Registration and licensing

Included licensing for Canon devices

Licensing for supported Canon devices is included with the Canon BrightQ-Pro package. You do not need to purchase a separate driver license for those devices. Install the appropriate Canon package and use its included drivers; see BrightQ-Pro for Canon for downloads and supported devices.

Other packages and licenses

Other OEM distributions and separately supplied licenses may require activation or license import. Use the procedures below when your package requires them. The release 2.5 guide refers to license certificates, Codehost License Packages (.clp), and Codehost License Files (.clf).

Online activation (graphical)

1. Open the License Manager from the Configuration Tool.
2. Choose Online Registration if no account has been registered.
3. Choose License Activation and enter the certificate information requested by the tool.
4. Verify that the correct OEM package and drivers become available.

Online activation uses the Codehost licensing service. If the host cannot reach the service, use the offline license import procedure below.

License Manager showing the registered demo license and import and activation controls.

Online activation dialog with empty certificate number, email, and password fields.

License server account registration dialog with empty contact and password fields.

Online activation (shell)

codehost-license --activation
# Shorthand: codehost-license -a

The command prompts for your certificate and registration credentials. Use interactive entry when supported rather than passing passwords directly in command arguments.

Offline license import

If the host cannot contact the licensing server, generate or obtain a license package for that machine ID using the approved licensing procedure:

codehost-license --machineid
codehost-license --import /secure/path/license.clp

In the GUI, choose File → License Manager → Import and select the .clp file.

Demo licenses

BrightQ-Pro 2.5 demo licenses are valid for 45 days on up to three unique computers. Refer to the license terms supplied with your distribution for the conditions that apply to your package.

Supported Canon devices in the Canon BrightQ-Pro package use their included licensing.

See the full license command reference.