Re: [opensuse] Displaying ink levels on a printer

On Tuesday 31 July 2007 10:17:04 am Dave Grosvold wrote:
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

Sadly I am to poor to be able to buy a network printer and so I have to work
with what I can get, but thanks for the advice.

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