Change copies number on print presets?

Hi!
First, sorry for my english, it's not very good.
Second, the question: I'm makingt a script because I need to print a lot of documents (covers), all with the same general properties (printer, color settings, paper settings -at the printer driver; this is the most important, I can't set this values in inDesign printing dialog-, bleeds, marks, etc saved like preset) but different number of copies. I wish to know if I it's compatible presets and variable number of copies.
Thanks, all!
Regards,
Jose

Upsssss!
Javascript, with cs4 and cs5.
I must put this line before the print command line?
something like:
myPrintPreset.copies = 10
app.activeDocument.print(false, myPrintPreset)
Thanks!

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