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How can I enable CUPS-LPD on Server 16.04 LTS?

I've looked at the answer to this Ask Ubuntu question Ubuntu 16.04 systemd vs. cups-lpd and it wasn't helpful.

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  • I did not understand how to use it. I am familiar with systemd through systemctl but I am unfamiliar with creating or adding new services to it, manually. The answer I referred to gave me the pieces but not the solution to the puzzle. I was hoping to get detailed instructions. For legacy reasons I need the LPD service.
    – CNaylor
    May 19, 2017 at 13:59

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So I got cups-lpd to work. Here's how:

  1. I created two files:

    cups-lpd.socket

    [Unit]
Description=CUPS LPD Server Socket
PartOf=cups-lpd.service

[Socket]
ListenStream=515
Accept=true

[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target

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    [Unit]
Description=CUPS LPD server
Documentation=man:cups-lpd(8)

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-lpd
StandardInput=socket

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

  2. I copied both files to /lib/systemd/system/

  3. I ran this command: sudo systemctl start cups-lpd.socket, and sudo systemctl enable cups-lpd.socket to enable it on boot

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  • Used this to enable cups-lpd socket in Lubuntu 18.04.5 and worked like a charm, helped me with sap print problem happening with linux terminals.
    – André M. Faria
    Feb 8, 2021 at 18:54

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