9.5 Managing the Remote Renderer

You can manage the remote renderer through the Management Console.

  1. On a web browser, use either the host name or the IP address to access the Management Console. For example, https://10.0.0.1:9443 or https://iprint.example.com:9443.

  2. Specify root or vaadmin as the user name.

  3. Specify the password that you provided for root or vaadmin.

    The Management Console page is displayed.

  4. Click iPrint Appliance Configuration.

  5. Under Configuration, click Renderers.

On the Renderers page, you can perform the following actions:

9.5.1 Add a Renderer

  1. On the Renderers page, click New.

  2. In the Renderer Host/IP address box, specify the host name or IP address of the renderer system, then click Connect.

  3. Under Options, specify a name for the renderer in the Renderer Name box.

  4. Select the document formats you want the remote renderer to render.

    NOTE:The PDF Formats option along with the In-built PDF renderer is selected by default. If you want to use Adobe Acrobat, you must ensure that Adobe Acrobat Pro is installed on the renderer machine before selecting the Adobe Acrobat option. Similarly, if you want to enable the remote renderer to render Microsoft Office formats, you must ensure that Microsoft Office is installed on the renderer machine before selecting the Office Formats option.

  5. Choose the Default Printer Driver, then click Register.

9.5.2 Edit a Renderer

You can change a remote renderer’s name, the document rendering options, and the default printer driver using the Edit feature on the Renderers page.

  1. On the Renderers page, select a renderer which you want to edit, then click Edit.

  2. Change the rendering options, then click Commit.

9.5.3 Delete a Renderer

  1. On the Renderers page, select a renderer that you want to delete, then click Delete.

Deleting a renderer unregisters the renderer from iPrint Appliance.

9.5.4 Activate or Deactivate a Renderer

  1. On the Renderers page, select a renderer that you want to activate or deactivate, then click Activate/De-Activate.

    If the renderer is in an Active state, it is deactivated. If the renderer is in an Inactive state, it is activated.

If the renderer is in an Inactive state, it will not render any job.

Deactivating a renderer does not unregister the renderer from iPrint Appliance.