#Imac shared printer authentication required mac os x#

Next choose the shared printer from the list and then under Use, select “Select Software” and choose your printer model from the list. If you need to print from a Mac OS X system to a printer that is shared over the network from a Microsoft Windows system, you can take the following steps on Mac OS X 10.5 or later.It should be same as your Windows PC host name. If you need to use an AppleTalk printer, read its documentation for a possible way to connect it to your Mac computer or local network. Click the little + button to add a new printer, then switch to the Windows tab and choose your workgroup.On our Mac, go to System Preferences and open Printers & Scanners.Finally, open the command prompt in Windows (type cmd at the Run prompt) and enter the command “ipconfig /all” – look for the Hostname entry to know your computer’s host name.In the Printer Properties window, switch to the sharing tab and check the option “Share this Printer.” Also make a note of the shared printer name.I look at the suggestions listed here: Trouble browsing Windows network printers from Mac. Again, it sees the domain, just not the devices in it. This Mac will show devices in the workgroup, just not the devices in the domain.

Just deleting the printer job with the ‘Hold for authentication’ error, removing the printer from Apple - System Preferences - Printers & Scanners’ and adding it again fixed it in macOS 10.15.3 (19D76) Catalina.

Right-click the Printer icon you wish to share and choose Printer Properties. Other Mac's list all the shared printers in the domain. Mac OSX remembers your old password in your keychain you’ll have to remove these credentials first.

Go to your Windows computer and under Control Panel, open Devices and Printers.

You do however need to configure a few things so your Mac can talk to the shared Windows printer. If your Windows computer and Macbook are connected to the same home network, you can directly print documents from your Mac to the shared printer.