Publishing Solutions

Lexmark Publishing Solutions helps to create signs, batches, and labels, using the item data and templates.

This section shows how to install this component.

Deployment readiness checklist

You can install In-store Publisher on a supported Microsoft SQL Server that runs on any of the following operating systems:

• Windows Server 2022

• Windows Server 2019

• Windows Server 2016

• Windows Server 2012

Setting up IIS

Make sure that the required server roles and features are installed or enabled.

• From the Server Manager dashboard, click Add roles and features, and then click Next.

• From the Installation Type section, select Role-based or feature-based installation, and then click Next.

• Select a server, and then click Next.

• From the Server Roles section, expand Web Server (IIS).

  • From the Web Server section, do either of the following:

    

    • Expand Common HTTP Features, and then enable Default Document, Directory Browsing, HTTP Errors, and Static Content.

    • Expand Health and Diagnostics, and then enable HTTP Logging and Request Monitor.

    • Expand Performance, and then enable Static Content Compression.

    • Expand Security, and then enable Request Filtering.

    • Expand Application Development, and then enable the following options:

      

  • From the Management Tools section, do either of the following:

    • Enable IIS Management Console.

    • Expand IIS 6 Management Compatibility, and then enable the following option:

      

• From the Features section, enable .NET Framework 4.x.

  
  Note: The specific .Net Framework 4.x version varies per machine. For this installation, users must install version 4.6 or later.

Installing Publishing Solutions

1. Obtain Publishing Solutions installer.

   Note: We recommend installing the Publishing Solutions on the same server where the Publishing Platform Web Services is installed.

2. Run the LexmarkPublishingSolutionsInstaller.exe file as an administrator.

3. Read and accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA), and then click Install.

4. Provide the link to the Lexmark Publishing Services installation.

   Note: Type http://<hostname>/LexmarkPublishingServices, where <hostname> is the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the engine server.

5. Provide the Image Resource URL.

   Notes:

   • For example, http://<hostname>/LexmarkPublishing/Cust/{Client_Name}/Images, where <hostname> is the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the Publishing Platform Web Services server.
   • Images that are used in the Publishing Solutions are stored in the Image Resource server.
   

6. Browse to a folder where you want to save the PPR Publishing Solutions files.

   Note: We recommend keeping the default directory.
   

7. Install Publishing Solutions.

Notes:

• Make sure that the Publishing Solutions is installed successfully.

• From a web browser, type http://<hostname>/LexmarkPublishingSolutions, where <hostname> is the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the PPR Publishing Solutions server.

• If the web browser shows the Publishing Solutions login screen, then the installation is successful.