Install and configure InDesign Server

Learn how to use the Adobe integration with InDesign Server and a dedicated Render Client.

Adobe InDesign Server CS6 and CC - Creative Suite Enterprise Deployment

If more than one Render-Client runs in one system, SOAP communication between InDesign Server and Censhare Render-Client is required to provide a dedicated InDesign Server instance for each environment. To launch multiple instances of a specific InDesign Server version an InDesign Server multi-instance license is required.

The Censhare Render-Client is used to remote control layout applications like Adobe InDesign Server.

Features in Censhare Render Client allow to automatically start, stop and restart InDesign Servers. This is useful to avoid high memory usage of InDesign Server which might lead to critical states within InDesignServer.

Usually, Censhare Render-Clients are started by a dedicated user. This user has to be logged into the system when the rendering service is provided. To avoid this, you can implement the Censhare Render-Client as a service and start the InDesign Server with the Render Client autostart feature.

The number of subcommands (renderer calls) can be configured in the module renderer - depending on the given hard- and software environment.

Create a report command.

How to integrate JavaScript into InDesign.

High resolution (raw) pictures placed in InDesign layouts can be replaced with their low resolution (OPI) versions (or vice versa) using the asset automation command OPI exchange or its corresponding server action.

Due to differences in the Adobe setup for different language installations, there is a state comparable to inactive color management in all InDesignServers that are not installed with 'English - North America'.