Reporting printer ink levels?

[Israel]

Hi Eric!!
I got a nice HP printer that is wifi capable, and has very good quality
color for under $100.
Setting it up for wifi printing was automatic.  I just turned on the
printer and set it to be wifi capable, and then when I went to set up
printing it just showed up, and I can print and scan from wireless
without any trouble at all.  That and my ink is around $30 has made this
a very cheap, but full featured printer.  This is just something you
might consider for the future.


On 07/23/2014 08:21 PM, Eric Bradshaw wrote:
> John Hupp,
>
> I agree with Israel that the ink level reporting from HP is, in my
> experience, consistently provided with their drivers. I also find HP
> printers to be built better than Epson's; better quality hardware that
> typically lasts longer. But, despite all that, I've only set up HP
> printers for others.
>
> For printing in my own home, I, like you, choose Epson. The two
> biggest drawbacks I've found are, as you said, the lack of ink level
> reporting and the sometimes painful-to-configure scanning and faxing
> (when I've actually had to fax). I've learned to live with all that
> because the Epson all-in-one printers I buy are typically under $100,
> the color is absolutely brilliant, networking (including wifi) is a
> breeze and they work and work and work - right up I until they don't.
> Typically about 2 years.
>
> Unfortunately I've never solved the ink level reporting issue. I've
> just made sure I have ink in reserve for when my latest Epson
> literally stops printing because a particular color is out. If you get
> the ink level reporting issue solved, please share the steps.
> Otherwise, I'm okay. It's a minor annoyance. I hope you'll be okay
> with it too if you don't get the issue solved.
>
> The drivers for Epson for Linux are available for every one I've owned
> so far. The following is a link to a page on our website that uses an
> Epson WorkForce 645 in an example for downloading PPD files (that
> reminds me, this page might need updating, but you'll get the idea);
> http://computers4christians.org/FAQ/OS/HowTo/Print/Network.html
>
> Eric
> --
> Thank You,
> God Bless You,
> Computers4Christians
> http://Computers4Christians.org/
>
>
> On 07/23/2014 11:35 AM, John Hupp wrote:
> > A while back (under 13.04) I was working with an Epson Stylus C120 and
> > got it installed for printing purposes after getting past
> >
> http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1133794.
>
> > I used CUPS and a Gutenprint driver.
> >
> > But unlike most Windows inkjet printer installations, I found no
> > provision for reporting ink levels.  I found Mtink, but it did not
> work.
> >
> > In the meantime I stumbled onto the http://libinklevel.sourceforge.net
> > project, which is a library for reporting ink levels.  And at
> > http://libinklevel.sourceforge.net/#installation there is reference to
> > packages that use this library.
> >
> > But on the library's home page there is no news since 2009, and the
> > mailing list archives seem to no longer exist.
> >
> > Epson offers this link:
> > http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX. But I
> > don't find anything there for Debian or Ubuntu.
> >
> > Perhaps another manufacturer has their own package that includes
> > provision for this function.
> >
> > Is anyone successfully reporting ink levels (one way or another) for
> > any major brand of printer?
>
>


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