diff --git a/src/solaris/classes/sun/print/IPPPrintService.java b/src/solaris/classes/sun/print/IPPPrintService.java
index 1c441bd197ee704373f4fed2327e59c7f8d8e68e..dea62374103f3e91c08014f6a7a2d77ca6e2483e 100644
--- a/src/solaris/classes/sun/print/IPPPrintService.java
+++ b/src/solaris/classes/sun/print/IPPPrintService.java
@@ -1029,7 +1029,16 @@ public class IPPPrintService implements PrintService, SunPrinterJobService {
             // now supports collation and that most OS has a way
             // of setting it, it is a safe assumption to just always
             // include SheetCollate as supported attribute.
-            catList.add(SheetCollate.class);
+
+            /*
+               In Linux, we use Postscript for rendering but Linux still
+               has issues in propagating Postscript-embedded setpagedevice
+               setting like collation.  Therefore, we temporarily exclude
+               Linux.
+            */
+            if (!UnixPrintServiceLookup.isLinux()) {
+                catList.add(SheetCollate.class);
+            }
         }
 
         // With the assumption that  Chromaticity is equivalent to
diff --git a/src/solaris/classes/sun/print/UnixPrintServiceLookup.java b/src/solaris/classes/sun/print/UnixPrintServiceLookup.java
index c682634b7b66579219808601d9425d8ce3570fc1..2c2a64062932c7c42073fdcab6335483dda468e5 100644
--- a/src/solaris/classes/sun/print/UnixPrintServiceLookup.java
+++ b/src/solaris/classes/sun/print/UnixPrintServiceLookup.java
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ public class UnixPrintServiceLookup extends PrintServiceLookup
         return osname.equals("SunOS");
     }
 
+    static boolean isLinux() {
+        return (osname.equals("Linux"));
+    }
+
     static boolean isBSD() {
         return (osname.equals("Linux") ||
                 osname.contains("OS X"));