Printing with actions in photoshop cs4

Part of my work-flow is to run an action that finishes with printing to a Canon CLC3200.
Photoshop records the action fine, but when the action is run the print simply does not come out, there are no faults or error messages.
Can actions include a step for printing?
Gareth.

Might as well post this here as well as the Mac forum
You can use a script to print, an action can include calling the script.
#target photoshop
app.activeDocument.printOneCopy();
Save the code using a text editor as FileName.jsx
PC:- C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Presets/Scripts/
Mac:- [hard drive]/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Presets/Scripts/
To run script:-
File - Scripts - (Select script)

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