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title: "When a user prints they recieve the following Print Station error message \"Unable to select a Printer: Printer 'Printer1' is in error state 'Error, Job printing, Error'"
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updated: 2024-04-02T14:03:47Z
published: 2024-04-02T14:03:47Z
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# When a user prints they recieve the following Print Station error message "Unable to select a Printer: Printer 'Printer1' is in error state 'Error, Job printing, Error'

When a user prints they recieve the following Print Station error message "Unable to select a Printer: Printer 'Printer1' is in error state 'Error, Job printing, Error'

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This is caused by the first printer being in an error state. The printer with the error must be fixed or removed from the Pharos Station in the Pharos administrator for users to continue printing.

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