How to add a new driver as PPD-file to CUPS?

How to add a new driver as PPD-file to CUPS?

[Mekeor Melire]

I'd like to print on GuixSD. I'm using the cups-service in my system
configuration.

How do I add a PPD-file driver for my printer? Do I have to create a
package for it?

What I tried so far:

    I downloaded a PPD file for my printer from openprinting.org. I used
    CUPS' web-interface localhost:631 to add a printer and chose that
    PPD file as driver.

    When I tried to print now, it failed with these line in the
    /var/log/cups/error_log:

    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] ================================================
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] File: <STDIN>
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] ================================================
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Filetype: PDF
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Storing temporary files in /var/spool/cups/tmp
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] PID 3541 (/gnu/store/00k480gc3j81l2f6kb67b9daxldzjqj3-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf) exited with no errors.
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] sh: gs: command not found
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Process is dying with \"Unable to determine number of pages, page count: -1
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] \", exit stat 3
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Cleaning up...
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] PID 3543 (/gnu/store/00k480gc3j81l2f6kb67b9daxldzjqj3-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/backend/usb) exited with no errors.
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] PID 3542 (/gnu/store/00k480gc3j81l2f6kb67b9daxldzjqj3-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip) stopped with status 3.
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] End of messages
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] printer-state=3(idle)
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] printer-state-message="Filter failed"
    D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] printer-state-reasons=none

    I'd guess the breaking part is "sh: gs: command not found". The
    reason for this probably is that the PPD-file contains this line:

        *FoomaticRIPCommandLine: "gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dNO&&

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Re: How to add a new driver as PPD-file to CUPS?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Howdy,

Mekeor Melire <mekeor.melire@gmail.com> skribis:

> I'd like to print on GuixSD. I'm using the cups-service in my system
> configuration.
>
> How do I add a PPD-file driver for my printer? Do I have to create a
> package for it?

I don’t know!

>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Filetype: PDF
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Storing temporary files in /var/spool/cups/tmp
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] PID 3541 (/gnu/store/00k480gc3j81l2f6kb67b9daxldzjqj3-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf) exited with no errors.
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] sh: gs: command not found
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Process is dying with \"Unable to determine number of pages, page count: -1
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] \", exit stat 3
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Cleaning up...
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] PID 3543 (/gnu/store/00k480gc3j81l2f6kb67b9daxldzjqj3-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/backend/usb) exited with no errors.
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] PID 3542 (/gnu/store/00k480gc3j81l2f6kb67b9daxldzjqj3-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip) stopped with status 3.
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] End of messages
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] printer-state=3(idle)
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] printer-state-message="Filter failed"
>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] printer-state-reasons=none
>
>     I'd guess the breaking part is "sh: gs: command not found". The
>     reason for this probably is that the PPD-file contains this line:
>
>         *FoomaticRIPCommandLine: "gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dNO&&

I’ve fixed this part in ‘staging’:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=1728c411718e3b358c06561d6e80b47d7b331617

(To be merged Real Soon Now.)

For my printer I also needed foo2zjs, which I recently packaged, but I
haven’t yet been able to use it.

To summarize, I’m also trying to solver printer issues on and off, so
I’m happy to discuss these issues!  :-)

Ludo’.

Re: How to add a new driver as PPD-file to CUPS?

[Marius Bakke]

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Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Howdy,
>
> Mekeor Melire <mekeor.melire@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> I'd like to print on GuixSD. I'm using the cups-service in my system
>> configuration.
>>
>> How do I add a PPD-file driver for my printer? Do I have to create a
>> package for it?
>
> I don’t know!
>
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Filetype: PDF
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Storing temporary files in /var/spool/cups/tmp
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] PID 3541 (/gnu/store/00k480gc3j81l2f6kb67b9daxldzjqj3-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf) exited with no errors.
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] sh: gs: command not found
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Process is dying with \"Unable to determine number of pages, page count: -1
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] \", exit stat 3
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] Cleaning up...
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] PID 3543 (/gnu/store/00k480gc3j81l2f6kb67b9daxldzjqj3-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/backend/usb) exited with no errors.
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] PID 3542 (/gnu/store/00k480gc3j81l2f6kb67b9daxldzjqj3-cups-server-bin/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip) stopped with status 3.
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] End of messages
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] printer-state=3(idle)
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] printer-state-message="Filter failed"
>>     D [27/Sep/2017:17:05:17 +0200] [Job 1] printer-state-reasons=none
>>
>>     I'd guess the breaking part is "sh: gs: command not found". The
>>     reason for this probably is that the PPD-file contains this line:
>>
>>         *FoomaticRIPCommandLine: "gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dNO&&
>
> I’ve fixed this part in ‘staging’:
>
>   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=1728c411718e3b358c06561d6e80b47d7b331617
>
> (To be merged Real Soon Now.)

Tangentially, I had to upgrade cups-filters due to an incompatibility
with the new version of Poppler.  I had a brief look at these changes
and they still seemed to be in effect, but please verify that it works!

I started a new evaluation about an hour ago, I think it can be merged
if everything builds this time.  Readers are encouraged to test it on
their systems once substitutes are available and report any problems :)



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