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Starting Canon printer service automatically on a system using systemd
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Starts the Canon printer service (ccpd) on demand when a printer (any printer) is attached.
Prerequisite: install the Canon printer driver packages from Canon's website as instructed.
Put the ccpd2.service file into `/etc/systemd/system` and run `systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl enable ccpd2` as root.
The file is called `cppd2.service` because systemd maps the `/etc/init.d/ccpd` script that comes with the printer driver package to the name `cppd`. Any name other than `cppd.service` would do just as fine.
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ccpd2.service
[Unit]
Description=Printer daemon for Canon printers
Requires=cups.service
After=cups.service
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ccpd
Type=forking
[Install]
# To run the daemon always when the system is up
#WantedBy=multi-user.target
# To run the daemon when a printer is attached
WantedBy=printer.target
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