diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
index 8a8085cad280..9e0f8a227e9f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ in
       };
 
     services.printing.drivers =
-      [ pkgs.cups pkgs.cups_pdf_filter pkgs.ghostscript additionalBackends
+      [ pkgs.cups pkgs.cups-filters pkgs.ghostscript additionalBackends
         pkgs.perl pkgs.coreutils pkgs.gnused pkgs.bc pkgs.gawk pkgs.gnugrep
       ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/default.nix
index d79162289c3c..7eaec5a8ede0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, poppler }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, gtk, poppler }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "epdfview-0.1.8";
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1w7qybh8ssl4dffi5qfajq8mndw7ipsd92vkim03nywxgjp4i1ll";
   };
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk poppler ];
-  patches = [ ./glib-top-level-header.patch ];
+  patches = [ (fetchpatch {
+                name = "epdfview-0.1.8-glib2-headers.patch";
+                url = "https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/plain/trunk/epdfview-0.1.8-glib2-headers.patch?h=packages/epdfview&id=40ba115c860bdec31d03a30fa594a7ec2864d634";
+                sha256 = "13ha8l3ysw065wr1gpi33dr3r23pv2w51iczzkx6pnxsqk9cda4f";
+              })
+              (fetchpatch {
+                name = "epdfview-0.1.8-modern-cups.patch";
+                url = "https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/plain/trunk/epdfview-0.1.8-modern-cups.patch?h=packages/epdfview&id=40ba115c860bdec31d03a30fa594a7ec2864d634";
+                sha256 = "15pjriq0ppnjgmr26r9zj9smv301w8szwps6n87sshm0yiw9sli7";
+              })
+            ];
   meta = {
     homepage = http://trac.emma-soft.com/epdfview/;
     description = "A lightweight PDF document viewer using Poppler and GTK+";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/glib-top-level-header.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/glib-top-level-header.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a321ad3a2b67..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/epdfview/glib-top-level-header.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur epdfview-0.1.8-orig/src/gtk/StockIcons.h epdfview-0.1.8/src/gtk/StockIcons.h
---- epdfview-0.1.8-orig/src/gtk/StockIcons.h	2011-05-28 06:24:57.000000000 -0400
-+++ epdfview-0.1.8/src/gtk/StockIcons.h	2012-07-15 11:02:43.946339253 -0400
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
- #if !defined (__STOCK_ICONS_H__)
- #define __STOCK_ICONS_H__
- 
--#include <glib/gmacros.h>
-+#include <glib.h>
- 
- G_BEGIN_DECLS
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ijs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ijs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5350630dac40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ijs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook }:
+
+let version = "9.15";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ijs-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/ghostscript-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0p1isp6ssfay141klirn7n9s8b546vcz6paksfmksbwy0ljsypg6";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = "cd ijs";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-static" "--enable-shared" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://www.openprinting.org/download/ijs/;
+    description = "Raster printer driver architecture";
+
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63ba58f23432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pcre, zlib, perl }:
+
+let version = "5.1.2";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "qpdf-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/qpdf/qpdf/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1zbvhrp0zjzbi6q2bnbxbg6399r47pq5gw3kspzph81j19fqvpg9";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pcre zlib ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs qpdf/fix-qdf
+  '';
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    patchShebangs qtest/bin/qtest-driver
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/; 
+    description = "A C++ library and set of programs that inspect and manipulate the structure of PDF files";
+    licenses = licenses.artistic2;
+    maintainers = maintainers.abbradar;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycups/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycups/default.nix
index a61106f476d7..766dcaa58f79 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycups/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycups/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, cups }:
 
-let version = "1.9.57"; in
+let version = "1.9.68"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "pycups-${version}";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/pycups/pycups-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "12m3lh4nmfp6yn6sqlskl9gb1mfiwx42m8dnms6j6xc2nimn5k14";
+    sha256 = "1i1ph9k1wampa7r6mgc30a99w0zjmxhvcxjxrgjqa5vdknynqd24";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix
index c332dc021546..56ccf7bd04ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, pam, openssl
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, pam, openssl
 , dbus, libusb, acl }:
 
-let version = "1.5.4"; in
+let version = "2.0.0"; in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "cups-${version}";
 
-  passthru = { inherit version; };
-
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.cups.org/software/${version}/cups-${version}-source.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1rfhlv9b37120d6shngvyrcp99vh4a3lwdkrfanv3sjqid7068w0";
+    url = "https://www.cups.org/software/${version}/${name}-source.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1qjv1w8m3f9lbrnd9wx8gman4sjbgb75svfypd4jkn649b5vpzc3";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig zlib libjpeg libpng libtiff libusb ]
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig zlib libusb ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ pam dbus.libs acl ] ;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ openssl ];
 
-  configureFlags = "--localstatedir=/var --enable-dbus"; # --with-dbusdir
+  patches = [ ./use-initgroups.patch ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--localstatedir=/var" "--enable-dbus"
+                     # Workaround for installing systemd path
+                     "--with-systemd=$out/lib/systemd/system"
+                   ];
 
   installFlags =
     [ # Don't try to write in /var at build time.
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-filters/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-filters/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0357b875dc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-filters/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, cups, libjpeg, ghostscript
+, dejavu_fonts, libpng, libtiff, glib, lcms, freetype, fontconfig, ijs, poppler
+, zlib, qpdf, dbus }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cups-filters-1.0.61";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.openprinting.org/download/cups-filters/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0mri36qih4vniycbga8aczmdf0qkiwyyi5hv8x9mg2f6a9wj8ch9";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-test-font-path=${dejavu_fonts}/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans.ttf"
+                     "--with-cups-domainsocket=/var/run/cups/cups.sock"
+                     "--with-rcdir=no"
+                   ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ ghostscript cups libjpeg libpng libtiff glib lcms freetype fontconfig
+                  poppler zlib ijs qpdf dbus
+                ];
+
+  patches = [ ./fix-cups-path.patch ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/cups-filters;
+    description = "Backends, filters, and other software that was once part of the core CUPS distribution";
+    license = "cups-filters";
+    maintainers = maintainers.abbradar;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-filters/fix-cups-path.patch b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-filters/fix-cups-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e6683220611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-filters/fix-cups-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -ru3 cups-filters-1.0.61-old/configure.ac cups-filters-1.0.61/configure.ac
+--- cups-filters-1.0.61-old/configure.ac	2014-11-04 23:48:35.185515564 +0300
++++ cups-filters-1.0.61/configure.ac	2014-11-05 00:01:57.132038500 +0300
+@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
+ AC_SUBST(CUPS_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(CUPS_LIBS)
+ 
+-CUPS_DATADIR="`$CUPSCONFIG --datadir`"
++CUPS_DATADIR="$out/share/cups"
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CUPS_DATADIR, "$CUPS_DATADIR", [CUPS datadir])
+ AC_SUBST(CUPS_DATADIR)
+ 
+-CUPS_SERVERROOT="`$CUPSCONFIG --serverroot`"
++CUPS_SERVERROOT="$out/etc/cups"
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CUPS_SERVERROOT, "$CUPS_SERVERROOT", [CUPS serverroot])
+ AC_SUBST(CUPS_SERVERROOT)
+ 
+@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CUPS_FONTPATH, "$CUPS_FONTPATH", [Path to CUPS fonts dir])
+ AC_SUBST(CUPS_FONTPATH)
+ 
+-CUPS_SERVERBIN="`$CUPSCONFIG --serverbin`"
++CUPS_SERVERBIN="$out/lib/cups"
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CUPS_SERVERBIN, "$CUPS_SERVERBIN", [Path to CUPS binaries dir])
+ AC_SUBST(CUPS_SERVERBIN)
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/pdf-filter.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/pdf-filter.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e99ad03212c2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/cups/pdf-filter.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cups, poppler }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "cups-pdf-filter-${cups.version}";
-
-  inherit (cups) src;
-
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig cups poppler ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -e 's@\.\./cups/$(LIBCUPS)@@' -e 's@$(LIBCUPSIMAGE)@@' -i filter/Makefile
-    '';
-
-  NIX_LDFLAGS="-L${cups}/lib";
-
-  configureFlags = ''
-    --localstatedir=/var --enable-dbus
-    --enable-image --with-pdftops=pdftops'';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    cd filter
-    make pdftops
-    '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -pv $out/lib/cups/filter $out/share/cups/mime
-    cp -v pdftops $out/lib/cups/filter
-    echo >$out/share/cups/mime/pdftops.convs 'application/pdf application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 pdftops'
-    '';
-
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.cups.org/;
-    description = "Image and pdf filters for CUPS";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.urkud ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/use-initgroups.patch b/pkgs/misc/cups/use-initgroups.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3976ce74a8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/use-initgroups.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+diff -ru3 cups-2.0.0-old/scheduler/cups-exec.c cups-2.0.0/scheduler/cups-exec.c
+--- cups-2.0.0-old/scheduler/cups-exec.c	2014-11-04 19:55:05.734768315 +0300
++++ cups-2.0.0/scheduler/cups-exec.c	2014-11-04 20:24:15.936670878 +0300
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <grp.h>
++#include <pwd.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #ifdef HAVE_SANDBOX_H
+ #  include <sandbox.h>
+@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
+   uid_t		uid = getuid();		/* UID */
+   gid_t		gid = getgid();		/* GID */
+   int		niceval = 0;		/* Nice value */
++  struct passwd *pwd;                   /* User passwd entry */
+ #ifdef HAVE_SANDBOX_H
+   char		*sandbox_error = NULL;	/* Sandbox error, if any */
+ #endif /* HAVE_SANDBOX_H */
+@@ -135,7 +137,15 @@
+     if (setgid(gid))
+       exit(errno + 100);
+ 
+-    if (setgroups(1, &gid))
++    if (uid)
++    {
++      if ((pwd = getpwuid(uid)) == NULL)
++        exit(errno + 100);
++
++      if (initgroups(pwd->pw_name, gid))
++        exit(errno + 100);
++    }
++    else if (setgroups(1, &gid))
+       exit(errno + 100);
+ 
+     if (uid && setuid(uid))
+diff -ru3 cups-2.0.0-old/scheduler/process.c cups-2.0.0/scheduler/process.c
+--- cups-2.0.0-old/scheduler/process.c	2014-11-04 19:55:05.736768298 +0300
++++ cups-2.0.0/scheduler/process.c	2014-11-04 20:23:55.001850057 +0300
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ 
+ #include "cupsd.h"
+ #include <grp.h>
++#include <pwd.h>
+ #ifdef __APPLE__
+ #  include <libgen.h>
+ #endif /* __APPLE__ */
+@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@
+ 		cups_exec[1024];	/* Path to "cups-exec" program */
+   uid_t		user;			/* Command UID */
+   cupsd_proc_t	*proc;			/* New process record */
++  struct passwd *pwd;                   /* User passwd entry */
+ #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN
+   posix_spawn_file_actions_t actions;	/* Spawn file actions */
+   posix_spawnattr_t attrs;		/* Spawn attributes */
+@@ -716,13 +718,22 @@
+       nice(FilterNice);
+ 
+    /*
+-    * Reset group membership to just the main one we belong to.
++    * Reset group membership to the main one we belong to with its 
++    * supplementary groups.
+     */
+ 
+     if (!RunUser && setgid(Group))
+       exit(errno + 100);
+ 
+-    if (!RunUser && setgroups(1, &Group))
++    if (!RunUser && user)
++    {
++      if ((pwd = getpwuid(user)) == NULL)
++        exit(errno + 100);
++
++      if (initgroups(pwd->pw_name, Group))
++        exit(errno + 100);
++    }
++    else if (!RunUser && setgroups(1, &Group))
+       exit(errno + 100);
+ 
+    /*
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/foomatic-filters/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/foomatic-filters/default.nix
index ffc5e093c218..bdba1eb7b817 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/drivers/foomatic-filters/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/foomatic-filters/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, cups, dbus }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, cups, dbus, enscript }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "foomatic-filters-4.0.17";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1qrkgbm5jay2r7sh9qbyf0aiyrsl1mdc844hxf7fhw95a0zfbqm2";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl cups dbus ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl cups dbus enscript ];
 
   preConfigure =
     ''
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
index b8c879d598ba..9e753d8f8302 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
@@ -3,69 +3,18 @@
 , libiconvOrEmpty
 , x11Support ? false, x11 ? null
 , cupsSupport ? false, cups ? null
-, gnuFork ? true
 }:
 
 assert x11Support -> x11 != null;
 assert cupsSupport -> cups != null;
 
-let
-  meta_common = {
-    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/";
-    description = "PostScript interpreter (GNU version)";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Ghostscript is the name of a set of tools that provides (i) an
-      interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format,
-      (ii) a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library) that
-      implement the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive
-      operations in the PostScript language, and (iii) a wide variety
-      of output drivers for various file formats and printers.
-    '';
-
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.viric ];
-  };
-
-  gnuForkSrc = rec {
-    name = "ghostscript-9.04.1";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://gnu/ghostscript/gnu-${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "0zqa6ggbkdqiszsywgrra4ij0sddlmrfa50bx2mh568qid4ga0a2";
-    };
-
-    meta = meta_common;
-    patches = [ ./purity.patch ];
-  };
-
-  mainlineSrc = rec {
-    name = "ghostscript-9.06";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "014f10rxn4ihvcr1frby4szd1jvkrwvmdhnbivpp55c9fssx3b05";
-    };
-    meta = meta_common // {
-      homepage = "http://www.ghostscript.com/";
-      description = "PostScript interpreter (mainline version)";
-    };
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-      rm -R libpng jpeg lcms{,2} tiff freetype jbig2dec expat openjpeg
-
-      substituteInPlace base/unix-aux.mak --replace "INCLUDE=/usr/include" "INCLUDE=/no-such-path"
-      sed "s@if ( test -f \$(INCLUDE)[^ ]* )@if ( true )@" -i base/unix-aux.mak
-    '';
-    patches = [];
-  };
-
-  variant = if gnuFork then gnuForkSrc else mainlineSrc;
-
-in
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  inherit (variant) name src meta;
+  name = "ghostscript-9.15";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0p1isp6ssfay141klirn7n9s8b546vcz6paksfmksbwy0ljsypg6";
+  };
 
   fonts = [
     (fetchurl {
@@ -91,34 +40,56 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # [] # maybe sometimes jpeg2000 support
     ;
 
-  CFLAGS = "-fPIC";
-  NIX_LDFLAGS =
-    "-lz -rpath${ if stdenv.isDarwin then " " else "="}${freetype}/lib";
+  patches = [ ./urw-font-files.patch ];
 
-  patches = variant.patches ++ [ ./urw-font-files.patch ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    # "ijs" is impure: it contains symlinks to /usr/share/automake etc.!
-    rm -rf ijs/ltmain.sh
-
-    # Don't install stuff in the Cups store path.
-    makeFlagsArray=(CUPSSERVERBIN=$out/lib/cups CUPSSERVERROOT=$out/etc/cups CUPSDATA=$out/share/cups)
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (variant ? preConfigure) variant.preConfigure;
+  makeFlags = [ "cups_serverroot=$(out)" "cups_serverbin=$(out)/lib/cups" ];
 
   configureFlags =
-    [ "--with-system-libtiff"
+    [ "--with-system-libtiff" "--disable-sse2"
+      "--enable-dynamic"
       (if x11Support then "--with-x" else "--without-x")
-      (if cupsSupport then "--enable-cups --with-install-cups" else "--disable-cups")
+      (if cupsSupport then "--enable-cups" else "--disable-cups")
     ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
   installTargets="install soinstall";
 
-  # ToDo: web says the fonts should be already included
+  #CFLAGS = "-fPIC";
+  #NIX_LDFLAGS =
+  #  "-lz -rpath${ if stdenv.isDarwin then " " else "="}${freetype}/lib";
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    rm -rf jpeg libpng zlib jasper expat tiff lcms{,2} jbig2dec openjpeg freetype cups/libs
+
+    sed "s@if ( test -f \$(INCLUDE)[^ ]* )@if ( true )@; s@INCLUDE=/usr/include@INCLUDE=/no-such-path@" -i base/unix-aux.mak
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
+    # ToDo: web says the fonts should be already included
     for i in $fonts; do
       (cd $out/share/ghostscript && tar xvfz $i)
     done
+
+    rm -rf $out/lib/cups/filter/{gstopxl,gstoraster}
   '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.ghostscript.com/";
+    description = "PostScript interpreter (mainline version)";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Ghostscript is the name of a set of tools that provides (i) an
+      interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format,
+      (ii) a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library) that
+      implement the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive
+      operations in the PostScript language, and (iii) a wide variety
+      of output drivers for various file formats and printers.
+    '';
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.viric ];
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/purity.patch b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/purity.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c92ecf593a7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/purity.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-Don't look for files under `/usr/include' since we don't have that directory
-under NixOS.
-
---- gnu-ghostscript-8.64.0/base/unix-aux.mak	2009-04-19 19:00:20.000000000 +0200
-+++ gnu-ghostscript-8.64.0/base/unix-aux.mak	2009-04-27 11:58:31.000000000 +0200
-@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ $(MKROMFS_XE): $(GLSRC)mkromfs.c $(MKROM
- # The "else true;" is required because Ultrix's implementation of sh -e
- # terminates execution of a command if any error occurs, even if the command
- # traps the error with ||.
--INCLUDE=/usr/include
-+INCLUDE=/no-such-path
- $(gconfig__h): $(UNIX_AUX_MAK) $(ECHOGS_XE)
- 	$(ECHOGS_XE) -w $(gconfig__h) -x 2f2a -s This file was generated automatically by unix-aux.mak. -s -x 2a2f
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/dirent.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_DIRENT_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/ndir.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_NDIR_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/sys/dir.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_DIR_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/sys/ndir.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_NDIR_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/sys/time.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_TIME_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/sys/times.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_TIMES_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_DIRENT_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_NDIR_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_DIR_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_NDIR_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_TIME_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_TIMES_H; else true; fi
- 	if ( test -f $(JSRCDIR)/jmemsys.h); then true; else $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define DONT_HAVE_JMEMSYS_H; fi
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3740d444088f..109ce0f015b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2173,6 +2173,8 @@ let
 
   qjoypad = callPackage ../tools/misc/qjoypad { };
 
+  qpdf = callPackage ../development/libraries/qpdf { };
+
   qscintilla = callPackage ../development/libraries/qscintilla {
     qt = qt4;
   };
@@ -5490,6 +5492,8 @@ let
 
   imlib2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/imlib2 { };
 
+  ijs = callPackage ../development/libraries/ijs { };
+
   incrtcl = callPackage ../development/libraries/incrtcl { };
 
   indilib = callPackage ../development/libraries/indilib { };
@@ -12273,7 +12277,7 @@ let
 
   cups = callPackage ../misc/cups { libusb = libusb1; };
 
-  cups_pdf_filter = callPackage ../misc/cups/pdf-filter.nix { };
+  cups-filters = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/cups-filters { };
 
   crashplan = callPackage ../applications/backup/crashplan { };
 
@@ -12326,7 +12330,6 @@ let
   ghostscript = callPackage ../misc/ghostscript {
     x11Support = false;
     cupsSupport = config.ghostscript.cups or (!stdenv.isDarwin);
-    gnuFork = config.ghostscript.gnu or false;
   };
 
   ghostscriptX = appendToName "with-X" (ghostscript.override {