Cups running on Ubuntu 15.10 server and so far so good.

When an OS X device tries to print through the ubuntu cups server, I get this error:

IPP client-error-not-authorized for Create-Job

On the OS X device in the print job I get the message:

Hold for Authorization

Made the standard tweaks to cupsd.conf and printers.conf (see below), but no joy.

Any cups experts have any advice?

Thanks

Luis

cupsd.conf:

#
# Configuration file for the CUPS scheduler. See "man cupsd.conf" for a
# complete description of this file.
#
# Log general information in error_log - change "warn" to "debug"
# for troubleshooting...
LogLevel debug
PageLogFormat
# Deactivate CUPS' internal logrotating, as we provide a better one, especially
# LogLevel debug2 gets usable now
MaxLogSize 0
# Only listen for connections from the local machine.
#Listen localhost:631
Port 631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
# Show shared printers on the local network.
Browsing On
BrowseLocalProtocols dnssd
#BrowseAllow all
# Default authentication type, when authentication is required...
DefaultAuthType None
# Web interface setting...
WebInterface Yes
# Restrict access to the server...
<Location /> Order allow,deny Allow all
</Location>
# Restrict access to the admin pages...
<Location /admin> Order allow,deny Allow all
</Location>
# Restrict access to configuration files...
<Location /admin/conf> AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order allow,deny Allow all
</Location>
# Set the default printer/job policies...
<Policy default> # Job/subscription privacy... JobPrivateAccess default JobPrivateValues default SubscriptionPrivateAccess default SubscriptionPrivateValues default # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an administrator... <Limit Create-Job Print-Job Print-URI Validate-Job> Order deny,allow </Limit> <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Ren
ew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job Canc
el-My-Jobs Close-Job CUPS-Move-Job CUPS-Get-Document> Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> # All administration operations require an administrator to authenticate... <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default CUPS-Get-Dev
ices> AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> # All printer operations require a printer operator to authenticate... <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release
-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-J
ob-After Cancel-Jobs CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs> AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job... <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job> Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> <Limit All> Order deny,allow </Limit>
</Policy>
# Set the authenticated printer/job policies...
<Policy authenticated> # Job/subscription privacy... JobPrivateAccess default JobPrivateValues default SubscriptionPrivateAccess default SubscriptionPrivateValues default # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an administrator... <Limit Create-Job Print-Job Print-URI Validate-Job> AuthType Default Order deny,allow </Limit> <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Ren
ew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job Canc
el-My-Jobs Close-Job CUPS-Move-Job CUPS-Get-Document> AuthType Default Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> # All administration operations require an administrator to authenticate... <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default> AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> # All printer operations require a printer operator to authenticate... <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release
-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-J
ob-After Cancel-Jobs CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs> AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job... <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job> AuthType Default Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM Order deny,allow </Limit> <Limit All> Order deny,allow </Limit>
</Policy>

printers.conf:

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v2.1.0
# Written by cupsd
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING
<Printer SHARP_MX-2640N>
UUID urn:uuid:ce9f69de-ba08-3630-7365-088439080a0f
AuthInfoRequired none
Info SHARP MX-2640NPCL_PS
Location Local Printer
MakeModel Sharp MX-2640N PS, 1.1
DeviceURI lpd://192.168.25.52/lp
State Idle
StateTime 1449759918
ConfigTime 1449702658
Type 8401116
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
AllowUser all
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy retry-job
Attribute marker-colors \#00FFFF,#FF00FF,#FFFF00,#000000,none,#00FFFF,#FF00FF,#FFFF00,#000000,#00FFFF,#FF00FF,#FFFF00,#000
000,none
Attribute marker-levels 35,50,-1,75,0,73,73,73,63,73,73,73,63,-1
Attribute marker-names Cyan Toner,Magenta Toner,Yellow Toner,Black Toner,Waste Toner,Cyan Photoconductive Drum,Magenta Pho
toconductive Drum,Yellow Photoconductive Drum,Black Photoconductive Drum,Cyan Developer,Magenta Developer,Yellow Developer
,Black Developer,Fusing Unit
Attribute marker-types toner,toner,toner,toner,waste-toner,opc,opc,opc,opc,developer,developer,developer,developer,fuser
Attribute marker-change-time 1449759918
</Printer>

2 Answers

I noticed there was a continuous error 'Create-Job client-error-not-authorized: The printer or class is not shared!' in the CUPS errors logs when a print job was queued on the local PC printer queue. I removed the HP laserjet 6MP printer under CUPS admin again and installed it as ‘Share This Printer’ with the settings. This time I used the PCL 6 driver with its default options. That fixed it. A print test job worked from the PC. Re installation of the IPP printer was not required on the PC.

After MUCH searching found the problem.

In printers.conf changed

AllowUser all

to

AllowUser

and yes, that is all that I needed to change...weirdo!

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