On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:13:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > José Alburquerque wrote: > > >Hi. :-) I have an Epson Stylus C82 (also connected via USB). On my > >etch system, the escputil command above works exactly as you have it > >without any problems: > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ escputil --ink-level --new --raw-device /dev/usb/lp0 > >Escputil version 5.0.0-rc3, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz > >Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil > >-l' > >This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it > >under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details. > > > > Ink color Percent remaining > > Black 82 > > Cyan 6 > > Magenta 10 > > Yellow 26 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Is there a utility to check ink levels on HP Deskjet series printers? I > looked through the djtools manpage, and, while there is some interesting > stuff there, I do not see this. It seems that djtools is good for > setting parameters for the printer, but not for getting information > back. Since it is best not to actually let an ink cartridge get > completely empty before refilling it, being able to check the ink level > would be a really handy thing.
If the printer is supported by hplip, then the hplip toolbox would probably provide this. there is a gui frontend that works alright and there are probably command line options too. not at my desk to provide more relevant input. A
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