Print a document at a site

POST /print-jobs

Print a document at a site: a consignment's label, or copies of a SKU's label, laid out by Manifold.

It goes to the printer named, else to the site's default printer for its purpose; 409 NoPrinterForJob when there is none, 409 PrinterCannotPrint when the printer cannot take it (a PDF label to a ZPL printer), 409 PrintDocumentMissing when the consignment has no label stored yet. The job waits, queued, for the printer's print agent. Printing stays at the organization's own sites, so read-only mode does not hold it. Appends fulfillment.print-job-requested. Idempotent on jobId, the caller's: a retry with the same id answers the job as it stands and prints nothing twice; the same id for a different request is 409 PrintJobIdTaken. A reprint is a new jobId.

Access

Requires printing:write.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent on jobId, the caller's: a retry with the same id answers the job as it stands and prints nothing twice; the same id for a different request is 409 PrintJobIdTaken.

A retry with the same key answers 200, with what the first call recorded.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

fulfillment.print-job-requested

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

Agents call this as fulfillment_request_print (Fulfillment: Request print), in the printing toolset.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X POST 'https://fulfillment.getmanifold.io/print-jobs' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "jobId": "pjb_01a15a20-4400-7e55-8f66-6f7a8b9c0d1e",
  "locationId": "loc_01a0f6b0-1100-7e51-8f62-7a8b9cadbec4",
  "document": {
    "_tag": "sku-labels",
    "sku": "MUG-SPECKLE",
    "copies": 12
  }
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://fulfillment.getmanifold.io/print-jobs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "jobId": "pjb_01a15a20-4400-7e55-8f66-6f7a8b9c0d1e",
    "locationId": "loc_01a0f6b0-1100-7e51-8f62-7a8b9cadbec4",
    "document": {
      "_tag": "sku-labels",
      "sku": "MUG-SPECKLE",
      "copies": 12
    }
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "jobId": "pjb_01a15a20-4400-7e55-8f66-6f7a8b9c0d1e",
  "locationId": "loc_01a0f6b0-1100-7e51-8f62-7a8b9cadbec4",
  "document": {
    "_tag": "sku-labels",
    "sku": "MUG-SPECKLE",
    "copies": 12
  }
}

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "id": "pjb_01a15a20-4400-7e55-8f66-6f7a8b9c0d1e",
  "locationId": "loc_01a0f6b0-1100-7e51-8f62-7a8b9cadbec4",
  "printerId": "prn_01a15a10-2c00-7a11-8b22-3c4d5e6f7a8b",
  "agentId": "pag_01a15a0f-9e00-7c33-8d44-5e6f7a8b9c0d",
  "purpose": "sku-label",
  "document": {
    "_tag": "sku-labels",
    "sku": "MUG-SPECKLE",
    "copies": 12
  },
  "content": {
    "name": "Speckled mug",
    "barcode": "9312345000017"
  },
  "status": "queued",
  "requestedAt": "2026-10-20T02:41:07.330Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-20T02:41:07.330Z"
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: fulfillment-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://fulfillment.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`PrintAgentOnly` reason	This call is a print agent's alone, or a person's alone. `reason` says which.	Call it with the right credential.
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`404`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`FulfillmentOrderNotFound` orderId	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.
`ConsignmentNotFound` consignmentId	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`NoPrinterForJob` locationId, purpose, reason	Nothing at the site can take this job. `reason` says why: no default printer for the purpose, or the printer named is removed or elsewhere.	Make one of the site's printers the default, or name one.
`PrinterCannotPrint` printerId, reason	The printer cannot print this document. `reason` says why.	Send it to a printer of the right kind.
`PrintDocumentMissing` reason	What was asked to be printed is not there yet. `reason` says what.	Wait for the label to be stored, or check the SKU.
`PrintJobIdTaken` jobId	The `jobId` was already used for a different print.	Mint a fresh `pjb_` id for a new print or a reprint.
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`502`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`InventoryUnavailable` reason	The inventory service did not answer, so nothing changed.	Send the same request again, with the same key.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again, with the same key.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

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