Skip header
 

When printing multiple documents such as handouts for meetings, you can separate sets in sequential order. Collate stores data transmitted from a computer to the printer's memory or hard disk drive.

Important

  • You can sort up to 1,000 pages and up to 999 copies when the optional hard disk is installed.

  • You can sort up to 999 copies of documents up to 150 pages without the hard disk.

  • If form feed is executed by [Auto Continue] for a print job whose processing is disrupted by errors, Collate will be canceled. For details about [Auto Continue], see Executing form feed when an error occurs.

Printed output is assembled as sets in sequential order.

Types of Collate

  • Collate

    Printed output is assembled as sets in sequential order.

    Illustration of collate

Note

  • When collate is specified in the printer driver, make sure [Printer Collate] is selected for the PCL 6 or PostScript 3 printer driver, or the [Ignore Application Collate] check box is selected for the PCL 5c printer driver. Otherwise, the output may not come out as desired.

  • For details about setting the collate function using the PCL 6 printer driver or PostScript 3 printer driver for Windows, see Output Settings.

  • For details about setting the collate function using the PCL 5c printer driver, see Setup.

  • For details about setting the collate function using the PostScript 3 printer driver for Mac OS X, see Printing with Mac OS X.