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.
extends
JobMediaSheetsSupported, JobMediaSheetsCompleted, JobKOctets, JobImpressions