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Most printers manufactured after 2013 support the [https://www.pwg.org/ipp/everywhere.html IPP Everywhere] protocol, i.e. printing without installing drivers. This is notably the case of all WiFi printers marketed as Apple-compatible ([https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201311 list]).
Most printers manufactured after 2013 support the [https://www.pwg.org/ipp/everywhere.html IPP Everywhere] protocol, i.e. printing without installing drivers. This is notably the case of all WiFi printers marketed as Apple-compatible ([https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201311 list]).


To detect these printers, add the following to <code>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</code>:
To detect these printers, add the following to your system configuration:
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
{
{
   ...
   ...
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   ...
   ...
}
}
</syntaxhighlight>
</nowiki>}}
 
After running <code>nixos-rebuild switch</code>, detected printers should appear automatically.
After running <code>nixos-rebuild switch</code>, detected printers should appear automatically.