Create PDF Server
Create PDF Server is a highly automated server-based PDF creation solution.
“Create PDF Server” is a highly automated server-based PDF creation solution. Mac, Windows and UNIX clients can print to a Create PDF printer queue with custom PDF settings that automatically creates PDF documents of any PostScript print job.
Benefits
- Server-based automatic PDF creation from any UNIX, Mac, or Windows client by printing to a HELIOS “Create PDF” print queue
- Create PDF Server works without any local configuration of the Mac / Windows server, the Distiller settings are attached to the HELIOS printer queue
- PDF creation requires a lot of computing which will be off-loaded from the HELIOS server to a dedicated server, e.g. a Mac with a FastEthernet connection
- On-the-fly PostScript distilling on the dedicated server (no temporary PostScript files)
- There is only the spooled job stored on the HELIOS server. Font or OPI resolving is done on-the-fly and does not use additional disk space on the HELIOS server
- Error Messages will be saved to the HELIOS printer accounting log file and sent back to the user by e-mail
- The created PDF document will be attached to the hold queue
- The created PDF document can be saved to any HELIOS volume, or into a subfolder which can be created for each user name
- Job distribution to the next available Create PDF Server – HELIOS supports balance queues which allow a cluster of “dedicated” servers which are used to distill many print jobs in parallel
- Distiller security settings can be specified individually for each queue with HELIOS Admin
- No shared folder / volume needed; Create PDF Server behaves like a network printer
- Job-pipelining via multiple queues allows the creation of PDF files with different settings, e.g. one input job produces web-, press- and archive-optimized PDF files
- Create PDF Server fail safety; when multiple “Create PDF Servers” are used, automatic load balancing (cluster) ensures availability in case one server node should fail