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I use an Epson Stylus Photo R285 printer with LL3.4.
It contains six ink cartridges: 1 black + 5 other colours.

Until now, the only way of checking ink levels & identifying which ink cartridge need changing is to use the printer with WindowsOS. Obviously this is unsatisfactory, as I'm when trying to move over to a WindowsOS-free system.

So how do I carry out printer ink management in LL3.4?

Many thanks in advance for all your ideas & help.

Mike

Try:

Code:
sudo apt install ink

then:

Code:
ink -p usb

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(05-06-2017, 06:24 AM)Jerry link Wrote: [ -> ]Try:

Code:
sudo apt install ink

then:

Code:
ink -p usb

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Thanks Jerry - though ink installed, ink -p usb didn't work.
Terminal output is as follows:

Code:
mike@D630:~$ sudo apt install ink

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

ink is already the newest version (0.5.2-1).

0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.

mike@D630:~$ ink -p usb

Could not get device id.

Could not get ink level.

mike@D630:~$

Is there anything I can try as a next step in getting printer ink management working?

If you have a network connected printer, instead of a usb connected printer, you might be able to see this type of information by browsing (ie. using a browser like Firefox) to the IP address of the printer.

http://127.0.0.1:631 may work.

m654321

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