On Hold (Authentication Required)

Hi All,
I'm having an issue with my clients about printing, everytime they submit a print job to any printer installed on a Windows Server 2008 print server the job will be put on hold in the job queue.
On Hold (Authentication Required)
When you click on "Resume" on the toolbar it ask the user for their credentials. Problem is, this is not save on the client's keychain.
But when you change the name from "Doe,John" to it's login name "jdoe", it logs in just fine.
I guess my questions are:
     1. How or What do I do so when the window above popup, client user just need to check the "Remember this password in my keychain" and then click OK button and then credentials will be saved in the keychain.
     2. How or What do I need to change that when the window above popup, it'll say "jdoe" instead of "Doe,John".
     3. Is there a command that I can type on the Mac OS Server Terminal or a setting I can change on the server that will save this problem of mine.
We have 230 Mac Clients and their's 30 more coming, there must be a way to do it on the terminal or on the server so it affects all the Mac clients that's in the domain.
Additional Info:
     User is authenticated thru Active Directory, Users are being managed thru Open Directory.
     Active Directory is Windows 2008 64bit, Mac OS X Server 10.6.8
     Print Server is Windows 2008
Your Help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Mawie3

Not a problem at all
Alright, after trying both commands I still get this lovely bit in my console for cups.
I [25/Mar/2008:11:24:00 -0700] [Job 57] Authenticated by "".
Each command generated a line:
I [25/Mar/2008:11:23:12 -0700] New printer "printer" added by "jimmyeatapple".
I [25/Mar/2008:11:26:15 -0700] Printer "printer" modified by "jimmyeatapple".
The printer "printer" it is referencing here, is that in my print list (because I don't see it)? Is it the default schematic for a new printer? Should I add a new printer after having run these commands?
Message was edited by: jimmyeatmud

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