[macosx] collate option ignored in native print dialog.

[Phil Race]

I can reproduce on current JDK 8 too. I've filed
  JDK-8012381 : Collation selection ignored when printing on MacOS X

-phil.

On 4/15/2013 10:13 AM, Abhinay Reddyreddy wrote:
> 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.