Hello, I have pasted the output of hp-levels below. When I ran hp-levels (at about 06/04/07 10:34:43), I had a new tri-colour cartridge in the printer, and I had an empty black cartridge in the printer.
I think the black cartridge is empty because no black ink is printed when I try to print something that has black content. I think the colour cartridge ink level is being reported correctly. (I think the reason why it was reported as 0% earlier was because although I had red ink left in the tri-colour cartridge, I didn't have any blue nor yellow ink left. I have since then changed the tri-colour cartridge.) So in summary, I think the black ink level is inaccurate. My estimate of the actual ink level is 0%, but the reported ink level is 58%. --- Output of hp-levels --- HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.6.9) Device Information Utility ver. 3.4 Copyright (c) 2003-6 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. Using device: hp:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U hp:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U Device Parameters (dynamic data): Parameter Value(s) ---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- 3bit-status-code 24 3bit-status-name NoFault agent1-ack False agent1-desc Black cartridge agent1-dvc 0 agent1-health 0 agent1-health-desc Good/OK agent1-hp-ink False agent1-id 9 agent1-kind 3 agent1-known False agent1-level 58 agent1-level-trigger 0 agent1-sku 56 (C6656AN) agent1-type 1 agent1-virgin False agent2-ack False agent2-desc Tri-color cartridge agent2-dvc 0 agent2-health 0 agent2-health-desc Good/OK agent2-hp-ink False agent2-id 10 agent2-kind 3 agent2-known False agent2-level 98 agent2-level-trigger 0 agent2-sku 57 (C6657AN)/28 (C8728AN) agent2-type 2 agent2-virgin False back-end hp cups-printer PSC-1210 cups-uri hp:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U dev-file device-state 1 device-uri hp:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U deviceid MFG:Hewlett-Packard;MDL:psc 1200 series;CMD:LDL,MLC,PML,DYN;CLS:PRINTER;1284.4DL:4d,4e,1;SN :MY38KF81M61U;S:0380008000820000002c148103ac2500062; duplexer 0 error-state 0 host in-tray1 True in-tray2 False is-hp True media-path 2 panel 0 panel-line1 panel-line2 photo-tray 0 port 1 r 0 revision 3 rg 000 rr 000000 rs 000000000 scan-uri hpaio:/usb/psc_1200_series?serial=MY38KF81M61U serial MY38KF81M61U status-code 1000 status-desc The printer is idle. supply-door 0 top-door 1 Model Parameters (static data): Parameter Value(s) ---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- align-type 6 case-model-model1 PSC 1200 case-model-model10 PSC 1219 case-model-model2 PSC 1205 case-model-model3 PSC 1209 case-model-model4 PSC 1210 case-model-model5 PSC 1210v case-model-model6 PSC 1210xi case-model-model7 PSC 1215 case-model-model8 PSC 1216 case-model-model9 PSC 1217 clean-type 2 color-cal-type 0 copy-type 0 embedded-server-type 0 fax-type 0 icon psc_1100_series.png io-control 0 io-mfp-mode 2 io-mode 1 io-scan-port 0 io-support 2 linefeed-cal-type 0 model psc_1200_series model-ui HP PSC 1200 series panel-check-type 0 pcard-type 0 pq-diag-type 0 r0-agent1-kind 3 r0-agent1-sku 56 (C6656AN) r0-agent1-type 1 r0-agent2-kind 3 r0-agent2-sku 57 (C6657AN)/28 (C8728AN) r0-agent2-type 2 scan-style 1 scan-type 1 status-battery-check 0 status-dynamic-counters 0 status-type 2 support-type 2 tech-class DJ3320 tech-type 2 Status History (most recent first): Date/Time Code Status Description User Job ID -------------------- ----- ---------------------------------------- -------- -------- 06/04/07 10:34:43 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:33:40 1002 The print job is continuing. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:33:27 1002 The print job is continuing. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:33:07 1002 The print job is continuing. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:30:30 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:29:54 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:29:27 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:29:17 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:29:10 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:25:23 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 10:25:11 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:30:39 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:30:33 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:30:27 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:21:08 501 Print job has completed. mlalkaka 637 06/04/07 01:18:55 500 The printer has started a print job. mlalkaka 637 06/04/07 01:18:49 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:18:39 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:18:39 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:18:39 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:12:42 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:12:42 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:12:38 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink mlalkaka 06/04/07 01:12:38 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 00:57:34 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink mlalkaka 06/04/07 00:57:34 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 00:57:33 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 00:54:16 1002 The print job is continuing. mlalkaka 06/04/07 00:52:52 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink mlalkaka 06/04/07 00:52:52 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 00:52:51 1000 The printer is idle. mlalkaka 06/04/07 00:52:03 1502 Tri-color cartridge is low on ink mlalkaka --- ------------------- --- On 4/6/07, dwelch91 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Malcolm- > > The best way to help us fix this is to send us the output of: > > $ hp-info > > and then also provide your estimate of the actual ink levels when you feel > they are inaccurate. > > Thanks, > > Don > > > > > On 4/6/07, Malcolm Lalkaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have an HP PSC 1210 connected to my computer running Ubuntu 6.10 > > (Edgy Eft) using the HPLIP driver. > > > > When I run hp-levels, it tells me that I still have 60% of my black > > ink left, and 0% (Very low) of my colour ink left. However, when I > > print, either none of the content in black prints, or the content in > > black is printed in pink. > > > > I decided to change my black ink cartridge. After doing this, > > hp-levels reports that I have 100% of my black ink left, which is > > good. > > > > But still, it seems that most of the time, the ink levels reported by > > hp-levels are off. When my black ink cartridge had no ink left, > > hp-levels reported that I had 60% of black ink left; and when I still > > have quite a bit of colour ink left (it seems), hp-levels reported > > that I had 0% of colour ink left. Is there a way to fix this problem > > so that I can more easily predict when I need to buy new cartridges? > > > > Thanks, > > Malcolm Lalkaka ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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