mradke
July 13, 2020, 1:38pm
1
I’d like to install the aforementioned printer with a custom nix expression:
{ stdenv, fetchurl, cups, dpkg, ghostscript, a2ps, coreutils, gnused, gawk, file, makeWrapper }:
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
pname = "dcp-j572dw-cupswrapper";
version = "1.0.5-0";
src = fetchurl {
url = "https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf103777/dcpj572dwpdrv-${version}.i386.deb";
sha256 = "7166e4c46e42c24dc9342eccf014547dda61580c91be4293e821a196343a8fa7";
};
nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
buildInputs = [ cups ghostscript dpkg a2ps ];
dontUnpack = true;
installPhase = ''
dpkg-deb -x $src $out
patchelf --set-interpreter ${stdenv.glibc.out}/lib/ld-linux.so.2 $out/opt/brother/Printers/dcpj572dw/lpd/brdcpj572dwfilter
mkdir -p $out/lib/cups/filter/
ln -s $out/opt/brother/Printers/dcp572dw/lpd/filter_dcpj572dw $out/lib/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_dcpj572dw
substituteInPlace $out/opt/brother/Printers/dcpj572dw/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_dcpj572dw \
--replace /opt "$out/opt"
substituteInPlace $out/opt/brother/Printers/dcpj572dw/cupswrapper/cupswrapperdcpj572dw \
--replace /opt "$out/opt"
'';
meta = {
homepage = "http://www.brother.com/";
description = "Brother DCP-J572DW LPR driver";
license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
downloadPage = "http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=mfcj470dw_us_eu_as&os=128";
};
}
It is modelled after: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/a3389443b3d6c6857554721dd1b1f61367878bcc/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/mfcj470dwlpr/default.nix
I’m probably doing all kinds of things wrong, even though: this way it a least installs something
Any pointers on how to proceed?
On another note: can anyone recommend a networked printer/scanner combination that works out of the box with NixOS?
mradke
August 31, 2021, 6:01am
2
Ok, so my current setup is the following:
{ pkgsi686Linux
, stdenv
, fetchurl
, dpkg
, makeWrapper
, coreutils
, ghostscript
, gnugrep
, gnused
, which
, perl
, lib
}:
let
model = "dcpj572dw";
version = "1.0.5-0";
src = fetchurl {
url = "https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf103777/dcpj572dwpdrv-${version}.i386.deb";
sha256 = "7166e4c46e42c24dc9342eccf014547dda61580c91be4293e821a196343a8fa7";
};
reldir = "opt/brother/Printers/${model}/";
in rec {
driver = pkgsi686Linux.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
inherit src version;
name = "${model}drv-${version}";
nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg makeWrapper ];
unpackPhase = "dpkg-deb -x $src $out";
installPhase = ''
dir="$out/${reldir}"
substituteInPlace $dir/lpd/filter_${model} \
--replace /usr/bin/perl ${perl}/bin/perl \
--replace "BR_PRT_PATH =~" "BR_PRT_PATH = \"$dir\"; #" \
--replace "PRINTER =~" "PRINTER = \"${model}\"; #"
wrapProgram $dir/lpd/filter_${model} \
--prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [
coreutils ghostscript gnugrep gnused which
]}
# need to use i686 glibc here, these are 32bit proprietary binaries
patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
$dir/lpd/br${model}filter
'';
meta = {
description = "Brother ${lib.strings.toUpper model} driver";
homepage = "http://www.brother.com/";
license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
};
};
cupswrapper = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
inherit version src;
name = "${model}cupswrapper-${version}";
nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg makeWrapper ];
unpackPhase = "dpkg-deb -x $src $out";
installPhase = ''
basedir=${driver}/${reldir}
dir=$out/${reldir}
substituteInPlace $dir/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_${model} \
--replace /usr/bin/perl ${perl}/bin/perl \
--replace "basedir =~" "basedir = \"$basedir\"; #" \
--replace "PRINTER =~" "PRINTER = \"${model}\"; #"
wrapProgram $dir/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_${model} \
--prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils gnugrep gnused ]}
mkdir -p $out/lib/cups/filter
mkdir -p $out/share/cups/model
ln $dir/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_${model} $out/lib/cups/filter
ln $dir/cupswrapper/brother_${model}_printer_en.ppd $out/share/cups/model
'';
meta = {
description = "Brother ${lib.strings.toUpper model} CUPS wrapper driver";
homepage = "http://www.brother.com/";
license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
};
};
}
This makes it at least possible to install the driver (as in: it is selectable in the CUPS web gui) but it won’t print. It simply does nothing.
I already tried to follow the advice given here: Gentoo Forums :: View topic - How to install an Brother (DCP-J572) Printer correctly? and configure it via lpd.
I was able to configure my Brother MFC-J4620DW with CUPS GUI over WIFI by choosing:
While this looks really promising (you can see many options in the gui that look sensible) it still doesn’t print the test page at all.
Any pointers on how to debug this?
So this is slightly off-topic, but I’m hoping it can help you.
I have a Brother printer too, and it turns out that it supports “IPP Everywhere” which was completely new to me.
So this is the only config I use to get mine working:
hardware =
let
brother = "Brother_HL-3170CDW_NixOS";
hostName = "printer.home.hoeg.com";
in
{
printers = {
ensureDefaultPrinter = brother;
ensurePrinters = [
{
name = brother;
deviceUri = "ipp://${hostName}/ipp";
model = "everywhere";
description = lib.replaceStrings [ "_" ] [ " " ] brother;
location = "Study";
}
];
};
};
No fiddling with strange wrappers or drivers - IPP Everywhere just works.
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mradke
August 31, 2021, 8:01am
4
Ha. Incredible… that really works
I don’t recall how I stumbled over IPP Everywhere but it definitely should be getting more attention.
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igel
March 19, 2022, 11:09am
6
I added the code to the config but there is no printer shown. (21.11)
Probably this:
services.printing.enable = true;
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skane
October 14, 2024, 8:55pm
8
Just like magic. Solved the issue I’ve been struggling with for a month. This should be in the NixOs Cups docs.
