{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.hardware.printers; ppdOptionsString = options: optionalString (options != {}) (concatStringsSep " " (mapAttrsToList (name: value: "-o '${name}'='${value}'") options) ); ensurePrinter = p: '' ${pkgs.cups}/bin/lpadmin -p '${p.name}' -E \ ${optionalString (p.location != null) "-L '${p.location}'"} \ ${optionalString (p.description != null) "-D '${p.description}'"} \ -v '${p.deviceUri}' \ -m '${p.model}' \ ${ppdOptionsString p.ppdOptions} ''; ensureDefaultPrinter = name: '' ${pkgs.cups}/bin/lpadmin -d '${name}' ''; # "graph but not # or /" can't be implemented as regex alone due to missing lookahead support noInvalidChars = str: all (c: c != "#" && c != "/") (stringToCharacters str); printerName = (types.addCheck (types.strMatching "[[:graph:]]+") noInvalidChars) // { description = "printable string without spaces, # and /"; }; in { options = { hardware.printers = { ensureDefaultPrinter = mkOption { type = types.nullOr printerName; default = null; description = '' Ensures the named printer is the default CUPS printer / printer queue. ''; }; ensurePrinters = mkOption { description = '' Will regularly ensure that the given CUPS printers are configured as declared here. If a printer's options are manually changed afterwards, they will be overwritten eventually. This option will never delete any printer, even if removed from this list. You can check existing printers with lpstat -s and remove printers with lpadmin -x <printer-name>. Printers not listed here can still be manually configured. ''; default = []; type = types.listOf (types.submodule { options = { name = mkOption { type = printerName; example = "BrotherHL_Workroom"; description = '' Name of the printer / printer queue. May contain any printable characters except "/", "#", and space. ''; }; location = mkOption { type = types.nullOr types.str; default = null; example = "Workroom"; description = '' Optional human-readable location. ''; }; description = mkOption { type = types.nullOr types.str; default = null; example = "Brother HL-5140"; description = '' Optional human-readable description. ''; }; deviceUri = mkOption { type = types.str; example = [ "ipp://printserver.local/printers/BrotherHL_Workroom" "usb://HP/DESKJET%20940C?serial=CN16E6C364BH" ]; description = '' How to reach the printer. lpinfo -v shows a list of supported device URIs and schemes. ''; }; model = mkOption { type = types.str; example = literalExample '' gutenprint.''${lib.versions.majorMinor (lib.getVersion pkgs.gutenprint)}://brother-hl-5140/expert ''; description = '' Location of the ppd driver file for the printer. lpinfo -m shows a list of supported models. ''; }; ppdOptions = mkOption { type = types.attrsOf types.str; example = { PageSize = "A4"; Duplex = "DuplexNoTumble"; }; default = {}; description = '' Sets PPD options for the printer. lpoptions [-p printername] -l shows suported PPD options for the given printer. ''; }; }; }); }; }; }; config = mkIf (cfg.ensurePrinters != [] && config.services.printing.enable) { systemd.services.ensure-printers = let cupsUnit = if config.services.printing.startWhenNeeded then "cups.socket" else "cups.service"; in { description = "Ensure NixOS-configured CUPS printers"; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; requires = [ cupsUnit ]; # in contrast to cups.socket, for cups.service, this is actually not enough, # as the cups service reports its activation before clients can actually interact with it. # Because of this, commands like `lpinfo -v` will report a bad file descriptor # due to the missing UNIX socket without sufficient sleep time. after = [ cupsUnit ]; serviceConfig = { Type = "oneshot"; }; # sleep 10 is required to wait until cups.service is actually initialized and has created its UNIX socket file script = (optionalString (!config.services.printing.startWhenNeeded) "sleep 10\n") + (concatMapStringsSep "\n" ensurePrinter cfg.ensurePrinters) + optionalString (cfg.ensureDefaultPrinter != null) (ensureDefaultPrinter cfg.ensureDefaultPrinter); }; }; }