Hello,
I've got the new Epson Color Stylus C83 printing OK with CUPS via the
router.
Everything available with CUPS admininstration seems to be working fine.
However, I want to check the ink level, and for this I need to use a command
line tool, escputil.
The output for
$ escuptil -i -r /dev/lp0 is
'Cannot parse output from printer'.
I've got the two-way option assigned in the kernel. Also quite liberal
permissions for access in the /etc/cups/cups.conf.
Strangely,
$ escputil -d -r /dev/lp0 gives an answer:
@BDC ST
ST:04;
which I hope refers to STylus.
I suspect that there is something needed in the cups.conf file relating
to groups and possibly passwords, but I can't make head or tail of it.
Alternatively, I could get my wife's Windows Laptop to plug in to the
printer, install the Epson software, and check the ink-level there,
without any rigmarole. Defeatist though.
Is the access to the raw device deliberately difficult, or is this
something being worked on, or wished-for?
Thanks,
Nick
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