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Notes on Configuring the Collate Function

Collate may be canceled under the following conditions:

Conditions where Rotating Collate will be canceled

Under the following conditions, Rotating Collate will be canceled and Shift Collate will be applied instead.

  • When combined with the staple function.

  • When combined with the punch function.

  • When combined with the fold function.

  • When jobs containing pages of various sizes are set.

  • When a paper tray is specified.

  • When combined with the cover sheet or back cover sheet functions.

  • When combined with the slip sheet function.

  • When combined with the chaptering function.

  • When a custom size paper is set.

  • When the output tray has the shift function.

  • When tab stock is set.

Conditions where Shift Collate will be canceled

  • When the output tray does not support the shift function.

  • When only one page is printed.

Note

  • If the information icon (Icon illustration) is displayed next to the "Collate:" list in the PCL 6 printer driver or PostScript 3 printer driver, you cannot specify Collate function. Click the information icon (Icon illustration) to check why collate function is unavailable.

  • If the information icon (Icon illustration) is displayed next to the "Ignore Application Collate" check box in the PCL 5e printer driver, you cannot change the collate setting. For details, click the information icon (Icon illustration).

  • When Collate or Rotating Collate is specified using the printer driver, make sure [Application Collate] is not selected. The output may not be what you require. Specify [Printer Collate] when printing the document.