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Migrating to a new workstation
ThepurposeofthisdocumentistoprovideastrategyfortransferringaOLConnectinstallationtoanew
workstation.
Beforeinstallingthesoftware
Beforeupgradingtoanewversion,evenonanewworkstation,consulttheproduct'sreleasenoteto
findoutaboutnewfeatures,bugfixes,systemrequirements,knownissuesandmuchmore.Simplygo
totheproductpageandlookforthe"Release notes"intheDownloadsarea.
Youshouldalsoconsultthefollowingpagesforsometechnicalconsiderationsbeforeinstalling:
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"NetworkConsiderations"onpage18
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"DatabaseConsiderations"onpage13
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"Environmentconsiderations"onpage16
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"Installationprerequisites"onpage25
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"AntivirusExclusions"onpage12
Downloadingandinstallingthesoftware
Inordertomigratetoanewworkstation,thesoftwaremustalreadybeinstalledonthenewworkstation.
Followthe"InstallationandActivation"onpage24guidetodownloadandinstallthenewestversionof
PrintShopMailConnectonthenewworkstation.
Backingupfilesfromthecurrentworkstation
Thefirststepinmigratingtoanewworkstationwouldbetomakesureallnecessaryproductionfiles
andresourcesarebackedupandcopiedovertothenewsystem.
Note: Althoughitisnotnecessarytoconvertallofyourdocumentswhenupgradingtothelatest
version,westronglyrecommendeddoingso.
Itisconsidered"Best Practice"toconvertthedocumentstotheversioninstalled.
Backing up Connect Resources
ThefollowingresourcesareusedbyConnectandcanbebackedupfromtheirrespectivefolders:
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Job Presets(.OL-jobpreset):
C:\Users\[UserName]\Connect\workspace\configurations\JobCreationConfig
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Output Presets(.OL-outputpreset):
C:\Users\[User-
Name]\Connect\workspace\configurations\PrinterDefinitionConfig
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