Mac OSX “Hold for authentication” when trying to print

mac osx

Fix steps:

1. Print any document and the job is hold in queue with message “Hold for authentication”
2. Open a terminal window and run the following commands

$ lpstat -s

Output likes the following:
  
device for <printer name>: smb://<server>/<shared name>

device for Canon_iR_ADV_4245: smb://my-windows-printer-server/Canon_iR_ADV_4245

$ sudo lpadmin -p <printer name> -o auth-info-required=<Your username>,<Your password>

Reference: http://servalpaul.blogspot.com/2015/01/mac-osx-hold-for-authentication-when.html

Written on January 4, 2017