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      <div class="title_topic6" id="xps10_pagetitle">Initialization Files Overview</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">When you define a printer, you can specify an initialization file containing printer commands to be inserted at the beginning of each output file dispatched to the printer. You also can specify a reset file containing printer commands that are appended to the end of the output file.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">For a custom model you also can specify an initialization file used for a selected paper size.  This is commonly used to switch paper trays. You also can use an initialization file to insert PostScript commands into PostScript output files to prepare them for processing by Adobe Distiller, or to embed HP-GL/2 commands in HP-GL/2 output files to add supplementary content, such as an informational banner. </p>
      <p class="para_topic">Printer commands in an initialization file are commands and escape sequences in the language of the printer, which can be PCL/RTL, PostScript, or HP-GL/2, depending on the class of the printer model. The class is specified in the Properties - Printer Model dialog displayed when you click Properties on the Models tab of the Printer Administrator dialog.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Sample initialization files for typical uses are located in the default printer group directory (${UGII_BASE_DIR}/nxplot/config/pm_server). Sample initialization files for PCL (class RTL) printers have prefix &quot;pcl5&quot;. Sample initialization files for PostScript printers have prefix &quot;ps&quot;.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Create custom initialization files to meet your particular printing needs, perhaps by copying one of the sample initialization files and using a text editor to modify the copied file. For detailed information about printer language commands for your printer, consult documentation provided with your printer or contact Adobe (PostScript) or HP (PCL/RTL and HP-GL/2) for printer language documentation. </p>
      <p class="para_topic">An initialization file can be prepended to:</p>
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