Configuring the Integrated Postscript / PDF printer

• When the PostScript / PDF printer is enabled, automatically an AADS Printer is created.
• Users can select and use the printer.
• Result will be a printed Postscript (PS) or PDF file in the Personal Folder of the user.
  • If allowed and configured by the Administrator, the user can move, copy or print the PS / PDF to the Client PC.
    

• When either, or both PostScript and / or PDF is selected, the AADS Printer will be available.
• When neither PostScript or PDF is selected, the AADS Printer will be removed from the Server.

• The location of where the PDF / Postscript files are placed, can be changed.
  If this is changed, for instance, on a different server, please note that the User must have create and write rights on this different server.

Queue

The printer queue can be viewed by the Administrator in the usual way:

Settings

Default printer settings like papersize can be changed:

• AADServer printer, right click mouse, properties
• General tabpage
• Preferences... button
• Advanced... button
• Change Paper Size

Postscript Output Options

Depending on your Word Processor (MS-Word, Libre Office, Office software, etc), it might be required to change the following setting:

• AADServer printer, right click mouse, properties
• Advanced tabpage
• Printing Defaults... button
• Advanced... button
• Change the Postscript Output Option to Optimize for Portability.

Printer Options Item

When the built-in PDF printer is active, the User can choose what he does with the print-job:

AADServer Select Client Printer:

Default, normal Windows Start Menu

These options are applicable if the default, normal Windows Start Menu is used.

The following 3 options determine where on the Desktop of the User the option appears "what to do with the printjobs":

The option "User decides" implies, indeed, that the User decides.

Please note that this option is only useful if AADS Client Software is being used, because then the User can indeed decide:

If the Administrator selects 1 of the first 3:

then the User can not decide about the "Show Printer Options" and whatever the User selects in the AADS Client Software, will be ignored by the AADS Terminal Server.

Optimize or Default Applications and Sets, or Application Control

In case AADS Application Control is being used, the settings shown here above about a Icon/Item on the Desktop or Windows Start Menu, are not applicable.

In case Optimize or Default Applications and Sets, or Application Control is being used, the Administrator can give the user an Item in the Start Menu for the Printer Options using the AADS Application Control - settings:

GhostScript versions

AADS includes a version of GhostScript for generating the Postscrpt or PDF documents.

It is possible to install a different version of GhostScript, and instruct AADServer to use this different version of GhostScript.

GhostScript installers can be downloaded from:

https://www.ghostscript.com/

When AADS Control and Maintenance detects versions of GhostScript, it will show them:

• Select 1 of the GhostScript versions as installed and available.