Re: [SLE] recommendation for printer?

On Wednesday 15 March 2006 08:13, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On Wed March 15 2006 11:00 am, Kevanf1 wrote:
When I did set it up with SuSE (I still don't have my SuSE tin up
and running at the moment) I just used the set up native to SuSE and
CUPS. It all worked perfectly so I didn't need to go to download any
third party stuff.

I use a utility called escputil to check the ink level of my epson:
# escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 -i
Escputil version 4.2.7, Copyright (C) 2000-2001 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 7
Cyan 39
Magenta 44
Yellow 57

hm... almost out of black ink..
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Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
Paul this is the utility mentioned in Gutenprint which I have not been able to
successfully install yet.
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Russ

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