Printing error - dialog prompts for name and password of user in the lpadmin group

Apple indicates this is a OS update error to 10.5.71) but have seen it elsewhere. When you try to make a change to your printing settings, add a printer or sometimes starting a print job, a dialog box pops up asking for a user name and password for a user in the lpadmin group.

To correct this, you must enter Terminal and type the following when logged in as administrator.

dseditgroup -o edit -p -a admin -t group _lpadmin
printing_error_-_enter_name_and_password_for_lpadmin_group.txt · Last modified: 2010/02/19 17:01 (external edit)