From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Using cups Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:10:02 +0100 Message-ID: <8737ruuj0l.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20160312191233.48a661ca@scratchpost.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afEDA-0002pw-CS for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Mar 2016 18:10:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afED7-0004Nz-73 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Mar 2016 18:10:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20160312191233.48a661ca@scratchpost.org> (Danny Milosavljevic's message of "Sat, 12 Mar 2016 19:12:33 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Danny Milosavljevic Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org There=E2=80=99s currently no CUPS service for GuixSD=E2=80=94i.e., nothing = you could directly add to the =E2=80=98services=E2=80=99 field of your =E2=80=98opera= ting-system=E2=80=99 configuration. If you would like to contribute one such service, that=E2=80=99d be welcome! The relevant documentation starts at: http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Defining-Services.html The CUPS daemon is needed for printers directly connected to your machine via USB, for instance. Printers accessible over the network are typically accessible automagically via the GTK+ printer dialog, thanks to DNS-SD (Avahi). Ludo=E2=80=99.