On Sunday 21 November 2004 20:15, Patrick Ryan Vinson wrote: >Hello Everybody, > >I've been using Linux for quite sometime now and I just realized > that I haven't the slightest clue on how to check the ink levels > for my printer. I agree it is kinda sad considering that I've been > using some form of Linux since Red Hat 5.2 was released. Not sure > of exact time frame; however, since 5.2 was my first dive into the > Linux world you all should get a good idea of how long I've been > using it. > >I don't think I ever really bothered to figure out how to check the > ink levels since I always have a backup set of int cartridges. > When ever the ink would run out I would just replace it. So, out > of curiosity how does one check their ink levels for their printer? > I looked around on the CUPS web interface and didn't find > anything. Did a search for it under google and I did find some > separate command line tools to download that would check the ink > levels. I could fall to doing these; however, I do feel that CUPS' > web interface should provide information like that. Are there any > plugins for the interface? If it helps, my printer is an Epson > Stylus C82. > >- Patrick Vinson Do a google search for 'mtink'. It works great, at least for epsons ink squirters. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.29% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
