# Follow an attended print from the source product

Check this workstation and exact copy outcomes before the physical handover.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/manuals/printstation/attended-printing

Review edition: 25 October 2026

Roles: operator, owner, supervisor

An attended print opens a PrintStation panel from the source product for a particular job. The source product authorises the content and copies. PrintStation handles delivery to an enrolled, qualified workstation; possession of a printer name is not permission to create another label.

## Start from the source product

Check the intended record, content, quantity and required approval in the source product. Use its offered print action and retain the resulting source/job reference. Open the intended PrintStation panel rather than another person's retained link or an old unrelated job.

Read the document title, preview where available and copy list. A previously prepared document can have a different current eligibility from a new request. If the source says its authority expired or work changed, return there for its permitted current action instead of changing a browser address.

## Check this computer and binding

The panel identifies whether this computer is enrolled and has a suitable printer for the media. Have an Owner resolve **This computer is not a PrintStation workstation** or **No printer is set up for this media** through the actual [app](/manuals/printstation/install-app) and [qualification](/manuals/printstation/qualification) procedure.

Review the selected queue and loaded stock on the actual computer. An unattended destination is a different route with its own agent. Do not move the same unresolved job to another computer or destination merely because the first answer was lost.

## Send only eligible copies

Use the offered print action only for the eligible copies shown. Keep the original panel open while it reports the attempt. The app accepting a request is transport evidence, not proof that a label physically emerged correctly.

Read each copy's resulting state. A refused or proven-not-sent attempt and an unknown attempt are different. Do not click another print repeatedly while a copy may already exist. Arrange an eligible [uncertain-output investigation](/manuals/printstation/uncertain-output) and follow the source product's separate permission for any replacement copy.

Where **Download PDF** is offered, it hands the document to the browser through that job's supported path. A download is not physical output or permission to bypass the source product's print/reprint rules. Keep the downloaded document private and attached to its intended job and copies.

## Finish the physical handover

Check the printer and actual output before attaching a production label. Retain any damaged or duplicate output under the site's procedure and report an inconclusive observation truthfully. A successful later calibration or another good copy does not settle the earlier attempt.

Return to the source product and inspect its recorded outcome. Keep source record, PrintStation job, copy and attempt references together if the browser window closes or support is needed. Use [copy states](/manuals/printstation/copy-states) to interpret the ledger; do not describe submitted or downloaded as printed.