escputil won't clean printer heads
Rodolfo Medina
cupsys-client libcupsimage2 cups-driver-gutenprint cupsys-driver-gutenprint
gs-esp escputil. Everything seems to go fine with printing, and also ink level
is correctly detected with: `escputil -i -r /dev/usb/lp0'. Only, when I do:
$ escputil -c
to clean printer's heads, nothing happens.
Please help with this issue. My old printer is an Epson C20UX.
Thanks for any help
Rodolfo
P.S.: the printer's heads are properly cleaned with MS Windows utility.
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Ron Johnson
> On my Lenny system, I installed the following packages: cupsys cupsys-bsd
> cupsys-client libcupsimage2 cups-driver-gutenprint cupsys-driver-gutenprint
> gs-esp escputil. Everything seems to go fine with printing, and also ink level
> is correctly detected with: `escputil -i -r /dev/usb/lp0'. Only, when I do:
>
> $ escputil -c
>
> to clean printer's heads, nothing happens.
ISTM that if you need specify /dev/usb/lp0 to specify which printer
to determine ink level from, shouldn't you do the same for cleaning
heads?
> Please help with this issue. My old printer is an Epson C20UX.
>
> Thanks for any help
> Rodolfo
>
> P.S.: the printer's heads are properly cleaned with MS Windows utility.
>
>
Like the recent HP 1120 thread, maybe the driver for that old
printer doesn't have that functionality?
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Rodolfo Medina
>> On my Lenny system, I installed the following packages: cupsys cupsys-bsd
>> cupsys-client libcupsimage2 cups-driver-gutenprint cupsys-driver-gutenprint
>> gs-esp escputil. Everything seems to go fine with printing, and also ink
>> level is correctly detected with: `escputil -i -r /dev/usb/lp0'. Only, when
>> I do:
>>
>> $ escputil -c
>>
>> to clean printer's heads, nothing happens.
>> Please help with this issue. My old printer is an Epson C20UX.
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>> Rodolfo
>>
>> P.S.: the printer's heads are properly cleaned with MS Windows utility.
Ron Johnson <ron.l....@cox.net> writes:
> ISTM that if you need specify /dev/usb/lp0 to specify which printer to
> determine ink level from, shouldn't you do the same for cleaning heads?
It doesn't work either with:
$ escputil -c -r /dev/usb/lp0
> Like the recent HP 1120 thread, maybe the driver for that old printer doesn't
> have that functionality?
No, because it used to work with Debian Etch.
Any help highly appreciated.
Rodolfo
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Paul Cartwright
> It doesn't work either with:
>
> $ escputil -c -r /dev/usb/lp0
I just tried it on my system & got this:
# escputil -i /dev/usb/lp0
Escputil version 5.0.2, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz
Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.
Obtaining ink levels requires using a raw device.
#
man pages don't say what the raw device name is.. no clue..
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Camaleón
> On Sat October 2 2010, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>> It doesn't work either with:
>>
>> $ escputil -c -r /dev/usb/lp0
>
> I just tried it on my system & got this: # escputil -i /dev/usb/lp0
> Escputil version 5.0.2, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz Escputil
> comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l' This
> is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
> conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.
>
> Obtaining ink levels requires using a raw device. #
>
> man pages don't say what the raw device name is.. no clue..
As root:
***
escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 --ink-level
***
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Paul Cartwright
> escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 --ink-level
> ***
# escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 --ink-level
Escputil version 5.0.2, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz
Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.
Unknown IEEE 1284.4 error number 68
Cannot open /dev/usb/lp0 read/write: Device or resource busy
#
# lpstat -t
scheduler is running
system default destination: Epson_R380_new
device for Epson_R380_new:
hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4b8_82c_W57P10707310003510_if1_printer_noserial
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Camaleón
> On Sat October 2 2010, Camaleón wrote:
>> escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 --ink-level ***
>
> # escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 --ink-level Escputil version 5.0.2,
> Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
> WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l' This is free software, and you
> are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type 'escputil
> -l' for details.
>
> Unknown IEEE 1284.4 error number 68
> Cannot open /dev/usb/lp0 read/write: Device or resource busy
(...)
>From "man escputil":
***
Bugs
USB-connected printers sometimes fail to identify or return ink levels.
You may have to repeat the command. This is probably a timing issue in
escputil, not a flaw in the printer.
***
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Paul Cartwright
> USB-connected printers sometimes fail to identify or return ink levels.
> You may have to repeat the command. This is probably a timing issue in
> escputil, not a flaw in the printer.
> ***
wow, all I had to do was run the same command again!!
# escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 --ink-level
Escputil version 5.0.2, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz
Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.
Ink color Percent remaining
Yellow 6
Black 17
Light Cyan 7
Light Magenta 13
Magenta 20
Cyan 29
Epson R380!! 6 cartridges!!
and yes, I do have spares for all :)
thats why I was asking!
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