Copies (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.print.attribute.standard.Copies class
Date: 2026-08-19

javax.print.attribute.standard

## Class Copies

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.print.attribute.IntegerSyntax
  - - javax.print.attribute.standard.Copies

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, PrintJobAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute

      public final class Copies
      extends IntegerSyntax
      implements PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute

  Class Copies is an integer valued printing attribute class that specifies the number of copies to be printed.

  On many devices the supported number of collated copies will be limited by the number of physical output bins on the device, and may be different from the number of uncollated copies which can be supported.

  The effect of a Copies attribute with a value of n on a multidoc print job (a job with multiple documents) depends on the (perhaps defaulted) value of the `MultipleDocumentHandling` attribute:

  - SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- The result will be n copies of a single output document comprising all the input docs.

  - SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- The result will be n copies of a single output document comprising all the input docs, and the first impression of each input doc will always start on a new media sheet.

  - SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- The result will be n copies of the first input document, followed by n copies of the second input document, . . . followed by n copies of the last input document.

  - SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- The result will be the first input document, the second input document, . . . the last input document, the group of documents being repeated n times.

  IPP Compatibility: The integer value gives the IPP integer value. The category name returned by `getName()` gives the IPP attribute name.

  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `Copies(int value)` Construct a new copies attribute with the given integer value.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `boolean` | `equals(Object object)` Returns whether this copies attribute is equivalent to the passed in object.
    `Class<? extends Attribute>` | `getCategory()` Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.
    `String` | `getName()` Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.print.attribute.IntegerSyntax

      `getValue, hashCode, toString`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### Copies

          public Copies(int value)

      Construct a new copies attribute with the given integer value.
      Parameters:
        `value` - Integer value.
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - (Unchecked exception) Thrown if `value` is less than 1.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### equals

          public boolean equals(Object object)

      Returns whether this copies attribute is equivalent to the passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions must be true:
      1. `object` is not null.
      2. `object` is an instance of class Copies.
      3. This copies attribute's value and `object`'s value are equal.
      Overrides:
        `equals` in class `IntegerSyntax`
      Parameters:
        `object` - Object to compare to.
      Returns:
        True if `object` is equivalent to this copies attribute, false otherwise.
      See Also:
        `Object.hashCode()`, `HashMap`

    - #### getCategory

          public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory()

      Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.

      For class Copies, the category is class Copies itself.

      Specified by:
        `getCategory` in interface `Attribute`
      Returns:
        Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class `java.lang.Class`.

    - #### getName

          public final String getName()

      Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

      For class Copies, the category name is `"copies"`.

      Specified by:
        `getName` in interface `Attribute`
      Returns:
        Attribute category name.

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