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Search online for the latest drivers for the printer and download them to the desktop.

If this is a network printer, make sure the IP address is known before removing the printer as this will be needed to reconnect.

Click 'Remove Device' from the drop down menu.

Go to Devices and Printers in Windows and right click on the printer in question.

Note that if you did get the PPD file with that extra section in it, you won’t see the Authentication tab option.Solution:To fix this issue, uninstall the printer and install it with the latest drivers: On the printer page for the newly added printer, select Administration > Set Default OptionsĪfter that, go to the Authentication tab, and you can set the code there. To set the code, go to the CUPS web configuration (localhost:631/printers). You have to have used the right PPD file, the one with the authentication section. The authentication code was the big challenge. Everything else was pretty much the defaults. When it came to selecting a driver, I picked the PPD file that I downloaded.

After a minute or two, the dialog detected the printer on the network, and I didn’t even have to ask someone or go searching for the IP address. Installing the printer queue was very straight forward. *CloseGroup: Authentication Installing the Printer Queue *ParamCustomJCLPasscode Code/Key Code: 1 passcode 1 8 *CustomJCLPasscode True: SET ACCOUNTNUMBER = \"\1\"" *OrderDependency: 10 JCLSetup *JCLPasscode

The missing part was: *OpenGroup: Authentication So, I downloaded the PPD file from the IAS site. Otherwise, all of the jobs went to “Withheld” status. Unfortunately, the problem is with the authentication. This installed the PPD file in the /usr/ directory: /usr/share/cups/model/sharp/en/Sharp-MX-2600N-ps.ppd Here are the options that I used for a search:Īfter extracting it, I ran the install script: sudo. The IAS website points to a German download page that does have an option for a Linux download. The global customer page does not have a Linux version. The one that finally worked was using the PPD file from the IAS website. I had a lot of trouble finding the correct driver. It isn’t the easiest to setup and configure on my installation of Ubuntu, so here are my notes. Our church has a Sharp MX-2600N printer, and I occasionally need to print to it from my laptop.