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We have received some feedback regarding printing behavior between MAC OS and Windows. The application in question is Adobe line of products, mainly PhotoShop CS 4 and CS 5.
The scenario is as follows: Customer has mixed platform environment with Adobe Suites installed i.e. Photoshop, Illustrator and so on. Our MFP has entering of credentials before printing enabled for auditing and controlling purposes. On the computer side (Printer Driver), we have configured toprompt the user for their User Credentials at all times. The reason for doing so is because the computers are in a public environment hence we would like to know who is printing and how much.
The first problem is this: In Adobe Illustrator on Microsoft Windows, when the user selects to print, they are immediately presented with the printer dialouge box to enter their respective credentials to continue printing, but in MAC OS, this is not the case. On the MAC OS, the user has to select an additional button, "Printer...", then select "Print" again before being prompted to enter their credentials.
Customer is puzzled as to why in Windows Adobe Illustrator, the number of steps required to print is lesser then in MAC OS Adobe Illustrator. Customer feels that there is inconsistancy in terms of behavior between the Mac and Windows platform.
Secondly, in Photoshop CS 4, the same symptoms occurs as above, however, in CS 5, it is worse. In PS CS 5, after the user enters their credentials, the next time they reopen and create a new docucment, they no longer need to enter their credentials again as it is already "Saved" for them. This defeats the purpose of setting the printer to always prompt for user credentials when they print.
I have taken this case up to the respective vendor thinking that it is a printer driver issue. However their reply came back stating that this is a specification of Adobe and Mac.
Does anyone has any ideas about this?

>> On the MAC OS, the user has to select an additional button, "Printer...", then select "Print" again before being prompted to enter their credentials.
That sounds like your printer drivers are inconsistent on different code paths (carbon and cocoa), and saving the credentials in the print ticket instead of using them as one time authentication. Yes, it could be that they are implementing the driver according to Apple guidelines (which just don't match what you want), or it could be a bug in the way they implement authentication in the driver. This has little or nothing to do with the applications, which just query the driver for it's capabilities, then send data to the driver for printing. Using different applications just exercises slightly different code paths in the driver.

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