SheetCollate is a printing attribute class, an enumeration,
that specifies whether or not the media sheets of each copy of each printed
document in a job are to be in sequence, when multiple copies of the document
are specified by the Copies attribute. When
SheetCollate is COLLATED, each copy of each document is
printed with the print-stream sheets in sequence. When SheetCollate
is UNCOLLATED, each print-stream sheet is printed a number of times
equal to the value of the Copies attribute in succession. For
example, suppose a document produces two media sheets as output,
Copies is 6, and SheetCollate is UNCOLLATED; in this
case six copies of the first media sheet are printed followed by six copies
of the second media sheet.
Whether the effect of sheet collation is achieved by placing copies of a document in multiple output bins or in the same output bin with implementation defined document separation is implementation dependent. Also whether it is achieved by making multiple passes over the job or by using an output sorter is implementation dependent.
If a printer does not support the SheetCollate attribute (meaning the
client cannot specify any particular sheet collation), the printer must
behave as though SheetCollate were always set to COLLATED.
The SheetCollate attribute interacts with the
MultipleDocumentHandling attribute. The
MultipleDocumentHandling attribute describes
the collation of entire documents, and the SheetCollate attribute
describes the semantics of collating individual pages within a document.
The effect of a SheetCollate attribute on a multidoc print job (a job
with multiple documents) depends on whether all the docs have the same sheet
collation specified or whether different docs have different sheet collations
specified, and on the (perhaps defaulted) value of the
MultipleDocumentHandling attribute.
SheetCollate and
MultipleDocumentHandling are permitted,
and the printer reports an error when the job is submitted if any other
combination is specified:
MultipleDocumentHandling = SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be
combined into one output document. Multiple copies of the output document
will be produced with pages in collated order, i.e. pages 1, 2, 3, . . .,
1, 2, 3, . . .
MultipleDocumentHandling = SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input
docs will be combined into one output document, and the first impression
of each input doc will always start on a new media sheet. Multiple copies
of the output document will be produced with pages in collated order,
i.e. pages 1, 2, 3, . . ., 1, 2, 3, . . .
MultipleDocumentHandling = SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each
input doc will remain a separate output document. Multiple copies of each
output document (call them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each
document's pages in collated order, but the documents themselves in
uncollated order, i.e. pages A1, A2, A3, . . ., A1, A2, A3, . . ., B1,
B2, B3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . .
MultipleDocumentHandling = SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- Each
input doc will remain a separate output document. Multiple copies of each
output document (call them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each
document's pages in collated order, with the documents themselves also in
collated order, i.e. pages A1, A2, A3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . ., A1, A2,
A3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . .
MultipleDocumentHandling = SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be
combined into one output document. Multiple copies of the output document
will be produced with pages in uncollated order, i.e. pages 1, 1, . . .,
2, 2, . . ., 3, 3, . . .
MultipleDocumentHandling = SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input
docs will be combined into one output document, and the first impression
of each input doc will always start on a new media sheet. Multiple copies
of the output document will be produced with pages in uncollated order,
i.e. pages 1, 1, . . ., 2, 2, . . ., 3, 3, . . .
MultipleDocumentHandling = SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each
input doc will remain a separate output document. Multiple copies of each
output document (call them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each
document's pages in uncollated order, with the documents themselves also
in uncollated order, i.e. pages A1, A1, . . ., A2, A2, . . ., A3, A3, . .
., B1, B1, . . ., B2, B2, . . ., B3, B3, . . .
MultipleDocumentHandling is
permitted, and the printer reports an error when the job is submitted if
any other value is specified:
MultipleDocumentHandling =
SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each input doc will remain a
separate output document. Multiple copies of each output document (call
them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each document's pages in collated
or uncollated order as the corresponding input doc's SheetCollate
attribute specifies, and with the documents themselves in uncollated
order. If document A had SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED and document B had
SheetCollate = COLLATED, the following pages would be produced: A1, A1, .
. ., A2, A2, . . ., A3, A3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . .
IPP Compatibility: SheetCollate is not an IPP attribute at present.
MultipleDocumentHandling
| Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
|---|---|
| public static final SheetCollate | COLLATED
Sheets within a document appear in collated order when multiple copies are printed. |
| private static final SheetCollate[] | myEnumValueTable
The enumeration value table for class |
| private static final String[] | myStringTable
The string table for class |
| private static final long | serialVersionUID
Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.4 for interoperability.
|
| public static final SheetCollate | UNCOLLATED
Sheets within a document appear in uncollated order when multiple copies are printed. |
| Access | Constructor and Description |
|---|---|
| protected | SheetCollate(int
Integer value value)Construct a new sheet collate enumeration value with the given integer value. |
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
| public final Class | Returns: printing attribute class (category), an instance of classjava.Implements javax. Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value. |
| protected EnumSyntax[] | getEnumValueTable()
Overrides javax. Returns the enumeration value table for class |
| public final String | Returns: attribute category nameImplements javax. Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance. |
| protected String[] | getStringTable()
Overrides javax. Returns the string table for class |
| COLLATED | back to summary |
|---|---|
| public static final SheetCollate COLLATED Sheets within a document appear in collated order when multiple copies are printed. | |
| myEnumValueTable | back to summary |
|---|---|
| private static final SheetCollate[] myEnumValueTable The enumeration value table for class | |
| myStringTable | back to summary |
|---|---|
| private static final String[] myStringTable The string table for class | |
| serialVersionUID | back to summary |
|---|---|
| private static final long serialVersionUID Hides javax. Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.4 for interoperability. | |
| UNCOLLATED | back to summary |
|---|---|
| public static final SheetCollate UNCOLLATED Sheets within a document appear in uncollated order when multiple copies are printed. | |
| SheetCollate | back to summary |
|---|---|
| protected SheetCollate(int value) Construct a new sheet collate enumeration value with the given integer value.
| |
| getCategory | back to summary |
|---|---|
| public final Class Implements javax. Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.
For class
| |
| getEnumValueTable | back to summary |
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| protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable() Overrides javax. Returns the enumeration value table for class
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| getName | back to summary |
|---|---|
| public final String getName() Implements javax. Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.
For class | |
| getStringTable | back to summary |
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| protected String[] getStringTable() Overrides javax. Returns the string table for class
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