System Administrator’s Guide ABBYY FineReader 8.
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ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide Table of Contents Network Installation ........................................................................................................ 4 General ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide Network Installation General ABBYY FineReader 8.0 provides convenient tools for network installation and operation. The installation of ABBYY FineReader 8.0 consists of two stages: 1. Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on the server (creating an administrative installation point). 2. Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide 3. 128 MB of RAM. In multi–processor systems, an additional 16 MB of RAM is required for each additional processor. 4. 250 MB of free hard–disk space for normal installation, 100 MB of free hard–disk space for program operation. 5. 100% Twain–compatible scanner, digital camera and fax modem. 6. Video card and monitor supporting min. 800*600 resolution. 7. Keyboard and mouse or other pointing device.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide Important! Uninstalling the License Manager utility will also remove the administrative installation point. Note: We recommend storing the License Base and the administrative installation point in different folders, as they require different levels of access rights. This will make the administrative installation point less vulnerable. Once the administrative installation point has been created, do the following: 1.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide Deploying ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations in Interactive Mode To install ABBYY FineReader on the workstations in interactive mode, run the setup.exe file from the administrative installation folder. Follow the instructions of the InstallShield Wizard. © 2006 ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations via the Command Line To install ABBYY FineReader on the workstations in interactive mode, run the setup.exe file from the administrative installation folder with the command–line options described below. Advertise Installation To run this mode, use the following command: Setup.exe /j In this case, an ABBYY FineReader icon will be added to the Start menu of the workstations.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide This command line will install ABBYY FineReader 8.0 into C:\ABBYY FineReader 8.0 with the Russian interface and with all the recognition languages. In the current version, you cannot pre–select recognition languages to be installed. Uninstalling ABBYY FineReader 8.0 in Silent Mode msiexec /x {AAF80000–22B9–4CE9–98D6–2CCF359BAC07} Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide 3. 4. Right–click the site, domain, or other organized unit that includes the workstation onto which ABBYY FineReader will be installed. In the Properties dialog box, go to the Group Policy tab and click Open… 5. 6. Right–click the organized unit of the group onto which ABBYY FineReader will be installed. In the menu that opens, select Create and Link GPO Here… © 2006 ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide 7. Enter a descriptive name and click OK. 8. Right–click the GPO you have added and select Edit… © 2006 ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide 9. 10. In the Group Policy window, right–click Computer Configuration/Software Settings/Software Installation. In the menu that opens, select New/Package… 11. Enter the path to the file ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition.msi package located in the administrative installation folder on the server (see Creating an Administrative Installation Point above). © 2006 ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide 12. Select the Advanced deployment method. 13. In the dialog box that opens, click the Modifications tab and then click Add. 14. Select the interface language that will be used by ABBYY FineReader when installed on the workstations. The interface language files are located in the administrative installation folder on the server. File names and their languages: 1033.mst English 1026.mst Bulgarian 1038.mst Hungarian 1034.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide 1049.mst Russian 1051.mst Slovak 1055.mst Turkish 1058.mst Ukrainian 1036.mst French 1029.mst Czech 1053.mst Swedish 1061.mst Estonian For example, to install ABBYY FineReader with the Russian interface, select 1049.mst. Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide 5. 6. 7. 8. Click the Data Source tab. Make sure that the This package contains source files box is not selected and click OK.. In the package you have just created, select Programs.. In the Action menu, select New/Program. © 2006 ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide 9. On the General tab of the Program Properties dialog box: ● Enter a descriptive name of the program in the Name field, ● Type setup.exe /q in the Command Line field, ● In the Start in field, enter the path to the administrative installation folder (e.g. \\MyFileServer\Programs Distribs\ABBYY FineReader 8.0). © 2006 ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide 10. On the Environment tab of the Program Properties dialog box: ● Clear the User input required box, ● Select Run with administrative rights, ● Make sure that Runs with UNC name is selected name. © 2006 ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide Change the condition in the Program can run field if required and click OK. You can also use the Distribute Software Wizard. To run the wizard, on the Action menu, select All Tasks/Distribute Software and follow the instructions of the wizard. 11. 12. Important! You cannot create Distribution Points. © 2006 ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide Installing ABBYY FineReader 8.0 on Workstations by Using Task Scheduler To install ABBYY FineReader on workstations by using Task Scheduler: 1. Create an administrative installation point as described in Creating an Administrative Installation Point above. 2.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide License Management General The License Manager is a license managing utility that is installed on the license administrator’s station when creating an administrative installation point (see Creating and Administrative Installation Point). The License Manager allows the administrator to do the following: ● Add licenses; ● Activate licenses; ● Assign licenses to specific workstations; ● Obtain information about the parameters of licenses.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide a per seat license to a specific workstation before ABBYY FineReader has been installed on this workstation. In this case, the assigned per seat license will be used by the workstation when ABBYY FineReader is run on it.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide ● 4. Assigns a concurrent license to a specific workstation (the license can be used only by this workstation) ● Returns a concurrent license from the workstation back to the server. For per seat licenses: ● Assigns licenses to workstations before the program has been installed. To return a per seat license back to the server, you need to uninstall ABBYY FineReader from the workstation.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide Network Document Processing ABBYY FineReader Corporate Edition is especially designed for network document processing. Each computer involved in network processing must have a separate copy of FineReader installed. ABBYY FineReader Corporate Edition allows you to do the following: 1. Work with the same batch over a network The Corporate Edition allows you to increase the speed at which documents are processed.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide For several users to work with the user languages and their attached dictionaries, each of them will have to load the batch settings from the previously saved *.fbt file when creating a new batch. To do this: ● Click the Load Options... button on the General tab of the Options dialog (Tools>Options). In the Load Options dialog select the folder and select the necessary *.fbt file.
ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Corporate Edition System Administrator’s Guide Technical Support If you have any questions about how to install and use ABBYY FineReader 8.0 to which you cannot find answers in this System Administrator's Guide, please contact the ABBYY technical support service or our partners. For contact information, please refer to the "Support" section at www.abbyy.com. © 2006 ABBYY Software House. All rights reserved.
