The default configuration for printers in OS X is relatively basic and offers you options to essentially add or remove a printer and then set some driver-specific features such as the amount of RAM or duplexing details; however, you may wish to have more options for managing access to your printer, such as limiting access to one printer and not another, or requiring a password to print.
The easiest way to administer these options for printers is via network access, where if you share the printer you can limit which users will have access to it over the network. Doing this involves setting up a separate computer to be a print server, and then manage which accounts can access the shared printer service over the network. Apple's OS X Server offers options for managing this, but you can also do the same in the client version of the OS.
You can create one or more "printer" user that anyone can use to log in and print over the network, so you can easily manage access by changing passwords or removing this user's print privileges.
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To do this, with your printer set up on the computer, enable printer sharing for the device in the Sharing system preferences and then manage the specific users and groups allowed to print in the Users list. By d... [Read more]
by Topher Kessler via CNET How To
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