Thanks, Andre. So it would seem then that HP HPLIP does not support
this function as widely as I surmised from other feedback.
Printers with embedded web servers -- that's a good additional thought.
Both the EWS and control panel provisions require no additional software.
On 7/24/2014 12:50 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote:
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]
<mailto:[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
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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?
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