printJob: start

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Submits the print job to the associated printer or printerShare. It will be printed after any existing pending jobs are completed, aborted, or canceled.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

In addition to the following permissions, the user or app's tenant must have an active Universal Print subscription and have a permission that grants Get printer or Get printerShare depending upon whether printer or printerShare is being used.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	PrintJob.Create, PrintJob.ReadWriteBasic, PrintJob.ReadWrite, PrintJob.ReadWriteBasic.All, PrintJob.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not Supported.
Application	Not Supported.

HTTP request

POST /print/shares/{printerShareId}/jobs/{printJobId}/start

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a printJobStatus object in the body.

Examples

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/print/shares/{printerShareId}/jobs/{printJobId}/start

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/print/shares/{printerShareId}/jobs/{printJobId}/start')
	.post();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

graphClient.print().shares("{printerShareId}").jobs("{printJobId}")
	.start()
	.buildRequest()
	.post();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "state": "processing",
    "description": "The print job is currently being processed.",
    "isAcquiredByPrinter": false,
    "details": ["interpreting"]
}