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Collating Output
Collation is printing of multiple copies of a print job in numeric
order. The QMS 860 Print System can deliver multiple copies of
your files in collated order to the output tray. Figure 5.28 shows
the collated and uncollated stacking for two copies of a four-page
file.
When a hard disk drive is installed, the use of additional disk space
for collation greatly improves collation performance. Increasing
the disk space to be used for collation allows increasingly more
complex and longer collation sequences. However, there is a limit
to how much can be collated at one time. When 100 sheets are
received for a print job or when a complex print job consumes all
the collation disk space, chunk collation occurs.
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Collated Uncollated
Fig. 5.28 Collated and Uncollated Output
Chapter 5
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