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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating a Custom Profile</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">For each printer, you can create a number of custom profiles. A profile contains information about printer setup and print layout. You could create a personal profile for each printer you use regularly. Or, you could create multiple profiles for a single printer to handle different printing needs. </p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">A profile stores the option settings you specify on the Print Setup and Print Layout tabs only. The profile does not include any option settings you specify on the Printer tab.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Creating a User Profile for the First Time</div>
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            <p class="para_item">On the Printer tab, select a printer. The profile you create is associated with this printer. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the system profile for this printer. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Pick Print Setup. </p>
            <p class="para_item">On this tab, you can select the paper size and orientation, set margins, scale the image, and set the resolution and color of the output. The exact options on this dialog box depend on the printer class. </p>
            <p class="para_item">For HP-GL pen plotters, you can define virtual pen mappings. Pick  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('plotting/pcr_print_setup_op.html');return(false);">Pen Mapping</a> to map physical pens to positions you define. 
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            <p class="para_item">Pick Print Layout. </p>
            <p class="para_item">On this tab, you can further refine the scale and orientation of the image on the page, and align it exactly using the graphical preview. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">When you're satisfied with the settings, pick Save Profile As. Give the profile a meaningful name. </p>
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      <div class="title_division">Modifying an Existing User Profile</div>
      <p class="para_division">Frequently, you'll want to create a profile similar to an existing profile. For example, for the same printer you might create one profile for landscape orientation and another for portrait. You can save time by modifying an existing profile. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">On the Printer tab, select a printer and an existing profile. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Pick Save Profile As. Give the new profile a meaningful name. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Modify any settings on the Print Setup and Print Layout tabs. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">When you're satisfied with the settings, pick Save Profile. </p>
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