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Move "Setting up HP printers with proprietary drivers" to Troubleshooting section. Reword to not imply all proprietary-driver printers will require the special setup step |
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* <tt>pkgs.gutenprintBin</tt> — Additional, binary-only drivers for some printers. | * <tt>pkgs.gutenprintBin</tt> — Additional, binary-only drivers for some printers. | ||
* <tt>pkgs.hplip</tt> — Drivers for HP printers. | * <tt>pkgs.hplip</tt> — Drivers for HP printers. | ||
* <tt>pkgs.hplipWithPlugin</tt> — Drivers for HP printers, with the proprietary plugin | * <tt>pkgs.hplipWithPlugin</tt> — Drivers for HP printers, with the proprietary plugin, see also [[Printing#Setting up HP printers with proprietary drivers|Setting up HP printers with proprietary drivers]]. | ||
* <tt>pkgs.postscript-lexmark</tt> — Postscript drivers for Lexmark | * <tt>pkgs.postscript-lexmark</tt> — Postscript drivers for Lexmark | ||
* <tt>pkgs.samsung-unified-linux-driver</tt> — Proprietary Samsung Drivers | * <tt>pkgs.samsung-unified-linux-driver</tt> — Proprietary Samsung Drivers | ||
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See [https://prince213.top/blog/2025/01/16/nixos-mccgdi/ this blog post]. | See [https://prince213.top/blog/2025/01/16/nixos-mccgdi/ this blog post]. | ||
=== Setting up HP printers with proprietary drivers === | |||
==== Problem ==== | |||
Regular CUPS UI may not be able to add HP printers with proprietary drivers. | |||
==== Solution ==== | |||
Use <code>NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nix-shell -p hplipWithPlugin --run 'sudo -E hp-setup'</code> to add the printer. | |||
[[Category:Hardware]] | [[Category:Hardware]] | ||