How to customize this aspect of the printers' set-ups to suit individual print jobs

You can define pre- and post-strings for each of the PrintServer's logical printers. A pre-string is a string of characters sent to the printer before each print job; a post-string is sent to the printer after each print job. You can also choose to make the printer replace strings; that is, automatically substitute one string for another.

You can use this feature if you need to customize the printer's set-up for particular print jobs. Customized set-ups could include, for example, font set-up, printer reset, form feed, banner page, or load a form.

Display the PrintServer's Advanced Configuration web page.
Click on the logical printer in the list whose set-up you wish to change.
The Configure Logical Printer web page is displayed.
Edit the pre-, post-, and replace strings in the adjacent text fields.
Note: The replace string syntax is [string1], [substitution1]; [stringN], [substitutionN]
Click Save.

Note: Double-quote (") must be written as hex code (0x22). Otherwise the string will be truncated after the first double-quote.
Example: "Hello" is written as 0x22Hello0x22.

Examples

This simple example writes the text This text will be sent before before the job, and This text will be sent after after the job.

Pre string: This text will be sent before
Post string: This text will be sent after

This example is used to print UNIX jobs on a PCL compatible printer.
It inserts a carriage return <CR> for every line feed <LF>, before each job, and a form feed after each job.

Pre string: 0x1b&k2G
Post string: 0x0c

This example inserts a form feed <FF> after each job.

Pre string:
Post string: 0x0c

This example writes a banner page before the job, and adds a form feed at the end:

Pre string: * * * * * * Start of new print job * * * * * 0x0c
Post string: 0x0c

This example resets an HP and PCL compatible printer

Pre string: 0x1bE
Post string:

This example selects Landscape paper orientation on an HP and PCL compatible printer

Pre string: 0x1bE0x1b&l1O
Post string: 0x1bE0x0c

This example selects CG Times 12p font on an HP and PCL compatible printer

Pre string: 0x1bE0x1b(0U0x1b(s1p12v0s0b4101T
post string: 0x1bE

In this example, a PCL compatible printer changes the orientation of the paper to landscape when it encounters the text $landscape$ at the top of a page, and changes the orientation of the paper to portrait when it encounters the text $portrait$ at the top of a page.

Replace: $landscape$, 0x1b&l1O; $portrait$, 0x1b&l0O