Class JobMediaSheets is an integer valued printing attribute class that
specifies the total number of media sheets to be produced for this job.
The JobMediaSheets attribute describes the size of the job. This attribute is
not intended to be a counter; it is intended to be useful routing and
scheduling information if known. The printer may try to compute the
JobMediaSheets attribute's value if it is not supplied in the Print Request.
Even if the client does supply a value for the JobMediaSheets attribute in
the Print Request, the printer may choose to change the value if the printer
is able to compute a value which is more accurate than the client supplied
value. The printer may be able to determine the correct value for the
JobMediaSheets attribute either right at job submission time or at any later
point in time.
Unlike the JobKOctets
and JobImpressions
attributes, the JobMediaSheets value must include the
multiplicative factors contributed by the number of copies specified by the
Copies
attribute and a "number of copies" instruction embedded
in the document data, if any. This difference allows the system administrator
to control the lower and upper bounds of both (1) the size of the document(s)
with JobKOctetsSupported
and JobImpressionsSupported
and (2) the size of the job
with JobMediaSheetsSupported
.
IPP Compatibility: The integer value gives the IPP integer value. The
category name returned by getName()
gives the IPP attribute
name.