Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-22 Thread David E. Fox
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:20:19 -0700 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CORRECTION: I just found hp-toolbox, which has a 'Supplies' tab showing > the installed cartridges and should have the ink levels. But it does There's also hp-levels, but on this printer (Photosmart 1218), it tells m

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-22 Thread David E. Fox
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:40:41 -0700 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I checked hplip (with apt-cache show) and it looks like it does the kind > of things that I need, but it also says to use hpoj for parallel I am presently building the latest hplip but not sure whether I need it. Acc

RE: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-17 Thread Seth Goodman
On Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:23 AM -0500, Paul Scott wrote: > Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > > > > CORRECTION: I just found hp-toolbox, which has a 'Supplies' tab > > showing the installed cartridges and should have the ink levels. > > But it does not seem to show any ink in either cartridge. The >

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-17 Thread Paul Scott
Marc Shapiro wrote: CORRECTION: I just found hp-toolbox, which has a 'Supplies' tab showing the installed cartridges and should have the ink levels. But it does not seem to show any ink in either cartridge. The printer is printing fine, so I obviously DO have ink. Is there something that

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-16 Thread José Alburquerque
José Alburquerque wrote: Charlie: I believe your error may be due to some missing mime cups files. Have a look at the following thread (it describes a problem very similar to what you're describing here): http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/peripherals-hardware/38429-printer-problems.html

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-16 Thread Marc Shapiro
M-L wrote: On Wednesday 16 August 2006 03:11, José Alburquerque shared this with us all: --> M-L wrote: --> --> >On Tuesday 15 August 2006 16:41, Marc Shapiro wrote: --> > --> > --> >>This tells me where the printer is, but I still do not know how to tell --> >>CUPS where it is. Do I put th

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-16 Thread José Alburquerque
M-L wrote: Thanks Jose, But none of this works for me, printconf or otherwise, I still get the same error when trying to print, a test page or otherwise:- Unsupported format 'application/postscript'! I maybe don't have something installed, but what that might be has me stumped. I installed

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-15 Thread M-L
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 03:11, José Alburquerque shared this with us all: >--> M-L wrote: >--> >--> >On Tuesday 15 August 2006 16:41, Marc Shapiro wrote: >--> > >--> > >--> >>This tells me where the printer is, but I still do not know how to > tell --> >>CUPS where it is. Do I put the full URI

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-15 Thread Marc Shapiro
M-L wrote: On Tuesday 15 August 2006 16:41, Marc Shapiro wrote: Marc Shapiro wrote: José Alburquerque wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:13:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Is there a utility to check ink levels on HP Deskjet ser

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-15 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 11:41:53PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Marc Shapiro wrote: > > >Thanks. > > > OK. I checked linuxprinting.org and it said that hplip should work and > reminded me that the printer DOES have a USB connection. So I > disconnected the parallel port and connected by USB.

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-15 Thread José Alburquerque
M-L wrote: On Tuesday 15 August 2006 16:41, Marc Shapiro wrote: This tells me where the printer is, but I still do not know how to tell CUPS where it is. Do I put the full URI: 'hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L' into the location under 'Modify Printer'? Any help will be appreciated

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-15 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 15 August 2006 16:41, Marc Shapiro shared this with us all: >--> Marc Shapiro wrote: >--> >--> > José Alburquerque wrote: >--> > >--> >> Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >--> >> >--> >>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:13:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: >--> >>> >--> >>> >--> Is there a util

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-15 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 15 August 2006 16:41, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Marc Shapiro wrote: > > José Alburquerque wrote: > >> Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:13:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Is there a utility to check ink levels on HP Deskjet series > printers? I looked

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-14 Thread Marc Shapiro
Marc Shapiro wrote: José Alburquerque wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:13:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Is there a utility to check ink levels on HP Deskjet series printers? I looked through the djtools manpage, and, while there is some interesting stuff

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-14 Thread Marc Shapiro
José Alburquerque wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:13:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Is there a utility to check ink levels on HP Deskjet series printers? I looked through the djtools manpage, and, while there is some interesting stuff there, I do not see t

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-14 Thread José Alburquerque
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:13:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Is there a utility to check ink levels on HP Deskjet series printers? I looked through the djtools manpage, and, while there is some interesting stuff there, I do not see this. It seems that djtools

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500 (was: Re: Using udev as-is and device URI)

2006-08-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:13:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > José Alburquerque wrote: > > >Hi. :-) I have an Epson Stylus C82 (also connected via USB). On my > >etch system, the escputil command above works exactly as you have it > >without any problems: > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ escputil

How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500 (was: Re: Using udev as-is and device URI)

2006-08-14 Thread Marc Shapiro
José Alburquerque wrote: Hi. :-) I have an Epson Stylus C82 (also connected via USB). On my etch system, the escputil command above works exactly as you have it without any problems: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ escputil --ink-level --new --raw-device /dev/usb/lp0 Escputil version 5.0.0-rc3, Copyrig