Difference: ServerSidePDFPrintingOnAAPPXWindowsServer (2 vs. 3)

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 APPX Printing 
This document will explain how to best perform APPX server side PDF printing on a Windows server.  This applies to APPX 4.2.0 and above when APPX Server is installed on a Windows server
 
  APPX Printing 
  Required software components 
  Windows server
   APPX Server
   Foxit Reader for Windows
 
   Quick steps 
  Foxit Reader
   In Windows Control Panel
 
   Detailed steps 
  Download and start the Foxit Reader setup.
   Set the default action for the Foxit PDF file extension in Windows to be PrintTo.
   Inside APPX, set the System ID for the default server printer.
 
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 Required software components
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  APPX server installed on the Windows server
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+ Windows server 
This document assumes you have APPX server installed on a Microsoft Windows server type 2000, 2003, or 2008.
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+ APPX server side PDF printing on a Windows server quick configuration steps, with the assumption that you have a working install of APPX server:
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+ APPX Server 
You need a functioning APPX installation.  Follow instructions in this document to install APPX on Windows if you don't already have APPX installed.  
 Foxit Reader for Windows 
You can download the free Foxit Reader for Windows here.  It is required to print APPX server side PDF printing on Windows servers. 

 Quick steps 
 Foxit Reader
  Install Foxit Reader for Windows.
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  In Windows Control Panel, Folder Options, File Type Associations, Make PrintTo the default action for the PDF file extension.
  In APPX, set a desired default System ID value for the SERVER printer.
  Attempts to print to APPX server side PDF printing to the APPX printer named SERVER should now go to the System ID specified in the previous step.
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 Here are the steps I used to perform APPX server side PDF printing on a Windows server with the free Foxit PDF Reader.  These instructions assume that you already have a working installation of APPX 4.2.0 or newer server installed on a Windows server.
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 I downloaded version 3.0 from Foxit Software.  Start the install program and follow the steps below to install.
 Please make Foxit the default PDF reader, and click "Finish" to complete the Foxit Reader install.
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+ Set the default action for the Foxit PDF file extension in Windows to be PrintTo.
 We need to set the default action for the Foxit PDF file extension in Windows to be PrintTo.  To do this, the Windows Control Panel applet "Folder Options" > File  Types tab > PDF extension type must have an "Advanced" button on it.  Sometimes Windows will not display this button.  If your Windows server's Folder Options, File Types, PDF extension entry does already display the Advanced button, then make PrintTo the default action.  Here are the steps I took to do so.
 Again, make sure that "printto" is highlighted and click "Set Default" then click "OK"
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+ Inside APPX, set the System ID for the default server printer.
 Inside APPX, go to System Administration > Configuration > File Maintenance Printers.  Make sure there is a valid printer System ID for the APPX printer name you want to print PDFs to.  The System ID field is scannable if you don't remember the valid printer name from your Windows print queue.  I've captured screen shots below of the steps.

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