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#Mac shared printer authentication required Pc#

Sometimes you may notice that you print jobs are stuck in the queue with the message On hold (authentication required). Open any app on our Mac that supports printing - like Text Edit or Pages - and press the Cmd + P shortcut to open the system print dialog, choose the Windows printer from the list of available printer and start the print job. Go to System Preferences - Sharing and turn on Printer Sharing. Click the Add button to access that printer from your Mac.Next choose the shared printer from the list and then under Use, select “Select Software” and choose your printer model from the list.

#Mac shared printer authentication required Pc#

It should be same as your Windows PC host name. 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.

Right-click the Printer icon you wish to share and choose Printer Properties.

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. You also own a Macbook and you would like to send print jobs from the Mac to your Windows connected printer. It is a simple (classic) printer that is not web-enabled, meaning it cannot connect to the Internet directly. You have a desktop computer running Windows and this machine is connected to a printer with a USB cable.