Teklynx Network Information Guide User Manual
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Network Information Guide
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Table of Contents
About This Manual vii........................................
Welcome! vii............................................
Documents supplied vii...............................
Typographical conventions viii.........................
About your product viii................................
Installation Chapter 1 - 1...........................................
Installation options Chapter 1 - 1...................................
Centralized installation Chapter 1 - 1............................
Local installation Chapter 1 - 2..................................
Product description Chapter 1 - 3...................................
System requirements Chapter 1 - 3.................................
Installation procedure Chapter 1 - 4.................................
Before you start Chapter 1 - 4...................................
Server installation Chapter 1 - 5.................................
Workstation installation Chapter 1 - 6............................
Installing the software protection key Chapter 1 - 7..............
Workstation uninstall Chapter 1 - 8..............................
Server uninstall Chapter 1 - 8...................................
Using the Network Version Chapter 2 - 11..........................
Managing users Chapter 2 - 11.......................................
License Manager Chapter 2 - 11..................................
The License service Chapter 2 - 14................................
Maximum number of users Chapter 2 - 18........................
Managing shared resources Chapter 2 - 19...........................
Individual configuration files Chapter 2 - 19.......................
Shared document files Chapter 2 - 19.............................
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Shared global v ariables Chapter 2 - 19............................
Shared printing log file Chapter 2 - 20............................
Shared printers Chapter 2 - 20...................................
Shared file timeout Chapter 2 - 21................................
Printing Chapter 2 - 21...........................................
Notes for the attention of the network administrator Chapter 2 - 22...
Folders Chapter 2 - 22............................................
Configuration file Chapter 2 - 24..................................
File for shared printers Chapter 2 - 25............................
Example of sharing a p rinter Chapter 2 - 26..........................
Sharing a printer in Windows Chapter 2 - 26......................
Displaying the status of current print jobs Chapter 2 - 27..........
Index Chapter 3 - 28.................................................
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About This Manual
Welcome!
Congratulations, you have just purchased the world’s leading
automatic identification software package!
This label design software allows you to create and edit complex
labels fast, and is capable of integrating all the electronic data
from across your company, guaranteeing the full integrity of
your systems.
The application meets all your automatic identification needs,
and fits perfectly into your production process.
It is quite simply the MOST USER-FRIENDLY AND INTUITIVE
SOLUTION on the market today for any company involved in
complex barcode data entry, collection and editing in real time.
Complete documentation is provided to help you make full use of
all the resources offered by your label design software.
The Network Information Guide provides all the information
necessary for installing and making optimum use of your
network version.
The Quick Start Guide takes you through the installation process
and provides an introduction to the basic f unctions of the
software interface.
The User’s Guide presents the basic concepts involved, helping
you to get the very most from your software. A wealth of
examples enables you to put the ideas covered straight into
practice.
Documents
supplied
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The documentation has been designed to be used in conjunction
with the integrated Online Help.
This manual distinguishes between different types of information
by using the following conventions:
S terms taken from the inte rface itself, such as commands,
appear in bold;
S keys appear in small caps, as in the following example:
”Press the
SHIFT key”;
S numbered lists mean there is a procedure to follow;
S when the conjunction ”OR” appears next to a paragraph, it
means there is the choice of another procedure for carrying
out a given task ;
S When a menu command contains submenus, the menu name
followed by the command to select appears in bold. Thus,
”Choose File Open” means choose the File menu, then the
Open command.
This symbol highlights important information about how a particular command or procedure works.
Following this symbol you will find hints and tips for optimizing
tasks, speeding up commands, and so on.
This symbol indicates an introductory exercise for you to work
through.
Some of the functions described in this manual may not be
available in your product.
For the complete list of specific features and functions available
in your software, refer to the specifications sheet provided with
the product.
Typographical
conventions
About your
product
Installation
Installation options
The network version can be installed in one of two ways:
S Centralized installation: the software is installed on the
network file server, thus reducing the amount of disk space
required on each workstation.
S Local installation: the software is installed on each individ-
ual workstation with only shared files and the installation
program being copied to the server. This option reduces the
volume of data exchange across the network.
One workstation on the network must be chosen to act as the
server for the label design software.
Workstation installation: the software is installed on the workstations using
the
SETUP.EXE program located in the shared folder on the server on which the
centralized installation was carried out. Workstation installation is simply a
case of establishing the links to server.
Workstation
Workstation
Workstation
Workstation
Server
installation:
installing the
network
version of the
software on
the server
Figure 1 Centralized installation
Centralized
installation
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"""" Advantages and disadvantages
This installation option reduces the amount of disk space taken
up on each workstation as only the links to server are installed.
However, your server must be capable of handling a high
volume of data transfer.
One workstation on your network must be chosen to act as the
shared file server for the label design software.
Installation
of shared
files
Workstation installation: full installation of the label
design software on each workstation.
Workstation
Workstation
Workstation
Workstation
Figure 2 Local installation
"""" Advantages and disadvantages
This installation option considerably reduces the amount of
congestion on the network as only the links to the license server
are running. However, each workstation must have enough free
disk space for a full installation of the label design software.
Local
installation
Chapter 1 -- 3
Installation
Product description
The software is design to run on any IBM-compatible PC
operating on Microsoft
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Windows
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95, Windows
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98,
Windows
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ME, Windows
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2000 or Windows
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NT 4
.
Your product includes the following components:
S ACD-ROM;
S Complete documentation;
S A license agreement and registration card;
S A software protection key.
Note
The Readme.txt and Releasus.txt files contain last-minute
information on the software, superseding that contained in this
manual.
System requirements
The basic software and hardware requirements needed to run
the application are similar to those of most applications running
on Windows
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:
S An IBM compatible PC operating on Windows
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95, Win-
dows
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98, Windows
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ME, Windows
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2000 or Windows
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NT 4;
S Windows
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95 with 16MB RAM (32MB recommended);
Windows
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98 or ME with 32MB RAM (64MB recom-
mended);
Windows
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NT or 2000 with 64M B RAM (128MB recom-
mended);
S A VGA monitor or better;
S A hard drive with at least 130MB free disk space ;
S ACD-ROMdrive.
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Installation procedure
For both centralized and local installation, before installation can
begin the network administrator must first define the user group
network, specifically:
S define the workstation that will act as the server on which
the label design software (centralized installation) or the
shared files (local installation) are to be installed;
S define the license server on which License Manager and the
software protection key will be installed.
S define the workstations, i.e. the client workstations that will
use the label design software.
"""" Description of the installation stages
1 Server installation:
- Centralized: installs the label design software on the
server will the option of installing License Manager if the
server is supporting the software protection key.
OR
- Local: installs the label design software shared files on the
server with the option of installing License Manager if the
server is supporting the software protection key.
2 Workstation installation:
- Centralized: installs the links to server on the client
workstations with the option of installing License Manager
on the workstation supporting the software protection key .
OR
- Local: installs the label design software on the workstations with the option of installing License Manager on the
workstation supporting the software protection key.
Note
If you decide to install License Manager on the server, you
will need to carry out a workstation installation on the server in
order for the software protection key to be recognized.
"""" Access rights required for installation
You will need all access rights to the folder on the server in
which the software is to be installed. In the same way, you will
also need administrator rights on one of the workstations. If you
do not have administrator rights, your network administrator will
first need to create the [base] folder and give you full access
rights to it.
Note
[base] refers to the folder in which you install the label design
software. You can rename it as required.
Before you
start
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