Printer advise

[Tony Pursell]

On Sat, 2011-06-25 at 14:55 +0100, sam tygier wrote:
> On 25/06/11 14:18, David Fletcher wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-06-25 at 13:47 +0100, sam tygier wrote:
> >> On 25/06/11 12:35, Leo Noordhuizen wrote:
> >>> Hello everybody,
> >>>
> >
> >> there is a database of how well various printers work at
> >> http://www.openprinting.org/printers
> >>
> >> in general HP printers have very good support
> >>
> >>
> >
> > With Epson printers there is a utility called escputil that you can use
> > for nozzle checks, head cleaning, reading ink levels etc.
> >
> > Is there something similar for HP?
> >
> > D
> >
> >
> >
> there is hplip that has a toolbox
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

You can install HPLIP from the Ubuntu Software Centre.

> 
> for my HP 6940 i can do
> test page
> align cartridges
> clean cartridges
> color calibration
> see ink levels
> 
> its possible that some models dont allow all of this. site above has a big list of printers.
> 
> sam
> 
>