Installing a Permanent License

To use AFP Visual Environment, you must install a permanent license on the computer where the product is installed. The permanent license is valid only on this computer.
To install a permanent license for AFP Visual Environment:
  1. Make sure that you have the e-mail containing the entitlement ID (EID) that you received from Ricoh.
  2. If the computer where AFP Visual Environment is installed does not have Internet access:
    1. Do not close the license application on the computer where AFP Visual Environment is installed.
    2. Log into a computer that has Internet access.
    3. Use the Remote Desktop Connection to connect to the computer where AFP Visual Environment is installed.
    4. Log in with the same user name and password that you used when you started the license application.
  3. On the computer that has Internet access, go to this website: https://dl.ricohsoftware.com.
  4. Click Software Activation on the right side of the screen.
  5. In the Software Activation dialog, insert the EID and the system fingerprint.
    1. Copy and paste the EID from the e-mail you received from Ricoh.
    2. On the Software Activation page, enter your EID and system fingerprint.

      To get your system fingerprint, go to Help ⇒ License manager ⇒ License info/deployment. Your system fingerprint is displayed on the panel.

    3. Click Confirm Content.
  6. In the Activation Content Confirmation dialog:
    1. Review the confirmation information.
    2. Click Activate.
    You will receive a confirmation that your software has been activated. A license key is generated with an Activation ID for the client computer and is displayed on the screen.
    Note: The number of activations of the license is displayed under Quantity. The remaining number of activations available for this license is displayed under Remaining Quantity.
  7. To download the license key, click Download License Key. The saving procedure and file type are different for each browser. Record the folder where you saved the license key.
  8. To email the license key file to someone else, click Email License Key.
    1. Type the e-mail address.
    2. Click Send.
  9. If you are finished, close the browser tab. To restart the process, click Start Over.
  10. If you accessed the Internet from a different computer than the one where AFP Visual Environment is installed, copy the license file to the computer where AFP Visual Environment is installed.
  11. Access your AFP Visual Environment application, click Help ⇒ License manager ⇒ License info/deployment ⇒ Install license and select your license. Then, click OK.
Parent topic: AFP Visual Environment User's Guide