args: with args; /* usage: (sorry, its still impure but works!) impure directory: mkdir /opt/gutenprint; sudo cp -r $(nix-build -A gutenprintBin -f $NIXPGS_ALL) /opt/gutenprint add the following lines to bindirCmds property of printing/cupsd.nix: ln -s ${pkgs.gutenprintBin}/lib/cups/backend/* $out/lib/cups/backend/ ln -s ${pkgs.gutenprintBin}/lib/cups/filter/* $out/lib/cups/filter/ ensureDir $out/lib/cups/model cat ${pkgs.gutenprintBin}/ppds/Canon/Canon-PIXMA_iP4000-gutenprint.5.0.sim-en.ppd.gz |gunzip > $out/lib/cups/model/Canon-PIXMA_iP4000-gutenprint.5.0.sim-en.ppd sed -i 's@/opt/gutenprint/cups@${pkgs.gutenprintBin}/cups@' $out/lib/cups/model/Canon-PIXMA_iP4000-gutenprint.5.0.sim-en.ppd Then rebuild your system and add your printer using the the localhost:603 cups web interface select the extracted .ppd file which can be found in the model directory of sed -n 's/^ServerBin //p' $(sed -n 's/respawn.*-c \(.*''\) -F.*''/\1/p' /etc/event.d/cupsd) (sorry, cups still doesn't see it. You could copy it into /nix/store/ *-cups/lib/cups/model/ and you would be able to select canon -> PIXMA 4000 then. I've tried that. TODO tidy this all up. Find source instead of binary. Fix paths ... Find out how to check ink levels etc */ stdenv.mkDerivation { name = "cups-gutenprint-binary-5.0.1"; src = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then fetchurl { url = http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/debian/dists/lsb3.1/main/binary-amd64/gutenprint_5.0.1-1lsb3.1_amd64.deb; sha256 = "0an5gba6r6v54r53s2gj2fjk8fzpl4lrksjas2333528b0k8gbbc"; } else throw "TODO"; # get from openprint.com -> drivers -> gutenprint buildInputs = [ rpm cpio ]; phases = "buildPhase"; libPath = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ stdenv.gcc.gcc zlib ]; buildPhase = '' ar -x $src data.tar.gz tar xfz data.tar.gz cp -r opt/gutenprint $out for p in \ $out/cups/lib/driver/gutenprint.5.0 \ $out/bin/{escputil,cups-calibrate} \ $out/cups/lib/driver/gutenprint.5.0 \ $out/cups/lib/filter/{rastertogutenprint.5.0,commandtocanon,commandtoepson} \ $out/cups/lib/backend/{canon,epson} \ $out/sbin/cups-genppd.5.0 \ ; do patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_GCC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \ --set-rpath $libPath $p done ''; meta = { description = "some additional drivers including canon printer drivers"; }; }