Help > Arbortext Editor Overview > Using Arbortext Publishing Engine for Publishing Documents > Publishing Processing
  
Publishing Processing
If the Arbortext PE server is installed on a Windows server, you may have a choice of publishing engines for print and PDF publishing: PTC Advanced Print Publisher (PTC APP), FOSI, or XSL-FO. The Print Engine being used is displayed in the Print and Publish > PDF File dialog boxes. For more information on these publishing engines, see Publishing engine overview.
* 
The FOSI and XSL-FO print engines are on sustained support and do not receive enhancements or maintenance fixes. PTC APP is the recommended engine for print/PDF output.
The effective print engine for your environment is based on the result of evaluating settings made in Arbortext Editor, Arbortext Styler (if applicable), Arbortext Publishing Engine (if applicable) and your stylesheet. The effective print engine is determined by the stylesheet as well as other actions. You can choose the print engine setting in the Arbortext Styler stylesheet or as a general preference in your Arbortext Editor session. For information about how the effective print engine is determined, refer to Logic for print/preview engine selection.
For information about stylesheets, please refer to the Administrator's Guide, the User's Guide to Arbortext Styler, and the FOSI Reference.
For information about using PTC Advanced Print Publisher for publishing, refer to Integration of PTC Advanced Print Publisher in Arbortext Styler.
If you are publishing a PDF file or previewing using PTC ALD, you need to have Adobe Reader installed locally to view the returned PDF.
If you are publishing for HTML Help, the HTML Help Workshop for HTML Help must be installed on the Windows Arbortext PE server. If the View box is checked, Arbortext Editor will open the HTML Help viewer on the local system.
If you are publishing for web, wireless, PDA or an HTML file and you check the View box, you need to have a supported web browser installed locally.
If you are publishing for EPUB, Calibre 0.8.0 or later must be installed on the Arbortext Editor client. Declare the install directory with the set epubinstalldir command. Refer to Publishing EPUB Output for further information.
If you queue your publishing request, you will be prompted about viewing a returned document when you retrieve the result from the Arbortext PE server.
The values for some set command options are sent to the Arbortext PE server during a publishing request and take effect only for the duration of processing the publishing request. These values are not changed on the server as a result.
The values for the following set command options are sent to the Arbortext PE server to be applied during FOSI or XSL-FO publishing.
* 
These options are not supported for PTC Advanced Print Publisher.
backgroundcoloraqua
backgroundcolorblack
backgroundcolorblue
backgroundcolorbrown
backgroundcolorgray
backgroundcolorgray1
backgroundcolorgray2
backgroundcolorgray3
backgroundcolorgray4
backgroundcolorgray5
backgroundcolorgreen
backgroundcolorlime
backgroundcolormaroon
backgroundcolornavy
backgroundcolorolive
backgroundcolororange
backgroundcolorred
backgroundcolorteal
backgroundcolorviolet
backgroundcolorwhite
backgroundcoloryellow
bigjobthreshold
composedcharactersubstitution
debugcomposition
deepcontentsplitting
fontcoloraqua
fontcolorblack
fontcolorblue
fontcolorbrown
fontcolorgray
fontcolorgray1
fontcolorgray2
fontcolorgray3
fontcolorgray4
fontcolorgray5
fontcolorgreen
fontcolorlime
fontcolormaroon
fontcolornavy
fontcolorolive
fontcolororange
fontcolorred
fontcolorteal
fontcolorviolet
fontcolorwhite
fontcoloryellow
localebackslash
localedefault
localefavored
overlaypagenumbers
overlayunderflowtolerance
tabledefaultrulethickness
tableminimumemptyrowheight
tableminimumrowheight
tablewidth
viewchangetracking
When your Arbortext Styler stylesheet specifies the FOSI publishing engine or if you specify a .fos stylesheet, some additional options for reporting format faults are sent to the server to take effect during publishing.
* 
These are not supported for PTC Advanced Print Publisher or XSL-FO publishing.
fmtfaultfloat
fmtfaultgraphicoverset
fmtfaulthardkeeps
fmtfaulthdrftroverset
fmtfaultlineoverset
fmtfaultlineunderfull
fmtfaultoverstretched
fmtfaultpageoverset
fmtfaultpageunderfull
fmtfaultsoftkeeps
fmtfaulttablehorizoverset
fmtfaulttablevertoverset
fmtthreshgraphicoverset
fmtthreshhdrftroverset
fmtthreshlineoverset
fmtthreshoverstretched
fmtthreshpageoverset
fmtthreshpageunderfull
fmtthreshsoftkeeps
fmtthreshtablehorizoverset
fmtthreshtablevertoverset