I have no luck on ink levels with HP printers, nor Epson... I only install HPLIP or Epson driver, nothing more.
In office I have several printers. I prefer those with embedded web server that shows us lots of things, including wifi and network configuration and ink levels. I have a HP Pro 8000, HP Pro 8100, a Brother DCP-7065DN, all those are much more expensive printers, but you buy them only once. I also have a Epson L355, but this specific model you can see ink levels from outside!! At home, I own a cheap Samsung ML-2165W, it has embedded web server. It does the job... 2014-07-24 11:37 GMT-03:00 John Hupp <[email protected]>: > Thanks, Eric, for the well-developed documentation for this case. > > For the Epson C120 that I was working with, I didn't need to download a > PPD from Epson -- nor did they have a DEB file available to download for it > -- but I'm glad to know that they provide this support for some models. > > Though I mentioned the Epson in my original post and I still have that, I > really am interested in knowing about the availability of solutions across > all the major manufacturers. My currently daily-use printer is an HP > Laserjet P2015d, but I own several brands here, and I have supported all > brands. > > So far what we've rounded up regarding ink level reporting: > - HP inkjets have general support via HPLIP > - Epson has no support, unless some models report this via hardware on a > control panel (as Aere reports RE an HP) > - A general workaround concept: Install Windows in a partition or virtual > machine and use the Windows printer software for an occasional level checkup > - (No word yet on printing heavyweights Brother and Canon, or others) > > > On 7/23/2014 9:21 PM, Eric Bradshaw wrote: > > John Hupp, > > I agree with Israel that the ink level reporting from HP is, in my > experience, consistently provided with their drivers. I also find HP > printers to be built better than Epson's; better quality hardware that > typically lasts longer. But, despite all that, I've only set up HP printers > for others. > > For printing in my own home, I, like you, choose Epson. The two biggest > drawbacks I've found are, as you said, the lack of ink level reporting and > the sometimes painful-to-configure scanning and faxing (when I've actually > had to fax). I've learned to live with all that because the Epson > all-in-one printers I buy are typically under $100, the color is absolutely > brilliant, networking (including wifi) is a breeze and they work and work > and work - right up I until they don't. Typically about 2 years. > > Unfortunately I've never solved the ink level reporting issue. I've just > made sure I have ink in reserve for when my latest Epson literally stops > printing because a particular color is out. If you get the ink level > reporting issue solved, please share the steps. Otherwise, I'm okay. It's a > minor annoyance. I hope you'll be okay with it too if you don't get the > issue solved. > > The drivers for Epson for Linux are available for every one I've owned > so far. The following is a link to a page on our website that uses an Epson > WorkForce 645 in an example for downloading PPD files (that reminds me, > this page might need updating, but you'll get the idea); > http://computers4christians.org/FAQ/OS/HowTo/Print/Network.html > > Eric > -- > Thank You, > God Bless You, > Computers4Christians > http://Computers4Christians.org/ > > > On 07/23/2014 11:35 AM, John Hupp wrote: > > A while back (under 13.04) I was working with an Epson Stylus C120 and > > got it installed for printing purposes after getting past > > > http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1133794. > > > I used CUPS and a Gutenprint driver. > > > > But unlike most Windows inkjet printer installations, I found no > > provision for reporting ink levels. I found Mtink, but it did not work. > > > > In the meantime I stumbled onto the http://libinklevel.sourceforge.net > > project, which is a library for reporting ink levels. And at > > http://libinklevel.sourceforge.net/#installation there is reference to > > packages that use this library. > > > > But on the library's home page there is no news since 2009, and the > > mailing list archives seem to no longer exist. > > > > Epson offers this link: > > http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX. But I > > don't find anything there for Debian or Ubuntu. > > > > Perhaps another manufacturer has their own package that includes > > provision for this function. > > > > Is anyone successfully reporting ink levels (one way or another) for > > any major brand of printer? > > > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > >
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