--- cupsfilters/pdftopdf/pdftopdf.cxx.ORIG	2024-03-08 04:27:06.000000000 +1100
+++ cupsfilters/pdftopdf/pdftopdf.cxx	2024-04-01 07:01:22.243473122 +1100
@@ -730,9 +730,20 @@
       // of a driverless IPP printer (PDF, Apple Raster, PWG Raster, PCLm).
       // These printers do always hardware collate if they do hardware copies.
       // https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5433
+      /* PSz  4 Mar 24
+       *  - Surely PostScript printers also can collate? Modern printers
+       *    accept either/both PDF and/or PS, with similar features.
+       *  - Should an inability to collate give us licence to override
+       *    the explicit PPD request of "no sw copies"? An override will
+       *    likely result in N*N copies, when HW does it also.
+       *  - Why pretend to know what the printer can do?
+       * Accepting PostScript also, as a partial (wrong?) fix.
+       */
       hw_collate = (final_content_type &&
 		    (strcasestr(final_content_type, "/pdf") ||
 		     strcasestr(final_content_type, "/vnd.cups-pdf") ||
+		     strcasestr(final_content_type, "/postscript") ||
+		     strcasestr(final_content_type, "/vnd.cups-postscript") ||
 		     strcasestr(final_content_type, "/pwg-raster") ||
 		     strcasestr(final_content_type, "/urf") ||
 		     strcasestr(final_content_type, "/PCLm")));