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Free Standards Group Unites Linux Printing InitiativesFree Standards Group Unites Linux Printing InitiativesPosted Jul 20, 2006 9:17 UTC (Thu) by etienne_lorrain@yahoo.fr (guest, #38022)Parent article: Free Standards Group Unites Linux Printing Initiatives
I hope we will soon be able to clean heads of most (Linux friendly) inkjet printer, or know the ink level of each colors, without booting another operating system.
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Free Standards Group Unites Linux Printing Initiatives Posted Jul 20, 2006 9:36 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] escputil? It's part of gutenprint these days, IIRC (I moved from a jam-prone colour Epson to a mono laser a few months ago so I'm a bit out of date here).
Free Standards Group Unites Linux Printing Initiatives Posted Jul 20, 2006 12:03 UTC (Thu) by rleigh (subscriber, #14622) [Link] Yes, escputil is still the tool for the job for Epson printers (cleaningand testing nozzles, head alignment, etc.). There should be a 5.0.0 stable Gutenprint release in the coming weeks; most distributions are currently packaging the latest release candidate.
For simply monitoring ink levels, there's also mtink.
Free Standards Group Unites Linux Printing Initiatives Posted Jul 20, 2006 10:59 UTC (Thu) by NRArnot (subscriber, #3033) [Link] Know the ink levels? You're kidding, surely.
It is in the manufacturer's interest to say that the ink has run out well before it actually does. Some people will replace the cartridge as soon as a pop-up encourages them to do so, thereby making more money for the manufacturer. Some printers go one step worse and refuse to print using a cartridge they claim is empty, even though it's obviously not so. Bleuugh.
Are there any printers that actually have an ink-level sensor like a car has a petrol-tank sensor? I doubt it. (HP officejets and suchlike do have an ink-out sensor that hard-stops the printer, because continuing to try to print past that point would damage it).
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