due to the lack of a user account , it is a problem to handle a guest print job , submitted by a guest user and associated with first user credentials , for processing by an authenticated printing system requiring the guest print job to be authenticated using second user credentials . this problem is solved by a method comprising the steps of i . obtaining the guest print job , the guest print job comprising print job metadata , the first user credentials being associated with the print job , ii . obtaining the second user credentials , iii . creating a guest user account with the authenticated printing system , the guest user account being associated with the second user credentials , iv . adding the second user credentials to the metadata , and v . forwarding at least the print job metadata , comprising the second user credentials , to the authenticated printing system for processing . a system and a computer program product for performing the method are also provided .