Package: cupsys Version: 1.2.1-3 Severity: normal CUPS does an excellent job of printing to an amazing variety of printers. But, it does not provide useful error messages when printers such as my Epson Stylus 740 are out of ink. (I suspect, though, that my printer model is not the only problematic printer.)
When my 740 (an inkjet a few years old) is out of ink, CUPS reports in its error.log: [04/Oct/2006:21:09:42 -0400] [Job 15] LPGETSTATUS returned a port status of 10... and lpstat -p tells me, IIRC, "Printer failure!". This is a problem because I should not be expected to search on Google to find out what is wrong. CUPS should tell users a more useful message such as "Out of black ink. Color ink low. Please change black cartridge." in the printer status area. Cheers, Jason Spiro P.S. I am using etch, last dist-upgraded about 4 months ago. My printer is an EPSON Stylus Color Series CUPS v1.2 on usb://EPSON/Stylus COLOR 740. If I recall correctly I use Gutenprint. P.P.S. If you are a CUPS Debian Developer interested in SSH'ing in to my PC to work on this bug, please contact me by email, Jabber (jasonspiro at gmail.com) or Skype (jasonspiro). -- Jason Spiro: computer consulting with a smile. I also provide training and spyware removal services for homes and businesses. Call or email for a FREE 5-minute consultation. Satisfaction guaranteed. 416-781-5938 / Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
