HP Laserjet 1300 began requiring "lpadmin" password to print. Formerly, no problem.

My HP Laserjet 1300 printer formerly printed with no problems. Suddenly, it began requiring "lpadmin password" before continuing to print. It does this regardless of the originating application (Word, Excel, Entourage, Adobe Acrobat). I have tried unplugging the printer and restarting my computer (MacBook Pro circa 2009 running OS 10.5.8) without success. I am wondering if the "lpadmin password" is a remnant from a prior user? I originally bought this printer as a surplus from a computer consultant who was upgrading a business's printers. Does anyone know how to circumvent/eliminate the "lpadmin password"? Thanks, Ken

Hello joonone, and welcome to the HP Forums.
I am sorry, but to get your issue more exposure I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums since this is a commercial product. You can do this at http://h30499.www3.hp.com/hpeb/ .
I hope this helps!
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1. First make sure that the account you wish to manage is not an admin account. Use the Accounts pane in System Preferences to remove administrator privileges from the account if necessary.
2. Download and install the Server Admin Tools from Apple. Be sure to download the correct version; there are separate Snow Leopard 10.6, Leopard 10.5 and Tiger 10.4 versions.
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6. Click the "Manage Always" button at the top right of the window. At the bottom. there are two check boxes: One allows printing to local printers, and the other requires an admin password. Check both boxes.
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Hi Király,
This may work for a stand alone unit, but I'm thinking Open Directory may change things.
My testing:
4. After I enter localhost and enter my admin name and password, it takes me to my LDAP server with a bunch of users listed, and not my local Test user.
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Re: How do I require a password to print?

Users of that account now need to have an administrator's username and password entered when they want to print.
I am asking a question here. I haven't tried it.
Doesn't this give away the farm? A regular user has an admin user & password.
I guess you could mark this user as not being able to login. They could still get into terminal & play around.
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rccharles wrote:
Users of that account now need to have an administrator's username and password entered when they want to print.
I am asking a question here. I haven't tried it.
Doesn't this give away the farm? A regular user has an admin user & password.
No. I'm thinking of the scenario where a managed user (e.g. a child) uses a non-admin account and doesn't know the admin username/password. Even in a managed account, the user has unlimited printing capabilities. My tip allows printing under the managed account to be limited thus:
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