Os x printing to windows print server

I am an administrator for a dual-platform school district elementary and middle schools. Our users authenticate to Active Directory. My issue is printing from our Mac's MacBooks to be precise. When setting up printing on our Mac's, we use IP printing. We use IP printing because when we attempt to install printers via Windows printing, it requires authentication when printing which I don't understand, since the users is already authenticated to the domain.

Privacy policy. This step-by-step article describes how to configure your Windows Server as a file and print server. You can create a Windows Server file server and print server manually, or you can use the wizards that are provided in the Configure Your Server Wizard administrative tool. Click Print server in the Server role box, and then click Next. On the Printers and Printer Drivers page, click the types of Windows clients that your print server will support, and then click Next.

Click Local printer attached to this computer , click to clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box, and then click Next. Click the printer make and model or provide the drivers from the printer manufacturer media, and then click Next. If you are prompted to keep or not keep your existing printer driver, either keep the existing driver or replace the existing driver. If you replace the driver, you must provide the manufacturer driver for this printer.

We've recently setup a Windows Print Server at work here. All our print jobs need to go through that because we have print accounting software that runs off the queues.

I've had nothing but trouble trying to get Mac's to print to the Windows queues however. I did the following steps: Add a Printer via the advanced settings. Afterwards I attempt to print to the printer. It asks me to authenticate, then the print job goes into the queue Posted on Jan 10, AM. Page content loaded. Jan 11, AM in response to mr-h In response to mr-h. When you print via a Windows shared queue using SMB as the protocol, you are always going to have to authenticate with Windows credentials.

If you create the print queue using the Windows icon in the Add Printer window, and then browse the workgroup and then select the Windows computer sharing the printer in your case the Windows Server print server you will get prompted to authenticate before you will see the printer share.

You need to authenticate with your Windows account - not your Mac account.