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 ====== CUPS ====== ====== CUPS ======
 {{ :media:image:logo:cups.jpg?200|Line drawing of an anthropomorphised computer, with closed eyes and a smile, looking at a printer.}} {{ :media:image:logo:cups.jpg?200|Line drawing of an anthropomorphised computer, with closed eyes and a smile, looking at a printer.}}
-CUPS may seem a little clunky, but you can probably run any old printer you want on [[Linux]], and that rules.+**CUPS** may seem a little clunky, but you can probably run any old printer you want on [[Linux]], and that rules.
  
 ===== Setup ===== ===== Setup =====
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   - Install [[arch>extra/x86_64/cups/|CUPS]].   - Install [[arch>extra/x86_64/cups/|CUPS]].
   - Install the driver for your printer.   - Install the driver for your printer.
-  - Start CUPS service: <code>sudo systemctl start cups.service</code>or <code>sudo systemctl enable cups.service</code> to have it always start, [[archw>systemd#Basic_systemctl_usage|etc]].+  - Start CUPS service: <code>sudo systemctl start cups.service</code>or ''enable'' instead of ''start'' to have it always start, [[archw>systemd#Basic_systemctl_usage|etc]].
   - Turn on the printer, plug it into a USB, then test to see if it's recognised: <code>lsusb</code>   - Turn on the printer, plug it into a USB, then test to see if it's recognised: <code>lsusb</code>
   - Go to the CUPS web interface at http://localhost:631/   - Go to the CUPS web interface at http://localhost:631/
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