Re: Printer configuration

[Kyle Andrews <kyle.c.andrews@gmail.com>]

Wiktor Żelazny writes:

> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 02:13:14PM -0400, Kyle Andrews wrote:
>>
>> Wiktor Żelazny writes:
>>
>> > Does /gnu/store/.../cups/filter/rastertoqpdl exist?
>>
>> Yes, it exists in the splix package, but not in the cups package.
>> Looking at the Guix source code I saw that ~system-config-printer~ (in
>> ~guix/gnu/packages/gnome.scm~) takes input from cups on build, but not
>> from splix or other print drivers. Could that be part of the problem?
>
> I wouldn’t be surprised. On the other hand, it does not import other
> extensions, such as hplip and foomatic-filters, either.
>
> Did you run guix system reconfigure after adding the packages to
> config.scm? Did you try removing and adding the printer again
> afterwards?
>
> Does a /var/guix/profiles/system/profile/lib/cups/filter/rastertoqpdl
> symlink exist in your filesystem? I think you could try changing the
> rastertoqpdl path defined in the system-config-printer configuration (or
> CUPS configuration, assuming it’s just a CUPS GUI frontend) from
> /gnu/store/… to that path. /gnu/store/ contents are volatile. Again,
> just guessing; perhaps the path is hardcoded into the CUPS/splix build
> and uneditable.
>
> WŻ

Hi WZ,

> Did you run guix system reconfigure after adding the packages to
> config.scm? Did you try removing and adding the printer again
> afterwards?

I did reconfigure, but I didn't try removing and adding the printer
again.

> Does a /var/guix/profiles/system/profile/lib/cups/filter/rastertoqpdl
> symlink exist in your filesystem? I think you could try changing the
> rastertoqpdl path defined in the system-config-printer configuration (or
> CUPS configuration, assuming it’s just a CUPS GUI frontend) from
> /gnu/store/… to that path. /gnu/store/ contents are volatile. Again,
> just guessing; perhaps the path is hardcoded into the CUPS/splix build
> and uneditable.

It does appear to exist. Actually, I figured out how to successfully
print a document using ~libreoffice --headless -p test.odt~. So, I think
my printer problem is actually reflecting a problem with
system-config-printer.

Kyle