Re: New Guix Version and printer

[Gottfried]

Hello,


> Do you mean that your friend has a printer that is currently not
> > supported by hplip-minimal, but will be supported soon? (Notice that
> > this is less a question of Guix, but rather of the availability of free
> > drivers.)

No, that is not my question. At the moment he uses Linux Mint and I 
don't know how much he is able and has time to learn to configure Guix. 
So I want to inform myself beforehand in order to take the right 
decisions and help him to get Guix working on a new laptop.

Gottfried

Am 19.06.22 um 14:26 schrieb Andreas Enge:
> Hello,
>
> Am Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 12:14:48PM +0000 schrieb Gottfried:
> > if I install Guix 1.3.0 on a laptop, and it is without a printer installed,
> > will then be in future when the next Guix Version will arrive, and the
> > printer is then included,
> > automatically through updating the printer be installed?
>
> automatically no - you may have to add the corresponding lines to the
> OS definition, something such as
>              (service cups-service-type
>                       (cups-configuration
>                         (web-interface? #t)
>                         (extensions (list cups-filters hplip-minimal))))
> and then reconfigure, then use the CUPS web interface to install the
> printer.
>
> Do you mean that your friend has a printer that is currently not
> supported by hplip-minimal, but will be supported soon? (Notice that
> this is less a question of Guix, but rather of the availability of free
> drivers.)
>
> Andreas

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