Document Distribution

Laserfiche Plus enables you to publish your repository or part of your repository for archiving or for distribution. Publishing can be done directly to a CD, DVD, or other removable media, as well as to a folder on your hard drive.

Overview

Once a repository has been published via Laserfiche Plus, its contents can be browsed, searched, opened, exported, or printed directly from the built-in, read-only viewer. A Plus repository can be distributed to make documents, the repository structure, and metadata accessible outside of the organization’s network. It can also be used as a viewable independent archive and a quick backup solution, because it can be re-attached to a repository.

Get Information to the People Who Need It

The Plus Publisher is installed with the Laserfiche thick client, and users can publish directly from within the thick client with the click of a button. Plus walks you through the process, allowing you to determine what documents you want to publish, where you want to publish them to, and whether you want to encrypt or compress your published repository. The final repository contains the documents and folders you chose, complete with their metadata, in one distributable or archiveable package.

Laserfiche Plus Workflow

  1. User tells Plus to publish folder(s), volumes, or search
  2. Plus shares Client connection to source repository and retrieves the files as a briefcase.
  3. Plus starts its publishing engine and creates a new repository.
  4. Plus imports the briefcase into the new repository and indexes the files.
  5. Plus disconnects from the new repository, detaches the database, and copies all of the files to the published location along with the Plus Viewer.

FEATURES

Basic Functionality

Publisher

  • Publish documents and folders in your repository, including all of their metadata, as a read-only repository.
  • Select documents to publish individually or by folder, by volume, or as a set of search results.
  • Store the published repository by burning it directly to CD or DVD, by creating a distributable ISO file, or by publishing to a folder on your network or on a USB device.
  • Choose to encrypt your published repository for added security, or compress it to take up less space.

Viewer

  • Distribute your published repository with a built-in read-only version of the Laserfiche Client.
  • Published repositories are read-only, preventing accidental modification or deletion of the files.
  • Users can view, open, print and export documents from the repository.
  • Encrypted repositories can only be opened by a user who provides the password that you set.
  • Users can search for documents in the published repository just as they would in your full-featured Client.
  • Published content can be re-attached to a Laserfiche repository, thus serving as a backup.
  • Launch the Laserfiche Plus Viewer from optical media or other location without requiring any installation process.

Installation and Support

Installation

  • Installed on individual Client workstations.
  • IMAPI 2.0 support allows you to burn CD/DVDs using either native Windows disc-writing support, or you can use CD/DVD burning software of your choice.
  • From the user point of view, the publishing process is fully integrated into the Client; no need to launch additional software.

Security

  • Users authenticate using the same credentials they use to log in to the Laserfiche Client—no second log-in is needed.
  • Respects Laserfiche security to protect your information: users can only publish documents that they have the rights to view and export.
  • Support for encrypting published repositories.

Environment

Supported Operating Systems

  • Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
  • Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 1)
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
  • Windows Server 2008

Plus Publisher Requirements

  • Image Mastering API: Microsoft Image Mastering API 2.0 (IMAPIv2.0), available from Microsoft at KB932716. Required for writing files directly to CD or DVD, or publishing as an ISO file.
  • Laserfiche Client version 8.0.2 or higher
  • Laserfiche Server version 8.0 or higher

Plus Viewer Requirements

  • Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008.
  • Web browser: Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8.