Re: CUPS and HP printers

[ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net>]

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Andy,
>
> Andy Patterson <ajpatter@uwaterloo.ca> skribis:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:05:51 +0000
>> ng0 <ng0@libertad.pw> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I really have no idea how hplip is supposed to be used in Guix after
>>> reading the note about the base service. So we are not supposed to
>>> run and install it as users in profiles? Will it be in the cups
>>> service where I would have no idea how to add it in there? 
>>
>> I've been printing with an hp for a little while now, and in my system
>> configuration I have this:
>>
>> (service cups-service-type
>>          (cups-configuration
>>           (web-interface? #t)
>>           (extensions
>>            (list cups-filters hplip))))
>
> Interesting.  Maybe we should document it somewhere or simply provide
> this example in the manual, because it’s not necessarily obvious.
>
> WDYT?
>
> Ludo’.
>

Ha! I just printed using GuixSD :)
The way Andy described worked. We should really add this to the
documentation.

Related to this thread, I see if I can apply the suggested
changes this week.

Thank you very much Andy :)
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