[macosx] collate option ignored in native print dialog.

[Abhinay Reddyreddy]

Hi,

I am trying to use the native print dialog through DialogSelectionType.NATIVE option on Mac OS X. In this dialog if a user selects the collate option from Paper Handling options, the output from the printer is not collated. i.e The user expected output in the sequence "Page 1 Page 2 Page 1 Page2..." but the printed sequence is "Page1 Page1 .. Page 2 Page 2".

Is there any workaround to get the output to not ignore the user selection for collate option ??

Here is a simple test case.


import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.print.*;

import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttributeSet;

import javax.print.attribute.HashPrintRequestAttributeSet;

import javax.print.attribute.standard.DialogTypeSelection;

import javax.print.attribute.standard.SheetCollate;

import javax.print.attribute.standard.Copies;


public class SunTest implements Printable

{

   public void startTestCase()

   {

PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();

PrintRequestAttributeSet pras  = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();

pras.add(DialogTypeSelection.NATIVE);

pras.add(SheetCollate.COLLATED);

pras.add(new Copies(2));

pj.setPrintable(this);

        if (pj.printDialog(pras))

        {

try{

pj.print(pras);

} catch (Exception e) {

}

        }

   }


public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pageNo) throws PrinterException

{

if(pageNo > 2)

return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;

else {

g.setColor(Color.black);

Font fnt = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 32);   /* Cover page */

            g.setFont(fnt);

g.drawString("Page no: "+Integer.toString(pageNo), 100, 200);

return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;

}

}


   public static void main (String []Args) {

      SunTest st = new SunTest ();

      st.startTestCase ();

   }

}


- Abhinay.