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The time needed to process a Create PDF spool job of a 25 MB CMYK PostScript image is about 65 seconds; the processing time in Distiller is 61 seconds, while the data transfer via TCP/IP takes only 4 seconds. This clearly shows that the 'Create PDF Server' solution performs excellently by distributing the creation of PDF jobs to dedicated Macintosh- or Windows PC-based workstations or servers.
Benefits:
- Server-based automatic PDF creation from any UNIX, Macintosh, or Windows client by printing to an EtherShare/PCShare "Create PDF" print queue
- This solution will always allow customers to use the latest Acrobat Distiller software on all major UNIX platforms independent of the UNIX Distiller support from Adobe
- The "Create PDF Server" works without any local configuration of the Macintosh server, the Distiller settings can be attached to the EtherShare printer queue
- The Distiller requires a lot of computing which will be off-loaded from the UNIX server to a dedicated Macintosh server, e.g. an iMac with FastEthernet
- There is no temporary PostScript file stored on the EtherShare Server
- There is no temporary PostScript file stored on the Macintosh "Create PDF Server"
- Error Messages will be saved into the EtherShare printer accounting logfile and sent back to the user by e-mail.
- The created PDF document will be attached to the hold queue, similar to the Print Preview application.
- The created PDF document can be saved into any EtherShare/PCShare folder or into a subfolder which can be created for each user name.
- Job distribution to the next available "Create PDF Server" EtherShare supports the balance queue which allows to have a classroom of Macintosh servers which are used to distill many print jobs in parallel.
Performance:
- Our experience shows that the Distiller can process PDF files from PostScript between 20kB/sec up to one MByte per second. This depends on the job data: images are faster, text and a lot of objects are slower, downsampling is slowing down further. The "Create PDF Server" can receive and send data up to 10 Mbytes a second, but Distiller is not able to process PostScript this fast. There is no loss of performance creating the PDF on a remote Macintosh Server.
- The Macintosh should be connected with 100Mbit Ethernet or faster. A 10Mbit network will work but will not keep Distiller busy - we recommend 100MBit.
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HOT Info!
* For a descriptive overview see the HELIOS Seminar 'Going Native' PDF workflow presentation (pdf) by Ricky Patten.
* From v2.0 up, PDF HandShake supports the PDF Internet Printing feature. See the online Internet printing demo at HELIOS
* See also HELIOS news: PDF HandShake Internet printing (html)
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