any application and print to it.

Uninstall

Go to the novaPDF application group (from the Windows "Start" menu and click "Uninstall novaPDF Printer"). You can also uninstall the application using the "Add/Remove programs" icon from the "Control Panel".

Network uninstall

On the print server go to the novaPDF application group (from the Windows "Start" menu and click "Uninstall novaPDF Printer"). You can also uninstall the application using the "Add/Remove programs" icon from the "Control Panel".

On the client computers from the from Windows Start menu, Settings, open Printers and Faxes. Select the novaPDF Printer Server and delete it.

Command line
novaPDF setup can be called from command line with several parameters. See How to install from command line topic for the parameters list.