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@node Printing Services
@subsubsection Printing Services
+@cindex printer support with CUPS
The @code{(gnu services cups)} module provides a Guix service definition
for the CUPS printing service. To add printer support to a GuixSD
system, add a @code{cups-service} to the operating system definition:
@@ -9308,13 +9309,17 @@ as GNOME's printer configuration services. By default, configuring a
CUPS service will generate a self-signed certificate if needed, for
secure connections to the print server.
-One way you might want to customize CUPS is to enable or disable the web
-interface. You can do that directly, like this:
+Suppose you want to enable the Web interface of CUPS and also add
+support for HP printers @i{via} the @code{hplip} package. You can do
+that directly, like this (you need to use the @code{(gnu packages cups)}
+module):
@example
(service cups-service-type
(cups-configuration
- (web-interface? #f)))
+ (web-interface? #t)
+ (extensions
+ (list cups-filters hplip))))
@end example
The available configuration parameters follow. Each parameter