Collate
When referring to printing,
collate is a term used to describe how printed material is organized. For example, if you had a document that was five pages long and was printing multiple copies with collate enabled it would print pages 1,2,3,4 and 5 in that order and then repeat. However, if collate was disabled and you were printing 3 copies of those same five pages it would print pages
in this order: 111, 222, 333, 444, and then 555. In the picture to the right, is an example of collate printing enabled and disabled. Keep in mind that Collate
will be grayed out unless you are printing multiple copies.
Collating is often enabled by default, however, can be adjusted through the print window that appears before printing. For example, in Microsoft Word a user would enable or disable collate by performing the below steps.
- Open Microsoft Word and the document you wish to print.
- Click File and Print.
- In the Print Window increase the number of copies and then check or uncheck the collate option to enable or disable it.
Also see: Printer definitions