Multifunction printers for ubuntu?

[Eberhard Roloff]

> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:32:42 +0930
> From: Brian Astill <bastill at adam.com.au>
> Subject: Re: Multifunction printers for ubuntu?
> To: Ricardo C O Freitas <ricardocastanho at uol.com.br>
> Cc: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general
> discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <200609101032.42754.bastill at adam.com.au>
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> On Friday 08 September 2006 08:44, Ricardo C O Freitas wrote:
> > Sorry!Can't help you!  
> 
> I think you can, but you don't know it  :-)
> 
> I have my HP Deskjet 6122 working beautifully under CUPS.
> BUT, I have no way of knowing the ink levels or any other such 
> info about the printer.
> 
> Downloaded and installed hplip, but can find/invoke nothing -
> I even rebooted, thinking that a daemon would be set up this
> way - still nothing.  There is no "man hplip" or "info
> hplip".  "which hplip" provides nothing.  "locate hplip" gives
> a long list which SFAICT doesn't contain an executable.
> 
> SO - HOW do I use hplip?  How do I start it up (or set it up)?
> There must be a way - but I haven't found it.  You have.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Brian

Actually there is:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html ;-))

good luck
Eberhard