Class Finishings

public class Finishings
extends EnumSyntax
implements DocAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute

Class Finishings is a printing attribute class, an enumeration, that identifies whether the printer applies a finishing operation of some kind of binding to each copy of each printed document in the job. For multidoc print jobs (jobs with multiple documents), the MultipleDocumentHandling attribute determines what constitutes a "copy" for purposes of finishing.

Standard Finishings values are:

	NONE	STAPLE	EDGE_STITCH
	BIND	SADDLE_STITCH	COVER

The following Finishings values are more specific; they indicate a corner or an edge as if the document were a portrait document:

	STAPLE_TOP_LEFT	EDGE_STITCH_LEFT	STAPLE_DUAL_LEFT
	STAPLE_BOTTOM_LEFT	EDGE_STITCH_TOP	STAPLE_DUAL_TOP
	STAPLE_TOP_RIGHT	EDGE_STITCH_RIGHT	STAPLE_DUAL_RIGHT
	STAPLE_BOTTOM_RIGHT	EDGE_STITCH_BOTTOM	STAPLE_DUAL_BOTTOM

The STAPLE_XXX values are specified with respect to the document as if the document were a portrait document. If the document is actually a landscape or a reverse-landscape document, the client supplies the appropriate transformed value. For example, to position a staple in the upper left hand corner of a landscape document when held for reading, the client supplies the STAPLE_BOTTOM_LEFT value (since landscape is defined as a +90 degree rotation from portrait, i.e., anti-clockwise). On the other hand, to position a staple in the upper left hand corner of a reverse-landscape document when held for reading, the client supplies the STAPLE_TOP_RIGHT value (since reverse-landscape is defined as a -90 degree rotation from portrait, i.e., clockwise).

The angle (vertical, horizontal, angled) of each staple with respect to the document depends on the implementation which may in turn depend on the value of the attribute.

The effect of a Finishings attribute on a multidoc print job (a job with multiple documents) depends on whether all the docs have the same binding specified or whether different docs have different bindings specified, and on the (perhaps defaulted) value of the MultipleDocumentHandling attribute.

• If all the docs have the same binding specified, then any value of MultipleDocumentHandling makes sense, and the printer's processing depends on the MultipleDocumentHandling value:
  • SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be bound together as one output document with the specified binding.
  • SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input docs will be bound together as one output document with the specified binding, and the first impression of each input doc will always start on a new media sheet.
  • SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each input doc will be bound separately with the specified binding.
  • SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- Each input doc will be bound separately with the specified binding.
• If different docs have different bindings specified, then only two values of MultipleDocumentHandling make sense, and the printer reports an error when the job is submitted if any other value is specified:
  • SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each input doc will be bound separately with its own specified binding.
  • SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- Each input doc will be bound separately with its own specified binding.

IPP Compatibility: Class Finishings encapsulates some of the IPP enum values that can be included in an IPP "finishings" attribute, which is a set of enums. The category name returned by getName() is the IPP attribute name. The enumeration's integer value is the IPP enum value. The toString() method returns the IPP string representation of the attribute value. In IPP Finishings is a multi-value attribute, this API currently allows only one binding to be specified.

Fields

NONE

public static final Finishings NONE

Perform no binding.

STAPLE

public static final Finishings STAPLE

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples. The exact number and placement of the staples is site-defined.

COVER

public static final Finishings COVER

This value is specified when it is desired to select a non-printed (or pre-printed) cover for the document. This does not supplant the specification of a printed cover (on cover stock medium) by the document itself.

BIND

public static final Finishings BIND

This value indicates that a binding is to be applied to the document; the type and placement of the binding is site-defined.

SADDLE_STITCH

public static final Finishings SADDLE_STITCH

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples (wire stitches) along the middle fold. The exact number and placement of the staples and the middle fold is implementation- and/or site-defined.

EDGE_STITCH

public static final Finishings EDGE_STITCH

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples (wire stitches) along one edge. The exact number and placement of the staples is implementation- and/or site- defined.

STAPLE_TOP_LEFT

public static final Finishings STAPLE_TOP_LEFT

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples in the top left corner.

STAPLE_BOTTOM_LEFT

public static final Finishings STAPLE_BOTTOM_LEFT

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples in the bottom left corner.

STAPLE_TOP_RIGHT

public static final Finishings STAPLE_TOP_RIGHT

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples in the top right corner.

STAPLE_BOTTOM_RIGHT

public static final Finishings STAPLE_BOTTOM_RIGHT

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples in the bottom right corner.

EDGE_STITCH_LEFT

public static final Finishings EDGE_STITCH_LEFT

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples (wire stitches) along the left edge. The exact number and placement of the staples is implementation- and/or site-defined.

EDGE_STITCH_TOP

public static final Finishings EDGE_STITCH_TOP

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples (wire stitches) along the top edge. The exact number and placement of the staples is implementation- and/or site-defined.

EDGE_STITCH_RIGHT

public static final Finishings EDGE_STITCH_RIGHT

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples (wire stitches) along the right edge. The exact number and placement of the staples is implementation- and/or site-defined.

EDGE_STITCH_BOTTOM

public static final Finishings EDGE_STITCH_BOTTOM

Bind the document(s) with one or more staples (wire stitches) along the bottom edge. The exact number and placement of the staples is implementation- and/or site-defined.

STAPLE_DUAL_LEFT

public static final Finishings STAPLE_DUAL_LEFT

Bind the document(s) with two staples (wire stitches) along the left edge assuming a portrait document (see above).

STAPLE_DUAL_TOP

public static final Finishings STAPLE_DUAL_TOP

Bind the document(s) with two staples (wire stitches) along the top edge assuming a portrait document (see above).

STAPLE_DUAL_RIGHT

public static final Finishings STAPLE_DUAL_RIGHT

Bind the document(s) with two staples (wire stitches) along the right edge assuming a portrait document (see above).

STAPLE_DUAL_BOTTOM

public static final Finishings STAPLE_DUAL_BOTTOM

Bind the document(s) with two staples (wire stitches) along the bottom edge assuming a portrait document (see above).

Constructors

Finishings

protected Finishings(int value)

Construct a new finishings binding enumeration value with the given integer value.

Parameters:

value - Integer value.

Methods

getStringTable

protected String[] getStringTable()

Returns the string table for class Finishings.

Overrides:

getStringTable in class EnumSyntax

Returns:

the string table

getEnumValueTable

protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable()

Returns the enumeration value table for class Finishings.

Overrides:

getEnumValueTable in class EnumSyntax

Returns:

the value table

getOffset

protected int getOffset()

Returns the lowest integer value used by class Finishings.

Overrides:

getOffset in class EnumSyntax

Returns:

the offset of the lowest enumeration value.

getCategory

public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory()

Specified by:

getCategory in interface Attribute

Returns:

Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class java.lang.Class.

getName

public final String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface Attribute

Returns:

Attribute category name.