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Title: How do I check ink levels in my printer?
Post by: m654321 on May 06, 2017, 01:56:12 AM

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

Title: Re: How do I check ink levels in my printer?
Post by: Jerry on May 06, 2017, 02:24:14 AM

Try:

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sudo apt install ink
then:

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ink -p usb

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Title: Re: How do I check ink levels in my printer?
Post by: m654321 on May 08, 2017, 03:24:18 AM

Quote from: Jerry on May 06, 2017, 02:24:14 AM

Try:

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sudo apt install ink
then:

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ink -p usb

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

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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?

Title: Re: How do I check ink levels in my printer?
Post by: torreydale on May 08, 2017, 10:00:06 AM

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.

Title: Re: How do I check ink levels in my printer?
Post by: Jerry on May 08, 2017, 10:05:13 AM

http://127.0.0.1:631 (http://127.0.0.1:631) may work.