Checking Ink Levels on Epson Printer

Zalator · n00b Joined: 11 Aug 2002 Posts: 42

How does one check the ink levels on an Epson Stylus C62?

delta407 · Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2002 5:26 am Post subject:

Pry open the cartridges?

Seriously, though, generally ink-checking is done by the printer driver. I haven't dealt with a great deal of Linux printer drivers, but I have yet to see ink level tracking.
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Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

Turboprint allows you to do this. You can use the free version (basically the same as the full version, except for a banner on high-res prints) for this purpose. You can see the image with the ink levels here.

Note: I have no commercial interest in Turboprint:). Also, I use the full version on a RH box and am not sure whether there are any issues under Gentoo.

henrico · n00b Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 25

Have a look at escputil (part of gimp-print). You can check ink levels, but also clean the heads and do other maintenance tasks for the Epson Stylus printers. I'm not sure if all Epson Stylus printers are supported.

Zalator · n00b Joined: 11 Aug 2002 Posts: 42

i tried using escputil, but i couldn't get it working ... it kept saying I/O error on /dev/lp0.

DNH · n00b Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 60 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

qwkbrnfox · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 6:38 pm Post subject:

My printer is attached to a firewall, which I access the usual way 192.168.2.1/lp0 through CUPS. Anyone know how to check ink levels on a remote printer?

Thanks

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