Colin Murphy Colin at spudulike.me.uk
Sun Nov 13 19:52:09 CST 2005


On Tuesday 08 November 2005 22:08, Colin Murphy wrote:

>
> The utility is called escputil, see
> http://packages.debian.org/testing/utils/escputil
>
I figured out what to pass:-

	spudulike at ubuntu:~$ sudo escputil -i -u -r /dev/usb/lp0

yealds

	Escputil version 4.2.7, Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Robert Krawitz
	Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
	This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
	under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.

         	 Ink colour    Percent remaining
        	       Black     99
         	       Cyan     33
          	   Magenta     43
      		        Yellow     32

and 
	spudulike at ubuntu:~$ sudo escputil -n -u -r /dev/usb/lp0
	
gave

	Running nozzle check, please ensure paper is in the printer.

making the printer spit out a sheet of paper with lines showing the nozzles 
working.

So, I have confirmed my connection and printer, still can't get anything to 
print from cups though.


-- 
Colin Murphy - Colin at spudulike.me.uk

A: Because it's wrong!
> Q: Why shouldn't I top post?



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