CUPS and HP printers

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Andy,

Andy Patterson <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:05:51 +0000
> ng0 <address@hidden> 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’.