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title: "Pharos Station error: 'Error creating Destination job. Handle is invalid.'"
slug: "pharos-station-error-error-creating-destination-job-handle-is-invalid"
updated: 2024-03-28T13:50:58Z
published: 2024-03-28T13:50:58Z
canonical: "kb.pharos.com/pharos-station-error-error-creating-destination-job-handle-is-invalid"
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# Pharos Station error: 'Error creating Destination job. Handle is invalid.'

**Error on releasing a job at a Print Station:**

"Error creating destination job. Handle is invalid."

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**Cause:**

The printer is set to print using SMB rather the LPR.

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**Solution:**

Set the printer to print using LPR.

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