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authorTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2019-08-23 22:34:00 +0200
committerTobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>2019-08-30 23:10:19 +0200
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gnu: Add splix.
* gnu/packages/cups.scm (splix): New public variable.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/cups.scm b/gnu/packages/cups.scm
index 22b87460ab..4ce13ae8f8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cups.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cups.scm
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
#:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
#:use-module (guix build-system python)
#:use-module (guix download)
+ #:use-module (guix svn-download)
#:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
#:use-module (guix packages)
#:use-module (guix utils)
@@ -740,6 +741,66 @@ language.")
(home-page "http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search")
(license license:gpl2+)))
+(define-public splix
+ ;; The last release was in 2009. The SVN repository contains 5 years of
+ ;; unreleased bug fixes and support for newer printer models.
+ (let ((revision 315))
+ (package
+ (name "splix")
+ (version (string-append "2.0.0-" (number->string revision)))
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method svn-fetch)
+ (uri (svn-reference
+ (url "https://svn.code.sf.net/p/splix/code/splix/")
+ (revision revision)))
+ (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32 "16wbm4xnz35ca3mw2iggf5f4jaxpyna718ia190ka6y4ah932jxl"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ ;; 90% (3.8 MiB) of output are .ppd files. Don't install them by default:
+ ;; CUPS has been able to read the .drv sources directly since version 1.2.
+ (outputs (list "out" "ppd"))
+ (arguments
+ '(#:make-flags
+ (list (string-append "CUPSDRV="
+ (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/share/cups/drv")
+ (string-append "CUPSFILTER="
+ (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib/cups/filter")
+ (string-append "CUPSPPD="
+ (assoc-ref %outputs "ppd") "/share/cups/model")
+ "CACHESIZE=100" ; pages in RAM, ±300 KiB each
+ "THREADS=4") ; compress and print faster
+ #:phases
+ (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (delete 'configure) ; no configure script
+ (add-before 'build 'build-.drv-files
+ (lambda* (#:key make-flags #:allow-other-keys)
+ (apply invoke "make" "drv" make-flags)))
+ (add-after 'install 'install-.drv-files
+ (lambda* (#:key make-flags #:allow-other-keys)
+ (apply invoke "make" "install" "DRV_ONLY=1" make-flags))))
+ #:tests? #f)) ; no test suite
+ (inputs
+ `(("cups" ,cups-minimal)
+ ("zlib" ,zlib)
+
+ ;; This dependency can be dropped by setting DISABLE_JBIG=1, but the
+ ;; result will not support some printers like the Samsung CLP-600.
+ ("jbigkit" ,jbigkit)))
+ (synopsis "QPDL (SPL2) printer driver")
+ (description
+ "SpliX is a set of CUPS drivers for printers that speak @acronym{QPDL,
+Quick Page Description Language}, also called @acronym{SPL2, Samsung Printer
+Language version 2}. These include many laser printers sold by Samsung,
+Xerox, Lexmark, Toshiba, and Dell.
+
+Colour printers need colour profile files to get better results. These
+@file{cms} files are provided by the printer's manufacturer and must be
+obtained and installed separately.")
+ (home-page "http://splix.ap2c.org/")
+ (license license:gpl2))))
+
(define-public python-pycups
(package
(name "python-pycups")