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The difference between collated and uncollated is that collated means every page of your print job is kept in order. An uncollated print job is made up of pages not in order.

2. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COLLATE COPIES? In printing lingo, collate is often used to mean ?collate copies.? That means that instead of printing individual papers, the printer ?accumulates? these documents together to create a complete set. The next time you are printing a document, check out the print preview page.

Yes, you can use the 'collate' function when printing double-sided. The printer will print all pages in the correct order for each copy of the document, whether it's single-sided or double-sided.

If you want each packet to print in the same order, collated printing would be your best bet. This way, collated printing would print pages one through five of the first packet before moving on to the second packet and so on. If something is uncollated, it means it's compiled randomly or in an unspecified order.

If you need 10 copies of an 8-page booklet, choosing to print collated will give you the 10 copies with the 8 pages already in order and ready to go. Alternately, printing uncollated would mean the opposite. Printing this same document uncollated will print the first page 10 times, the second page 10 times, and so on.

Should I collate pages? You should use collated printing if you print more than one document copy. This will make it easier to keep each copy in a separate pile, and easier to bind them together later on.

To control collating, follow these steps: Choose Print from the File menu. Word displays the Print dialog box. ... Specify the number of copies you wish to print. Click on the Collate Copies check box. If the check box is selected, this indicates the copies will be collated. Click on OK. Your document will be printed.