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ABBYY FineReader 12 Corporate Edition

System Administrator’s Guide

Deploying ABBYY FineReader 12 in a LAN

General

ABBYY FineReader 12 can be installed and used on a local area network.

The automated installation methods give you speed and flexibility when installing ABBYY FineReader 12

Corporate Edition on a local area network, as you do not have to install the program manually on each

individual workstation.

Deploying ABBYY FineReader 12

ABBYY FineReader can be deployed from any computer running under Microsoft® Windows® XP (or later).

The deployment process comprises the following steps:

1. Administrative installation

a. Installing ABBYY FineReader 12 CE License Server and ABBYY FineReader 12 CE License

Manager

For detailed instructions, see

Installing the License Server and the License Manager

Note: The computer on which

ABBYY FineReader 12 CE License Manager is installed becomes a

License Administrator Station.

b. Creating an administrative installation point

For detailed instructions, see

Creating an administrative installation point

Note: You can change the network connection settings used by the License Server, the License

Manager, and the workstations. For details, see

How can I change the network connection settings?

Note. The administrative installation point and the License Server can be located either on the same or on

different computers.

2. Managing the licenses

Licenses are managed by means of ABBYY FineReader 12 License Manager.

For the licenses to be correctly distributed among the workstations when installing ABBYY

FineReader 12, you must give certain workstations priority in obtaining certain licenses. For this

purpose, reserve licenses and pools of licenses for certain workstations.

For details, see

Step 2. Managing Licenses

3. Installing ABBYY FineReader on workstations using one of the following methods:

 manually in interactive mode

 via the command line

 Active Directory

 Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)

For detailed instructions, see

Step 3. Installing ABBYY FineReader 12 on Workstations

Important!

1. Do not place the License Server into the same folder with the administrative installation point.

2. You cannot install different editions of ABBYY FineReader on the same workstation.