/*
* @(#)SheetCollate.java 1.7 04/05/05
*
* Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package javax.print.attribute.standard;
import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
import javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax;
import javax.print.attribute.DocAttribute;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttribute;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintJobAttribute;
/**
* Class 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 {@link Copies 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 {@link Copies Copies}
* attribute in succession. For example, suppose a document produces two media
* sheets as output, {@link Copies 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 {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* MultipleDocumentHandling} attribute. The {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* 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 {@link
* MultipleDocumentHandling MultipleDocumentHandling} attribute.
*
* -
* If all the docs have the same sheet collation specified, then the following
* combinations of SheetCollate and {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* MultipleDocumentHandling} are permitted, and the printer reports an error
* when the job is submitted if any other combination is specified:
*
* -
* SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* 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, . . .
*
*
-
* SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* 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, . . .
*
*
-
* SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* 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, . . .
*
*
-
* SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* 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,
* . . .
*
*
-
* SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* 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, . . .
*
*
-
* SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* 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, . . .
*
*
-
* SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
* 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, . . .
*
*
*
-
* If different docs have different sheet collations specified, then only one
* value of {@link MultipleDocumentHandling MultipleDocumentHandling} is
* permitted, and the printer reports an error when the job is submitted if any
* other value is specified:
*
* -
* {@link MultipleDocumentHandling 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.
*
*
* @see MultipleDocumentHandling
*
* @author Alan Kaminsky
*/
public final class SheetCollate extends EnumSyntax
implements DocAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 7080587914259873003L;
/**
* Sheets within a document appear in uncollated order when multiple
* copies are printed.
*/
public static final SheetCollate UNCOLLATED = new SheetCollate(0);
/**
* Sheets within a document appear in collated order when multiple copies
* are printed.
*/
public static final SheetCollate COLLATED = new SheetCollate(1);
/**
* Construct a new sheet collate enumeration value with the given integer
* value.
*
* @param value Integer value.
*/
protected SheetCollate(int value) {
super (value);
}
private static final String[] myStringTable = {
"uncollated",
"collated"
};
private static final SheetCollate[] myEnumValueTable = {
UNCOLLATED,
COLLATED
};
/**
* Returns the string table for class SheetCollate.
*/
protected String[] getStringTable() {
return myStringTable;
}
/**
* Returns the enumeration value table for class SheetCollate.
*/
protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable() {
return myEnumValueTable;
}
/**
* Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category"
* for this printing attribute value.
*
* For class SheetCollate, the category is class SheetCollate itself.
*
* @return Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class
* {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.
*/
public final Class getCategory() {
return SheetCollate.class;
}
/**
* Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an
* instance.
*
* For class SheetCollate, the category name is "sheet-collate".
*
* @return Attribute category name.
*/
public final String getName() {
return "sheet-collate";
}
}