Collate breaks multiple copies on solaris x86

[shilpi]

> shilpi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am facing an issue with the cups lpr on solaris x86.
> > When I am trying to print a ps using the following command:
> > "lpr -P printerName -# 2 psName"    ---  it works fine and prints 2 copies of the ps.
> >
> > But, when I add an option to collate it using the following commands:
> > "lpr -P printerName -# 2 -o Collate=True psName " or "lpr -P printerName -# 2 -o collate=on psName"   --- it breaks the multiple copies option and only one copy of the doc gets printed.
> >
> > Any comments ?
> > Am I missing on something here?
>
> If your PPD file provides a Collate option and turning collate on
> does not cause a conflict with other (installable) options in the PPD
> file, then we'll let the printer do collated copies for us.
>
> I suspect that your PPD provides a Collate option but the option code
> either isn't setting the right printer mode or the printer itself
> doesn't actually support hardware copy collation.
>
> --
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
>

What if the PPD doesn't contain the Collate option but the printer supports hardware copy collation, then is it possible to print collated copies ?

Thanks
-Shilpi