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Featured Stories. Filter By Tags. Kevin Evans. Print Basics. Sign In. Sign In Create An Account. Bulk Printing. Referral Program Reseller Program. Churches Schools Other Nonprofits. View All Printing Services. What Does Collating Mean? Do I need my pages collated when printing? Collated printing Collated Printing generally refers to multiple originals printed and sequenced in logical numerical order. However, if the collate function is disabled and you wanted to print three copies of the same document then it would print the pages in this order: , , , and then Collating is often enabled by default, but it can be adjusted if you wish to do so before printing.

Collating before you print means less time spent once your documents are printed sorting and rearranging the paper. It saves time, hassle and improves efficiency — great for any business. It also means that if you are printing out a great deal of collated documents to then hand out, say for a seminar or informative talk, they will be grouped together — which means you could even forego fastening or binding them to save even more time. This should be the same on most printers.

It will usually be represented by a symbol featuring three pieces of paper, layered on top of one another. Select this and the printer should automatically collate your document and print it out in the right order.

Offline collation is also possible and can be performed manually or automated. If pieces within your documents have similar characteristics then you should be able to collate them with automated equipment. However, if you have documents that are dissimilar such as a business card or a product catalog then this would not be a good fit for an automated collation and it would require you to collate it by hand.

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