Canon printer asking for username / password

  1. Open the file /etc/cups/cups-files.conf.
  2. Find the group name at the line containing SystemGroup (in Ubuntu it should be lpadmin).
  3. Add yourself to that group (sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin your-username)
  4. Apply it (sudo service cups restart).

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