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25 package javax.print.attribute.standard;
26
27 import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
28 import javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax;
29 import javax.print.attribute.DocAttribute;
30 import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttribute;
31 import javax.print.attribute.PrintJobAttribute;
32
33 /**
34 * Class SheetCollate is a printing attribute class, an enumeration, that
35 * specifies whether or not the media sheets of each copy of each printed
36 * document in a job are to be in sequence, when multiple copies of the document
37 * are specified by the {@link Copies Copies} attribute. When SheetCollate is
38 * COLLATED, each copy of each document is printed with the print-stream sheets
39 * in sequence. When SheetCollate is UNCOLLATED, each print-stream sheet is
40 * printed a number of times equal to the value of the {@link Copies Copies}
41 * attribute in succession. For example, suppose a document produces two media
42 * sheets as output, {@link Copies Copies} is 6, and SheetCollate is UNCOLLATED;
43 * in this case six copies of the first media sheet are printed followed by
44 * six copies of the second media sheet.
45 * <P>
46 * Whether the effect of sheet collation is achieved by placing copies of a
47 * document in multiple output bins or in the same output bin with
48 * implementation defined document separation is implementation dependent.
49 * Also whether it is achieved by making multiple passes over the job or by
50 * using an output sorter is implementation dependent.
51 * <P>
52 * If a printer does not support the SheetCollate attribute (meaning the client
53 * cannot specify any particular sheet collation), the printer must behave as
54 * though SheetCollate were always set to COLLATED.
55 * <P>
56 * The SheetCollate attribute interacts with the {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
57 * MultipleDocumentHandling} attribute. The {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
58 * MultipleDocumentHandling} attribute describes the collation of entire
59 * documents, and the SheetCollate attribute describes the semantics of
60 * collating individual pages within a document.
61 * <P>
62 * The effect of a SheetCollate attribute on a multidoc print job (a job with
63 * multiple documents) depends on whether all the docs have the same sheet
64 * collation specified or whether different docs have different sheet
65 * collations specified, and on the (perhaps defaulted) value of the {@link
66 * MultipleDocumentHandling MultipleDocumentHandling} attribute.
67 * <UL>
68 * <LI>
69 * If all the docs have the same sheet collation specified, then the following
70 * combinations of SheetCollate and {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
71 * MultipleDocumentHandling} are permitted, and the printer reports an error
72 * when the job is submitted if any other combination is specified:
73 * <UL>
74 * <LI>
75 * SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
76 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be
77 * combined into one output document. Multiple copies of the output document
78 * will be produced with pages in collated order, i.e. pages 1, 2, 3, . . .,
79 * 1, 2, 3, . . .
80 * <P>
81 * <LI>
82 * SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
83 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input docs
84 * will be combined into one output document, and the first impression of each
85 * input doc will always start on a new media sheet. Multiple copies of the
86 * output document will be produced with pages in collated order, i.e. pages
87 * 1, 2, 3, . . ., 1, 2, 3, . . .
88 * <P>
89 * <LI>
90 * SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
91 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each
92 * input doc will remain a separate output document. Multiple copies of each
93 * output document (call them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each document's
94 * pages in collated order, but the documents themselves in uncollated order,
95 * i.e. pages A1, A2, A3, . . ., A1, A2, A3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . ., B1, B2,
96 * B3, . . .
97 * <P>
98 * <LI>
99 * SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
100 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- Each input
101 * doc will remain a separate output document. Multiple copies of each output
102 * document (call them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each document's pages
103 * in collated order, with the documents themselves also in collated order, i.e.
104 * pages A1, A2, A3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . ., A1, A2, A3, . . ., B1, B2, B3,
105 * . . .
106 * <P>
107 * <LI>
108 * SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
109 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be
110 * combined into one output document. Multiple copies of the output document
111 * will be produced with pages in uncollated order, i.e. pages 1, 1, . . .,
112 * 2, 2, . . ., 3, 3, . . .
113 * <P>
114 * <LI>
115 * SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
116 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input docs
117 * will be combined into one output document, and the first impression of each
118 * input doc will always start on a new media sheet. Multiple copies of the
119 * output document will be produced with pages in uncollated order, i.e. pages
120 * 1, 1, . . ., 2, 2, . . ., 3, 3, . . .
121 * <P>
122 * <LI>
123 * SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
124 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each
125 * input doc will remain a separate output document. Multiple copies of each
126 * output document (call them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each document's
127 * pages in uncollated order, with the documents themselves also in uncollated
128 * order, i.e. pages A1, A1, . . ., A2, A2, . . ., A3, A3, . . ., B1, B1, . . .,
129 * B2, B2, . . ., B3, B3, . . .
130 * </UL>
131 * <P>
132 * <LI>
133 * If different docs have different sheet collations specified, then only one
134 * value of {@link MultipleDocumentHandling MultipleDocumentHandling} is
135 * permitted, and the printer reports an error when the job is submitted if any
136 * other value is specified:
137 * <UL>
138 * <LI>
139 * {@link MultipleDocumentHandling MultipleDocumentHandling} =
140 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each input doc will remain a separate
141 * output document. Multiple copies of each output document (call them A, B,
142 * . . .) will be produced with each document's pages in collated or uncollated
143 * order as the corresponding input doc's SheetCollate attribute specifies, and
144 * with the documents themselves in uncollated order. If document A had
145 * SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED and document B had SheetCollate = COLLATED, the
146 * following pages would be produced: A1, A1, . . ., A2, A2, . . ., A3, A3,
147 * . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . .
148 * </UL>
149 * </UL>
150 * <P>
151 * <B>IPP Compatibility:</B> SheetCollate is not an IPP attribute at present.
152 * <P>
153 *
154 * @see MultipleDocumentHandling
155 *
156 * @author Alan Kaminsky
157 */
158 public final class SheetCollate extends EnumSyntax
159 implements DocAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute {
160
161 private static final long serialVersionUID = 7080587914259873003L;
162
163 /**
164 * Sheets within a document appear in uncollated order when multiple
165 * copies are printed.
166 */
167 public static final SheetCollate UNCOLLATED = new SheetCollate(0);
168
169 /**
170 * Sheets within a document appear in collated order when multiple copies
171 * are printed.
172 */
173 public static final SheetCollate COLLATED = new SheetCollate(1);
174
175 /**
176 * Construct a new sheet collate enumeration value with the given integer
177 * value.
178 *
179 * @param value Integer value.
180 */
181 protected SheetCollate(int value) {
182 super (value);
183 }
184
185 private static final String[] myStringTable = {
186 "uncollated",
187 "collated"
188 };
189
190 private static final SheetCollate[] myEnumValueTable = {
191 UNCOLLATED,
192 COLLATED
193 };
194
195 /**
196 * Returns the string table for class SheetCollate.
197 */
198 protected String[] getStringTable() {
199 return myStringTable;
200 }
201
202 /**
203 * Returns the enumeration value table for class SheetCollate.
204 */
205 protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable() {
206 return myEnumValueTable;
207 }
208
209 /**
210 * Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category"
211 * for this printing attribute value.
212 * <P>
213 * For class SheetCollate, the category is class SheetCollate itself.
214 *
215 * @return Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class
216 * {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.
217 */
218 public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory() {
219 return SheetCollate.class;
220 }
221
222 /**
223 * Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an
224 * instance.
225 * <P>
226 * For class SheetCollate, the category name is <CODE>"sheet-collate"</CODE>.
227 *
228 * @return Attribute category name.
229 */
230 public final String getName() {
231 return "sheet-collate";
232 }
233
234 }
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