sides

Specifies the number of media sides on which this document prints.

GUI label

Sides to print

DSS

AIX, BSD, CUPS, PSF

Type

Resettable, single-valued, per-document

Allowed Values

You can enter an integer value of 1 or 2.

Default Value

AIX

1

BSD

No value; the printer device defaults the value

CUPS

1

PSF

The value in the form definition

Usage Guidelines

• InfoPrint validates and schedules jobs using this attribute against the destination attribute sides-supported.
• This attribute is valid for ASCII documents in a job only if it is not changed between documents in the job.
• InfoPrint uses this attribute in combination with the plex attribute. The results are:

  sidesValue	plexValue	Output
  1	simplex	Simplex
  2	simplex	Duplex
  1	tumble	Not valid
  2	tumble	Tumble duplex

• InfoPrint uses sides specifications in this order:
  1. The sides document attribute, unless you specify different values for this attribute for each document in a job and also specify a value for the form-definition document attribute. In that case, InfoPrint ignores the sides document attribute.
  2. The sides specification in the document or default document form definition.
  3. The sides actual destination attribute.