Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account?

Date	2013-01-29 02:32 -0800
From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.printing
Subject	Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account?
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On 1/28/2013 6:46 AM PT, Steve W. Jackson typed:

>> When I try to pause, it asked me to enter an administrator account name
>> and its password. Why? I could cancel without any problems. It doesn't
>> make any sense.
>>
>> Thank you in advance. :)
>
> You should be able to delete documents in the queue if they belong to
> your non-admin account that printed them.  But pausing the queue is a
> system-wide thing and should logically require admin privileges.

Yes, deleting works but why not for pausing a print? It makes no sense?
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Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-01-27 22:26 -0800
  Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? "Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson@knology.net> - 2013-01-28 08:46 -0600
    Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-01-29 02:32 -0800
      Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-01-29 06:45 -0500
        Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-01-29 13:26 -0600
          Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2013-01-29 11:36 -0800
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