printCollate

Type

property

Summary

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

Syntax

set the printCollate to {true | false}

get the printCollate

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.

Examples

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

Value

Name	Type	Description
value		The printCollate is either "true" or "false". The default value is determined by the default setting of the current printer.

Related

command: print

property: printCopies, printDuplex

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 2.9

OS

mac

windows

linux

Platforms

desktop

server