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Chapter 3 Silent Installation
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Silent Installation
This chapter describes the procedures for the Silent Installation.
What Is a Silent Installation?
The silent installation is a method that copies the existing APD setup environment to other
computers without user operation. There are the following two methods.
❏ Using a silent installation package (*.exe)
Create the silent installation package on the copy source computer.
• Executing this file on another computer enables you to install the minimum environment
for operating the APD from all the environment of the copy source computer.
• When the silent installation is executed with this file, you cannot create the silent
installation package or the script file for the silent installation, or add another printer.
❏ Using a script file (*.inf) for the silent installation
Create the script file for the silent installation on the copy source computer.
• Executing this file and the APD file (APD_4xxE.exe) on another computer enables you to
install the complete APD environment of the copy source computer.
• In the environment in which the silent installation is executed with this file, you can create
the silent installation package or the script file for the silent installation, and you can also
add another printer.
With this function, you can incorporate the APD installation into a batch file, a recovery disc for
the OS, and an installer of an application.
Also, you can add the command options for the silent installation to enable the following
functions.
• Notification when completing the installation
• Restart setting after completing the installation
• Upgrade installation settings
• Installing without displaying screens.
This method is useful especially in the following cases:
• You can make the same setting to multiple computers easily.
• Even computers with no displays can be set up.
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In case of printing trouble, the APD environment of the computer with an error can be recreated on another
computer by using the script file for the silent installation of that computer, and it improves the service and
maintenance function. (In the environment in which the silent installation is executed with the silent
installation package, the script file for the silent installation cannot be created.)
• To use the silent installation, Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later is required.
• When APD3 or APD4 have been already installed in the target computers, uninstall
those before the silent installation.