Malcolm-
The printer is reporting these levels:
$3a -> 58% (black)
$62 -> 98% (tr-color)
(this is from the deviceid field, near the end: S:03...3a...62;)
Remove and gently shake the black cartridge. Do you feel/hear any ink
sloshing around inside? How heavy does it feel? (vs. a new cart.) Is there
dried ink on the head?
My guess is that there is ink in there, it is just plugged up. Have you run
a pen cleaning?
-Don
On 4/6/07, Malcolm Lalkaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
I have pasted the output of hp-levels below. When I ran hp-levels (at
about 06/04/07 10:34:43), I had a new tri-colour cartridge in the
printer, and I had an empty black cartridge in the printer.
I think the black cartridge is empty because no black ink is printed
when I try to print something that has black content.
I think the colour cartridge ink level is being reported correctly. (I
think the reason why it was reported as 0% earlier was because
although I had red ink left in the tri-colour cartridge, I didn't have
any blue nor yellow ink left. I have since then changed the tri-colour
cartridge.)
So in summary, I think the black ink level is inaccurate. My estimate
of the actual ink level is 0%, but the reported ink level is 58%.
--- Output of hp-levels ---
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.6.9)
Device Information Utility ver. 3.4
Copyright (c) 2003-6 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
Using device: hp:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U
hp:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U
Device Parameters (dynamic data):
Parameter Value(s)
----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
3bit-status-code 24
3bit-status-name NoFault
agent1-ack False
agent1-desc Black cartridge
agent1-dvc 0
agent1-health 0
agent1-health-desc Good/OK
agent1-hp-ink False
agent1-id 9
agent1-kind 3
agent1-known False
agent1-level 58
agent1-level-trigger 0
agent1-sku 56 (C6656AN)
agent1-type 1
agent1-virgin False
agent2-ack False
agent2-desc Tri-color cartridge
agent2-dvc 0
agent2-health 0
agent2-health-desc Good/OK
agent2-hp-ink False
agent2-id 10
agent2-kind 3
agent2-known False
agent2-level 98
agent2-level-trigger 0
agent2-sku 57 (C6657AN)/28 (C8728AN)
agent2-type 2
agent2-virgin False
back-end hp
cups-printer PSC-1210
cups-uri
hp:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U
dev-file
device-state 1
device-uri
hp:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U
deviceid MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:psc 1200
series;CMD:LDL,MLC,PML,DYN;CLS:PRINTER;1284.4DL:4d,4e,1;SN
:MY38KF81M61U;S:0380008000820000002c148103ac2500062;
duplexer 0
error-state 0
host
in-tray1 True
in-tray2 False
is-hp True
media-path 2
panel 0
panel-line1
panel-line2
photo-tray 0
port 1
r 0
revision 3
rg 000
rr 000000
rs 000000000
scan-uri
hpaio:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U
serial MY38KF81M61U
status-code 1000
status-desc The printer is idle.
supply-door 0
top-door 1
Model Parameters (static data):
Parameter Value(s)
----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
align-type 6
case-model-model1 PSC 1200
case-model-model10 PSC 1219
case-model-model2 PSC 1205
case-model-model3 PSC 1209
case-model-model4 PSC 1210
case-model-model5 PSC 1210v
case-model-model6 PSC 1210xi
case-model-model7 PSC 1215
case-model-model8 PSC 1216
case-model-model9 PSC 1217
clean-type 2
color-cal-type 0
copy-type 0
embedded-server-type 0
fax-type 0
icon psc_1100_series.png
io-control 0
io-mfp-mode 2
io-mode 1
io-scan-port 0
io-support 2
linefeed-cal-type 0
model psc_1200_series
model-ui HP PSC 1200 series
panel-check-type 0
pcard-type 0
pq-diag-type 0
r0-agent1-kind 3
r0-agent1-sku 56 (C6656AN)
r0-agent1-type 1
r0-agent2-kind 3
r0-agent2-sku 57 (C6657AN)/28 (C8728AN)
r0-agent2-type 2
scan-style 1
scan-type 1
status-battery-check 0
status-dynamic-counters 0
status-type 2
support-type 2
tech-class DJ3320
tech-type 2
Status History (most recent first):
Date/Time Code Status Description
User Job ID
-------------------- -----
---------------------------------------- -------- --------
06/04/07 10:34:43 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:33:40 1002 The print job is continuing.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:33:27 1002 The print job is continuing.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:33:07 1002 The print job is continuing.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:30:30 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:29:54 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:29:27 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:29:17 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:29:10 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:25:23 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 10:25:11 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:30:39 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:30:33 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:30:27 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:21:08 501 Print job has completed.
mlalkaka 637
06/04/07 01:18:55 500 The printer has started a print job.
mlalkaka 637
06/04/07 01:18:49 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:18:39 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:18:39 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:18:39 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:12:42 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:12:42 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:12:38 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink
mlalkaka
06/04/07 01:12:38 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 00:57:34 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink
mlalkaka
06/04/07 00:57:34 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 00:57:33 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 00:54:16 1002 The print job is continuing.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 00:52:52 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink
mlalkaka
06/04/07 00:52:52 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 00:52:51 1000 The printer is idle.
mlalkaka
06/04/07 00:52:03 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink
mlalkaka
--- ------------------- ---
On 4/6/07, dwelch91 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Malcolm-
>
> The best way to help us fix this is to send us the output of:
>
> $ hp-info
>
> and then also provide your estimate of the actual ink levels when you
feel
> they are inaccurate.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don
>
>
>
>
> On 4/6/07, Malcolm Lalkaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have an HP PSC 1210 connected to my computer running Ubuntu 6.10
> > (Edgy Eft) using the HPLIP driver.
> >
> > When I run hp-levels, it tells me that I still have 60% of my black
> > ink left, and 0% (Very low) of my colour ink left. However, when I
> > print, either none of the content in black prints, or the content in
> > black is printed in pink.
> >
> > I decided to change my black ink cartridge. After doing this,
> > hp-levels reports that I have 100% of my black ink left, which is
> > good.
> >
> > But still, it seems that most of the time, the ink levels reported by
> > hp-levels are off. When my black ink cartridge had no ink left,
> > hp-levels reported that I had 60% of black ink left; and when I still
> > have quite a bit of colour ink left (it seems), hp-levels reported
> > that I had 0% of colour ink left. Is there a way to fix this problem
> > so that I can more easily predict when I need to buy new cartridges?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Malcolm Lalkaka
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