> ## Documentation Index
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# Enqueue a print job

> Enqueue a print job to a paired, non-revoked print station. The station's agent picks it up on its next long-poll. Provide the payload as `payload_base64` (binary/PDF bytes) or `payload_text` (raw ZPL command stream) — exactly one is required. If `printer_name` is supplied it must match a printer available on the station.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/build.yaml post /print-stations/{stationId}/print-jobs
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Luminous API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: API documentation for Luminous
servers:
  - url: https://{companyName}.api.joinluminous.com/external/api/v1
    variables:
      companyName:
        default: companyName
        description: Your company-specific subdomain
security: []
tags:
  - name: Products
    description: Get and manage products
  - name: Pricing
    description: Manage price schedules, levels, and customizations
  - name: BOMs
    description: Manage Bills of Materials (BOMs)
  - name: Labels
    description: Label rendering via Labelary ZPL service
  - name: Companies
    description: Manage business accounts and their associated data
  - name: Contacts
    description: Manage contact information for individuals
  - name: Suppliers
    description: Manage suppliers (factories) — vendors used on purchase orders
  - name: Supplier SKUs
    description: Manage per-supplier SKU and unit-cost overrides for products
  - name: Locations
    description: Manage warehouses and locations
  - name: Inventory
    description: Get and adjust product stock levels
  - name: Lots
    description: Create, update, and delete product lots (batches)
  - name: Transfer Orders
    description: Manage transfer orders
  - name: Fulfillment Orders
    description: Manage fulfillment orders and picklists
  - name: Purchase Orders
    description: Get and modify purchase orders
  - name: Receiving Reports
    description: Manage receiving reports
  - name: Payment Obligations
    description: Manage payment obligations for purchase orders
  - name: Sales Orders
    description: Manage sales orders and sales order shipments
  - name: Purgatory
    description: >-
      Inspect and resolve non-posted sales orders in the purgatory staging
      workflow
  - name: PickFlow Shipping
    description: >-
      Provider-agnostic shipping rates, services, packages, and label purchase
      for PickFlow
  - name: Cycle Counts
    description: >-
      Create, drive, and post PickFlow cycle counts — batches, per-warehouse
      sessions, and CSV import/export
  - name: Print Stations
    description: List paired print stations and enqueue print jobs to them
  - name: Invoices
    description: Get and manage invoices
  - name: Work Orders
    description: >-
      Manage work orders — production lifecycle, steps, materials, links,
      shipments, and comments
  - name: Production Batches
    description: Group and manage work orders as production batches
  - name: Bills
    description: >-
      Accounts payable bill management, payments, attachments, allocations, and
      variance
  - name: Prepayments
    description: Manage vendor prepayments and applications
  - name: Vendor Credits
    description: Manage vendor credits and applications
  - name: Vendor Returns
    description: Manage vendor returns and credit generation
  - name: Customer Returns
    description: Manage customer returns (sales returns), receiving, and restock behavior
  - name: Stock Snapshot
    description: Point-in-time stock snapshots with export support
  - name: Consumption
    description: Consumption reports and exports
  - name: Inventory Aging
    description: Cost-layer-based inventory aging reports
  - name: Bills Reports
    description: Accounts payable bills aging reports
  - name: Forecast
    description: Materialized forecast data
  - name: Reports
    description: Close the books, inventory discrepancy, transaction COGS, and EDI reports
  - name: Tags
    description: Add/remove tags across various resources
  - name: Custom Fields
    description: Get and set custom fields across various resources
  - name: Currency
    description: Currency configuration, exchange rates, and conversion
  - name: Integration Mappings
    description: Manage integration mappings for external systems
  - name: Integration Field Mappings
    description: Manage field-level mappings between Luminous and external systems
paths:
  /print-stations/{stationId}/print-jobs:
    post:
      tags:
        - Print Stations
      summary: Enqueue a print job
      description: >-
        Enqueue a print job to a paired, non-revoked print station. The
        station's agent picks it up on its next long-poll. Provide the payload
        as `payload_base64` (binary/PDF bytes) or `payload_text` (raw ZPL
        command stream) — exactly one is required. If `printer_name` is supplied
        it must match a printer available on the station.
      operationId: createPrintStationJob
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: stationId
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: ID of the target print station.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - format
              properties:
                kind:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                  enum:
                    - shipping_label
                    - packing_slip
                    - raw
                  description: Job kind. Defaults to `raw`.
                format:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - zpl
                    - pdf
                  description: Payload format.
                printer_name:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                  description: >-
                    Target printer name. Must match a printer available on the
                    station; omit to use the station default.
                payload_base64:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                  description: >-
                    Base64-encoded payload (binary/PDF bytes). Required when
                    `payload_text` is not provided.
                payload_text:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                  description: >-
                    Raw text payload (e.g. a ZPL command stream). Required when
                    `payload_base64` is not provided.
                copies:
                  type: integer
                  nullable: true
                  minimum: 1
                  maximum: 10
                  description: Number of copies to print. Defaults to 1.
                metadata:
                  type: object
                  nullable: true
                  additionalProperties: true
                  description: Arbitrary metadata echoed back on the job.
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Print job enqueued
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                        description: Print job ID.
                      station_id:
                        type: string
                        description: ID of the station the job was enqueued to.
                      status:
                        type: string
                        description: Job status (e.g. queued).
                      kind:
                        type: string
                        description: Job kind (shipping_label, packing_slip, or raw).
                      format:
                        type: string
                        description: Payload format (zpl or pdf).
                      printer_name:
                        type: string
                        nullable: true
                        description: >-
                          Target printer name, or null to use the station
                          default.
                      copies:
                        type: integer
                        description: Number of copies to print.
                      metadata:
                        type: object
                        nullable: true
                        additionalProperties: true
                        description: >-
                          Arbitrary caller-supplied metadata echoed back on the
                          job.
                      created_at:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                        description: When the job was created (ISO 8601).
        '400':
          description: The requested printer is not available on the station.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  available_printers:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
        '401':
          description: Authentication credentials were missing or invalid
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: Unauthorized
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Authentication credentials are missing or invalid
                  status_code:
                    type: integer
                    example: 401
        '404':
          description: Print station not found or revoked.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
        '422':
          description: Validation error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  errors:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: string
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Authenticate using a bearer token. To create a token, navigate to
        /settings/api-tokens and click Create API Token.

````