printCollate

Reports whether the next print job should automatically interleave multiple copies.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 2.9 Security: printing

# Syntax

set the printCollate to {true | false}

# Examples

if "collate" is among the items of the printerFeatures then set the printCollate to true end if

# Description

Use the printCollate property to specify whether to interleave multiple copies of a print job. If a print job has three pages, P1, P2 and P3, with printCollate set to true and printCopies set to 2 the output order will be P1, P2, P3, P1, P2, P3. With printCollate set to false the output will be P1, P1, P2, P2, P3, P3.

# Tags

printing,

# See

- **command:** print - **property:** printCopies, printDuplex