From: Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add CUPS service.
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2016 10:37:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cuc60p3utga.fsf@igalia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161007202424.26732-3-wingo@igalia.com> (Andy Wingo's message of "Fri, 7 Oct 2016 22:24:24 +0200")
On Fri 07 Oct 2016 22:24, Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com> writes:
> * gnu/services/cups.scm: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add gnu/services/cups.scm.
> * doc/guix.texi (Printing Services): New section.
With this, I can print :)
Status:
* There are no foomatic PPD's, as we have not packaged foomatic yet.
Once that's packaged I think an easy way to add them would be to
simply add that package to the default value of the
cups-configuration "extensions" field. Or, make a service and add it
to your services:
(define (make-cups-extension name package)
(service
(service-type
(name name)
(extensions
(list (service-extension cups-service-type identity))))
package))))))
(operating-system
...
(services (cons (make-cups-extension 'foomatic foomatic) ...)))
For now, cups-filters is the only extension installed by default.
* (cups-service) should probably be added to the desktop-services.
* The web interface is off by default; to turn it on you have to
(cups-service
(cups-configuration (web-interface? #t)))
Probably should default to on, methinks.
* I have tested adding a network printer via the web interface
(http://localhost:631, also over https://localhost:631 if you add the
self-signed cert exception), and printing to that printer. Works, it
seems.
* However printing test pages doesn't work! The way this works is that
CUPS constructs a filter chain bannertopdf -> pdftopdf -> pdftoraster
-> ... or something, and these are processes that are run
sequentially, transforming a file. Well bannertopdf isn't finding
the needed PDF. A bug.
* The cups-filters change ends up causing the GTK's to rebuild, and
this the graphical world. Bummer.
I'll commit in a couple days if no objections.
Andy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-10-08 8:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-07 20:24 [PATCH 1/3] gnu: cups-filters: Look for test page in own output dir Andy Wingo
2016-10-07 20:24 ` [PATCH 2/3] gnu: cups-filters: Use ghostscript with CUPS driver Andy Wingo
2016-10-09 14:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-10-10 12:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-07 20:24 ` [PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add CUPS service Andy Wingo
2016-10-08 8:37 ` Andy Wingo [this message]
2016-10-09 13:02 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2016-10-09 14:37 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-10-10 8:32 ` Clément Lassieur
2016-10-10 8:55 ` Andy Wingo
2016-10-10 21:00 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-09 14:14 ` [PATCH 1/3] gnu: cups-filters: Look for test page in own output dir Ricardo Wurmus
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-10-10 13:29 Andy Wingo
2016-10-10 13:30 ` [PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add CUPS service Andy Wingo
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