HP 5550 User Guide - Page 145

Offset Printing If offset printing is selected, the paper is fed out shifted as shown below. " When PAPER MENU/COLLATE is set to ON, the pages are fed out in sets as shown below. - When COLLATE is set to ON - When COLLATE is set to OFF 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 Staple printing Pages are stapled and fed out by job or by copy set as shown below. Page in the portrait orientation are stapled in the upper-left corner. " The copies can be stapled when they contain 2 to 30 pages (3 to 60 pages when double-sided). " If staple printing is selected when COLLATE is set to ON, the pages are stapled before being fed out. If staple printing is selected when COLLATE is set to OFF, the pages are not stapled before being fed out (except when only one copy is being printed). " When copies are stapled, they are not fed out shifted as with offset printing or job separation printing. Instead, they are fed out at the same position. 1 Finishing 131