PageRanges

Class Overview

Class PageRanges is a printing attribute class, a set of integers, that identifies the range(s) of print-stream pages that the Printer object uses for each copy of each document which are to be printed. Nothing is printed for any pages identified that do not exist in the document(s). The attribute is associated with print-stream pages, not application-numbered pages (for example, the page numbers found in the headers and or footers for certain word processing applications).

In most cases, the exact pages to be printed will be generated by a device driver and this attribute would not be required. However, when printing an archived document which has already been formatted, the end user may elect to print just a subset of the pages contained in the document. In this case, if a page range of "n-m" is specified, the first page to be printed will be page n. All subsequent pages of the document will be printed through and including page m.

If a PageRanges attribute is not specified for a print job, all pages of the document will be printed. In other words, the default value for the PageRanges attribute is always {{1, Integer.MAX_VALUE}}.

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

• If all the docs have the same page ranges 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 combined together into one output document. The specified page ranges of that output document will be printed.

  • SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input docs will be combined together into one output document, and the first impression of each input doc will always start on a new media sheet. The specified page ranges of that output document will be printed.

  • SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- For each separate input doc, the specified page ranges will be printed.

  • SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- For each separate input doc, the specified page ranges will be printed.
  • SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- For each separate input doc, its own specified page ranges will be printed..

  • SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- For each separate input doc, its own specified page ranges will be printed..

IPP Compatibility: The PageRanges attribute's canonical array form gives the lower and upper bound for each range of pages to be included in and IPP "page-ranges" attribute. See class SetOfIntegerSyntax for an explanation of canonical array form. The category name returned by getName() gives the IPP attribute name.

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From class javax.print.attribute.SetOfIntegerSyntax boolean contains(int x) Determine if this set-of-integer attribute contains the given value. boolean contains(IntegerSyntax attribute) Determine if this set-of-integer attribute contains the given integer attribute's value. boolean equals(Object object) Returns whether this set-of-integer attribute is equivalent to the passed in object. int[][] getMembers() Obtain this set-of-integer attribute's members in canonical array form. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for this set-of-integer attribute. int next(int x) Determine the smallest integer in this set-of-integer attribute that is greater than the given value. String toString() Returns a string value corresponding to this set-of-integer attribute.
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object. final void wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long timeout) Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
From interface javax.print.attribute.Attribute abstract Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory() Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value when it is added to an attribute set. abstract String getName() Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.