Installation

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Install

To install novaPDF 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" 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 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 Server (Lite, Standard or Professional) on it, as described in the Install 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 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 Server on the printer server.
·in Windows Explorer, go to the printer server computer, open Printers and Faxes, select novaPDF Server and from the pop-up menu choose Connect

After a connection was made to the novaPDF 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). 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). 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 Server and delete it.

 

Command line

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