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Command Line Parameters

The Setup program accepts optional command line parameters. These can be useful to system administrators, and to other programs calling the Setup program.

/SP-Disables the startup prompt.
/SILENT, /VERYSILENTInstructs Setup to be silent or very silent. When Setup is silent the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window is. When a setup is very silent this installation progress window is not displayed. If a restart is necessary and the '/NORESTART' command isn't used (see below) and Setup is silent, it will display a Reboot now? message box. If it's very silent it will reboot without asking. Both types of silent installation are often combined with /ACCEPT_EULA.
/ACCEPT_EULAAccept the EULA of installed dependencies.
/SUPPRESSMSGBOXESInstructs Setup to suppress message boxes. Only has an effect when combined with '/SILENT' and '/VERYSILENT'.
/NOCANCELPrevents the user from canceling during the installation process, by disabling the Cancel button and ignoring clicks on the close button. Useful along with '/SILENT' or '/VERYSILENT'.
/NORESTARTInstructs Setup not to reboot even if it's necessary.
/RESTARTEXITCODE=exit codeSpecifies the custom exit code that Setup is to return when a restart is needed. Useful along with '/NORESTART'. Also see Setup Exit Codes.
/DIR="x:\dirname"Overrides the default directory name displayed on the Select Destination Location wizard page. A fully qualified pathname must be specified.
/GROUP="folder name"Overrides the default folder name displayed on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page.
/NOICONSNo icons are installed in the start menu, on the desktop, and in the Quick Launch bar.
/LOG="filename"The setup program writes a log to the specified file name. If the file exists, it will be overwritten.
Printer Options
/PRINTERNAME="printername"Installs the printer with specified printer name. Ex. /PRINTERNAME="My PDF Creator"

This feature can also be used to install multiple printers. Use /PRINTERNAME="Printer A","Printer B" to install two PDF printers.
/PORT="portname" Creates a new printer port for the installed printer.
/LANG="languagecode"Instructs the setup program to install the specified language. Language codes are 3-letter ISO codes. Currently the following languages are available: ARA, BGR, CHS, CHT, CSY, DAN, DEU, ELL, ENU, ESP, FRA, HUN, IND, ITA, PTB, RUS, SRL, SVE, TRK
/PAPERSIZEThe printer default paper size can be set to A4 or Letter using the switches /PAPERSIZE=A4 or /PAPERSIZE=Letter
/PRESERVEDEFAULTPRINTERBy default the setup program will make the installed printer the default printer. However, you can preserve the default printer if you add this parameter to the setup command line.
/PRESERVEADVANCEDSETTINGSUser's advanced printer settings from an earlier install are preserved during installation if this parameter is used. By default the setup program will reset the user specific advanced printer settings during installation. This affects all users on the system. Only settings for the installed printer names are affected.
Printer Driver Options
/DPI Set the default DPI for the printer driver.
Example: /DPI=300 (600 is default)
/AdvancedFeatures Enable or disable advanced PostScript features.
/AdvancedFeatures=enabled|disabled (disabled is default for better support for 'right to left' printing)
/TrueTypeFont Select if TrueType fonts are downloaded to the printer as Softfonts or substituted with Device fonts.
/TrueTypeFont=softfont or /TrueTypeFont=devicefont (softfont is default)
/PostScriptOutputOption Use this switch to control the PostScript output option of the driver.
/PostScriptOutputOption=speed|portability|eps|archive (speed is default)
/TrueTypeDownload The driver's TrueType font download option can be set using this switch.
/TrueTypeDownload=automatic|outline|bitmap|truetype (outline is default and usually the most compatible)
/PostScriptLanguageLevel Set the PostScript language level of the driver. /PostScriptLanguageLevel=2|3 (2 is default)
/OriginalDriver This disables the renaming of the installed printer driver. The feature is meant for troubleshooting.
Dependencies
/GSLITEURLChange the default download location for the gslite.exe program. Ex. /GSLITEURL=http://www.mysite.xxx/redist/gslite.exe

See Automatic download of Ghostscript
/GSLITEDOWNLOADMODE The Ghostscript lite download mode can help the setup program decide when to download the gslite.exe. Valid values are always, never, and smart. Smart mode is the default. It will detect if Ghostscript is installed manually or if the gslite.exe is located in the same folder as the setup program.

See Automatic download of Ghostscript
/PDFPOWERTOOLDOWNLOADMODE The PDF Power Tool download mode can help the setup program decide when to download the pdfpowertool_setup.exe. Valid values are always, never, and smart. Smart mode is the default. It will detect if the pdfpowertool_setup.exe is located in the same folder as the setup program.
/NOGHOSTSCRIPT Setting this parameter will make the setup ignore the need for Ghostscript.
/NOPDFPOWERTOOL Setting this parameter will make the setup ignore the need for PDF Power Tool.
/NOXPDF Setting this parameter will make the setup ignore the need for Xpdf.
/NOTOOLS This setting will make the installer ignore all the tools. It has the same effect as using /NOGHOSTSCRIPT /NOPDFPOWERTOOL /NOXPDF.
Special Printer Use
/SHARE Prepare the printer for network sharing.
/SPOOLERCONTEXT Prepare the printer for running in the spooler service user context. This can be useful if you use the printer from a service context as shown in the IIS and ASP.NET example.
/ALLOWEXECUTE=0|1 Set the registry value that allows program execution from the PDF printer.

Setup Exit Codes

Any non-zero exit code indicates that Setup was not run to completion.

CodeDescription
0Setup was successfully run to completion.
1Setup failed to initialize.
2The user clicked Cancel in the wizard before the actual installation started.
3A fatal error occurred while preparing to move to the next installation phase (for example, from displaying the pre-installation wizard pages to the actual installation process). This should never happen except under the most unusual of circumstances, such as running out of memory or Windows resources.
4A fatal error occurred during the actual installation process.
Note: Errors that cause an Abort-Retry-Ignore box to be displayed are not fatal errors. If the user chooses Abort at such a message box, exit code 5 will be returned.
5The user clicked Cancel during the actual installation process, or chose Abort at an Abort-Retry-Ignore box.
 
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