Re: [opensuse] Displaying ink levels on a printer

Adam Jimerson wrote:
Is there a way to get ether cups or the YaST printer module to display the ink
levels on printers? I have a Lexmark x1240, using the Lexmark z600 printer
driver installed on my 10.2 box, but it doesn't tell me about the ink levels
and its pretty annoying to have to wait until the print quality starts to
suck before I know that I need to go out and buy more ink.

I made the switch several years ago to network printers, rather than
locally-attached ones (of course, having 5 or six computers in the house
made this a necessity.)

The point is - most network printers have a built in web server. Just
point your browser at the IP address of the printer, and voila! You have
all the information you need about ink levels, configuration, etc. This
eliminates the need for printer utility software on each PC in the
network, and I can access this information from any PC.


-- Dave Grosvold
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