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Non Admin Users Can't Add Printers!

Jubilee

Jubilee

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Anyone know a work around for this? In Tiger you could. In Leopard only admins can add printers. This makes no sense and is something that could cause major problems in a large company!

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!!
 
Go to http://localhost:631/admin, click on "Edit Configuration File". Under the "Show Shared printers on the local network" section, add these lines:

<Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Set-Default CUPS-Delete-Printer>
Order allow,deny
Allow all
</Limit>

You'll want to restart your computer after this. This should allow non-admin users to add printers via the Add Printer dialog.
 
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