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How to install and use nova PDF Server as a shared network PDF Printer |
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Summary:
This tutorial shows how to share novaPDF Server in a network so that other client computers can connect to it and send documents for conversion to PDF. novaPDF Server is an edition of novaPDF that can be shared as a network PDF printer, can be installed on Terminal Servers and allows printing through Remote Desktop Connection. If you don't have novaPDF installed, use the Download page to download and install it. On this page:
Sharing the nova PDF Server printer on the server computer Adding the shared nova PDF Server as a PDF printer on the client computers Managing licenses for a shared nova PDF Server printer Details: Once installed, novaPDF Server can be shared as a network PDF printer, installed on Terminal Servers or accessed via Remote Desktop Connection (these features are available only for novaPDF Server editions, they aren't available in novaPDF Desktop editions). After novaPDF Server is installed on the PDF printer server, it needs to be shared as a network printer, so that on the client computers it can be added as a remote PDF printer. Advantages of using novaPDF Server as a shared PDF printer: there is no need to install novaPDF individually on each client computer, you can create profiles on the PDF server and those will be propagated to the client computers, you can manage licenses directly from the PDF server, plus in case novaPDF Server needs to be updated that will be done only on the PDF server where it's installed. The diagram below shows the basic principle on how novaPDF Server works when installed on a PDF printer server: ![]() Sharing the novaPDF Server printer on the server computernovaPDF Server needs to be installed on the computer that will act as a network PDF server. Once installed it can be shared as a network PDF printer by following these steps:
![]() Adding the shared novaPDF Server as a PDF printer on the client computersAfter novaPDF Server printer was successfully installed on the server computer and shared as a network PDF printer (see first part of this tutorial), you'll need to add it as a remote printer on the client computers that will use it to create PDF files. Here is an example on how to do that:
Managing licenses for a shared novaPDF Server printerLicense management for novaPDF Server can only be done on the server computer where it was installed and shared from. If a print job is started from a client computer in the network to the shared novaPDF Server printer, the client computer name will be automatically registered and a license assigned to it. So as long as there are licenses available there is no need to use the license management feature. However, if you want to manually license, rename, delete or unlicense client computers you can do so by using the Licenses window:
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