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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7093bf7461..fef8ac679a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -9288,6 +9288,7 @@ makes the good ol' XlockMore usable. @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 |