Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 me I have approximately 0% of ink. I *hope* I have more than that. Actually, the other utility I tried (hp-info) gave a lot of detailed info about the printer, and tells me that the tri-color cartridge is running low on ink, which I believe, based on prior teting (photos and the CUPS printer test page, which prints all nice colors save for cyan). Previously, I printed a nice color picture taken from Picn*x 15, very nice quality, even given that the printer was low on ink (used gimp). But after installing hplip from the etch repositories (there were issues with the source tarball, so I deleted that install) and running the toolbox tells me that there are no supported printers. It asks me to run the CUPS administrator, which I did, only to find out that "foomatic-rip" is missing! And it was *just there*! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ locate foomatic-rip /usr/bin/foomatic-rip /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip /usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip /usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip /usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.gz rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 209590 2006-07-12 17:21 /usr/bin/foomatic-rip ls: /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No such file or directory lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2006-07-29 21:19 /usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip -> ../../../bin/foomatic-rip lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2006-07-29 21:19 /usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip -> ../../../bin/foomatic-rip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3063 2006-07-12 17:21 /usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.gz OK, so it's missing in 3 out of 4 places. Is it safe to simply copy the file (or symlink it) from /usr/bin to /usr/lib/cups/filter? I can't (easily) tell offhand what made the file go away. ;( Also, the cups administrator is tending to freeze midway through the setup :(. > Marc Shapiro -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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. According to the linuxprinting page, it recommends using hpijs, which I have installed, and have the printer working. (Second hand HP Photosmart P1218, color inkjet). I have it working well enough, but don't seem to have the extra goodies suggested in the thread, such as ink level monitoring and so forth. > Marc Shapiro -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 > > printer is printing fine, so I obviously DO have ink. Is there > > something that I am doing wrong? > > I have the latest HP Toolbox on a Windoze 2K machine and it also > shows no ink when the printer is printing just fine. AFAIK, I also have the latest HP tools for my OfficeJet5500 on a Win2K box and it does show ink levels, but only when logged in as an administrative user :) Nice tool for some of the people some of the time. This is, by far, the worst printer software package that I have ever used. Aside from things that don't really work, it runs five persistent processes with a total of nineteen threads and takes up 26MB of memory. It was apparently written and (not) supported by their operation in Bangalore. I hope the Linux tools were not derived from this sorry package. On installs of the earlier versions of this software, many other functions only worked for an administrative user. When I called in to report this, they calmly told me, "We recommend all users run as administrator all the time". When I suggested that some people consider this a security issue, she ignored my comment and continued to the next helpful suggestion. This was a recipe for editing the registry to make _all_ items owned by the administrator downgraded to read/write/execute permissions for everyone. OK ... I can appreciate artful deviousness. It took me a while before I figured out she did not seem to understand my replies, except to determine whether I accepted her current suggestion. If I didn't, she just read me the next entry on her script sheet. This explains why it didn't sound at all like a normal conversation. By the end of the call, it was apparent that though she comprehended little English, she could read a prepared script with excellent diction, which was why she got the job. After escalating subsequent calls up the food chain, I learned that there are no tech support people to whom you can speak that have any real understanding of the products for that entire product line. There was no option of speaking to anyone in the U.S. concerning these products, and calls made to U.S. offices were quickly referred back to Bangalore. HP apparently doesn't want to know. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 I am doing wrong? I have the latest HP Toolbox on a Windoze 2K machine and it also shows no ink when the printer is printing just fine. Paul Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 Let me know if it helps. Good luck. BTW, there's another link, but it looks like it's in Swedish (Can you translate it?): http://www.bsdforen.de/showthread.php?t=15617 Sincerely Jose One other thing: If you search on Google for your error you'll find other helpful links, such as this other one (I think it's also very good for what you're experiencing): https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/55283 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 the full URI: --> >>'hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L' into the location under --> >>'Modify Printer'? --> >> --> >>Any help will be appreciated. --> >> --> >>-- --> >>Marc Shapiro --> >> --> >> --> > --> >I have been trying to get my USB Epson C43UX printer to work on etch, and have --> >not yet accomplished it. Worked a treat with Sarge. Seems to be found as your --> >own. --> > --> > --> On my system, I used a tool called 'foomatic-gui' for configuring my --> printer. On my GNOME desktop, there's also another tool called --> 'gnome-cups-manager' which can be accessed from the --> Desktop->Administration->Printing menu, which also configures printers --> "graphically". Both these tools "auto-detect" printers present on the --> system. --> --> If your printer has already been configured, by running one of these --> tools, it will be present as already configured. --> --> I don't know if you want to do this (I did and it worked perfectly fine --> for me, making it easier for me to configure my printer), but if you --> remove the present printer and simply "re-add" it (in one of those --> tools), I'm sure it will auto-detect your printer. On my system, my --> printer had to be connected and on for it to be auto-detected so I would --> suggest that you make sure your printer is both on and connected! --> --> Finally, I believe there's also a command called 'printconf' which --> attempts at configuring printers with CUPS on the console. I never --> tried this one because I had success with the two tools I mentioned --> above. HTH. --> --> -Jose 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 everything I could think of, and still no joy. Did you upgrade to Etch with a dist-upgrade from Sarge, or did you install fresh? It sounds like ghostscript (gs) is either not installed, or not working properly, or else the filter that should be sending the output through gs is not doing so. I don't really know enough about how all the pieces fit together to help debug the problem if gs (or gs-esp in my case) is installed, but I'm sure that someone on the list should be. -- Marc Shapiro No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What?! Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Boom. Sooner or later ... boom! - Susan Ivanova: B5 - Grail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 everything I could think of, and still no joy. Thanks for your help though, more reading and looking. Charlie 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 Let me know if it helps. Good luck. BTW, there's another link, but it looks like it's in Swedish (Can you translate it?): http://www.bsdforen.de/showthread.php?t=15617 Sincerely Jose -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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: >--> >>'hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L' into the location under >--> >>'Modify Printer'? >--> >> >--> >>Any help will be appreciated. >--> >> >--> >>-- >--> >>Marc Shapiro >--> >> >--> >> >--> > >--> >I have been trying to get my USB Epson C43UX printer to work on etch, > and have --> >not yet accomplished it. Worked a treat with Sarge. Seems to > be found as your --> >own. >--> > >--> > >--> On my system, I used a tool called 'foomatic-gui' for configuring my >--> printer. On my GNOME desktop, there's also another tool called >--> 'gnome-cups-manager' which can be accessed from the >--> Desktop->Administration->Printing menu, which also configures printers >--> "graphically". Both these tools "auto-detect" printers present on the >--> system. >--> >--> If your printer has already been configured, by running one of these >--> tools, it will be present as already configured. >--> >--> I don't know if you want to do this (I did and it worked perfectly fine >--> for me, making it easier for me to configure my printer), but if you >--> remove the present printer and simply "re-add" it (in one of those >--> tools), I'm sure it will auto-detect your printer. On my system, my >--> printer had to be connected and on for it to be auto-detected so I would >--> suggest that you make sure your printer is both on and connected! >--> >--> Finally, I believe there's also a command called 'printconf' which >--> attempts at configuring printers with CUPS on the console. I never >--> tried this one because I had success with the two tools I mentioned >--> above. HTH. >--> >--> -Jose 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 everything I could think of, and still no joy. Thanks for your help though, more reading and looking. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated? ...Henry David Thoreau >>> Linux Debian Etch
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 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 is good for setting parameters for the printer, but not for getting information back. Since it is best not to actually let an ink cartridge get completely empty before refilling it, being able to check the ink level would be a really handy thing. If the printer is supported by hplip, then the hplip toolbox would probably provide this. there is a gui frontend that works alright and there are probably command line options too. not at my desk to provide more relevant input. A Also, I found a neat gui utility for ink and such things for epson printers called mtink by looking for my printer on linuxprinting.org. If something exists for your printer, you'll most probably find information for it there also. 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 connected printers, which mine is. The docs on hpoj do not mention checking ink levels, but I installed it, anyway. I do not see any mention of it in the installed docs, either. I will take a look on linuxprinting.org and see if there is anything there. 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. The output of dmesg shows: ohci_hcd :00:03.0: wakeup usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 18 drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 18 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004 usbcore: registered new driver usblp drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver so it seems to be getting recognized, but nothing prints, now. I am guessing that I need to tell CUPS that the printer is now connected via USB, and not the parallel port. How do I do that? I have been looking through the CUPS documentation, and the output of lpinfo is: :/usr/share/doc/cupsys/online-docs# lpinfo -v network socket direct hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L network http network ipp network lpd direct parallel:/dev/lp0 direct usb://hp/deskjet%205550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp5 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp6 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp7 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp8 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp9 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp10 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp11 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp12 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp13 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp14 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15 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. -- Marc Shapiro I have been trying to get my USB Epson C43UX printer to work on etch, and have not yet accomplished it. Worked a treat with Sarge. Seems to be found as your own. I was told that you add usb:/usb/lp0 I tried this without being able to print. By the examples given It should be usb://usb/lp0 But that didn't help either. Maybe it should be:- direct usb:/dev/usb/lp0 But in your text where it sees the printer it uses two // rather than one I have been working on it for a couple of weeks, but without being able to print, and no one appears to know enough to clear this up. I think I have posted what I did in a previous thread, though it's of little use, because it doesn't seem to work. With what I tried, I get an error message about postscript which i can't post here because I am on a different lappy and don't have the exact text. No help, but maybe it will work for you? Charlie I've got the printer working, now. It was, indeed, a case of simply copying the URI output from 'lpinfo -v', namely: 'hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L' into the location field. I had been leery of doing this, without being sure, but I just added a new printer (keeping my old printer config alone), using that location and everything seems to be working, but my original question remains: I have the printer working on the USB connection and I have installed hplip. I have not found anything in the documentation that tells me how to check the ink levels in the printer. There are many new commands, all beginning with 'hp', but I do not see that any of them actually give me the info that I need. CORRECTION: I just found hp-toolbox, which has a 'Supplies' tab showing the installed cartridges and should have the ink level
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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. The output of > dmesg shows: > > ohci_hcd :00:03.0: wakeup > usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 18 > drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 18 if 0 > alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004 > usbcore: registered new driver usblp > drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver > > so it seems to be getting recognized, but nothing prints, now. I am > guessing that I need to tell CUPS that the printer is now connected via > USB, and not the parallel port. How do I do that? I have been looking > through the CUPS documentation, and the output of lpinfo is: > > :/usr/share/doc/cupsys/online-docs# lpinfo -v > network socket > direct hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L > network http > network ipp > network lpd > direct parallel:/dev/lp0 > direct usb://hp/deskjet%205550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp5 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp6 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp7 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp8 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp9 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp10 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp11 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp12 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp13 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp14 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15 > > 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'? yup. afaik. the online documentation of hplip is pretty good and walks you through the process easily. That said, I do all my conf. through http://localhost:631 (cups web interface). Set up a new printer, follow the instructions and it should be working out of the box. at least it does in sid at the moment. it was painless. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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. -- Marc Shapiro I have been trying to get my USB Epson C43UX printer to work on etch, and have not yet accomplished it. Worked a treat with Sarge. Seems to be found as your own. On my system, I used a tool called 'foomatic-gui' for configuring my printer. On my GNOME desktop, there's also another tool called 'gnome-cups-manager' which can be accessed from the Desktop->Administration->Printing menu, which also configures printers "graphically". Both these tools "auto-detect" printers present on the system. If your printer has already been configured, by running one of these tools, it will be present as already configured. I don't know if you want to do this (I did and it worked perfectly fine for me, making it easier for me to configure my printer), but if you remove the present printer and simply "re-add" it (in one of those tools), I'm sure it will auto-detect your printer. On my system, my printer had to be connected and on for it to be auto-detected so I would suggest that you make sure your printer is both on and connected! Finally, I believe there's also a command called 'printconf' which attempts at configuring printers with CUPS on the console. I never tried this one because I had success with the two tools I mentioned above. HTH. -Jose -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 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 is good for setting parameters for the printer, but not for >--> getting information back. Since it is best not to actually let an >--> ink cartridge get completely empty before refilling it, being able >--> to check the ink level would be a really handy thing. >--> >--> >>> >--> >>> >--> >>> >--> >>> If the printer is supported by hplip, then the hplip toolbox would >--> >>> probably provide this. there is a gui frontend that works alright > and --> >>> there are probably command line options too. not at my desk to > provide --> >>> more relevant input. >--> >>> >--> >>> A >--> >>> >--> >>> >--> >> Also, I found a neat gui utility for ink and such things for epson >--> >> printers called mtink by looking for my printer on >--> >> linuxprinting.org. If something exists for your printer, you'll most >--> >> probably find information for it there also. >--> >> >--> >> >--> > 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 >--> > connected printers, which mine is. The docs on hpoj do not mention >--> > checking ink levels, but I installed it, anyway. I do not see any >--> > mention of it in the installed docs, either. I will take a look on >--> > linuxprinting.org and see if there is anything there. >--> > >--> > 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. The output of >--> dmesg shows: >--> >--> ohci_hcd :00:03.0: wakeup >--> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 18 >--> drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 18 if 0 >--> alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004 >--> usbcore: registered new driver usblp >--> drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver >--> >--> so it seems to be getting recognized, but nothing prints, now. I am >--> guessing that I need to tell CUPS that the printer is now connected via >--> USB, and not the parallel port. How do I do that? I have been looking >--> through the CUPS documentation, and the output of lpinfo is: >--> >--> :/usr/share/doc/cupsys/online-docs# lpinfo -v >--> network socket >--> direct hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L >--> network http >--> network ipp >--> network lpd >--> direct parallel:/dev/lp0 >--> direct usb://hp/deskjet%205550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp5 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp6 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp7 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp8 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp9 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp10 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp11 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp12 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp13 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp14 >--> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15 >--> >--> 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. >--> >--> -- >--> Marc Shapiro On my other laptop for just a moment. Apart from my previous message, if I select my printer through cups, I get this error message when I attempt to print a test page:- Unsupported format "application/postscript'! I installed hplip and also hp-ppd and nothing changed so purged them both from the system. Still no use, and I have posted under Re: cups newbie, some other things I did previously, which were also no use. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. ...Henry David Thoreau >>> Linux Debian Etch
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 through the djtools manpage, and, while there > is some interesting stuff there, I do not see this. It seems that > djtools is good for setting parameters for the printer, but not for > getting information back. Since it is best not to actually let an > ink cartridge get completely empty before refilling it, being able > to check the ink level would be a really handy thing. > >>> > >>> If the printer is supported by hplip, then the hplip toolbox would > >>> probably provide this. there is a gui frontend that works alright and > >>> there are probably command line options too. not at my desk to provide > >>> more relevant input. > >>> > >>> A > >> > >> Also, I found a neat gui utility for ink and such things for epson > >> printers called mtink by looking for my printer on > >> linuxprinting.org. If something exists for your printer, you'll most > >> probably find information for it there also. > > > > 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 > > connected printers, which mine is. The docs on hpoj do not mention > > checking ink levels, but I installed it, anyway. I do not see any > > mention of it in the installed docs, either. I will take a look on > > linuxprinting.org and see if there is anything there. > > > > 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. The output of > dmesg shows: > > ohci_hcd :00:03.0: wakeup > usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 18 > drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 18 if 0 > alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004 > usbcore: registered new driver usblp > drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver > > so it seems to be getting recognized, but nothing prints, now. I am > guessing that I need to tell CUPS that the printer is now connected via > USB, and not the parallel port. How do I do that? I have been looking > > through the CUPS documentation, and the output of lpinfo is: > :/usr/share/doc/cupsys/online-docs# lpinfo -v > > network socket > direct hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L > network http > network ipp > network lpd > direct parallel:/dev/lp0 > direct usb://hp/deskjet%205550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp5 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp6 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp7 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp8 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp9 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp10 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp11 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp12 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp13 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp14 > direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15 > > 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. > > -- > Marc Shapiro I have been trying to get my USB Epson C43UX printer to work on etch, and have not yet accomplished it. Worked a treat with Sarge. Seems to be found as your own. I was told that you add usb:/usb/lp0 I tried this without being able to print. By the examples given It should be usb://usb/lp0 But that didn't help either. Maybe it should be:- direct usb:/dev/usb/lp0 But in your text where it sees the printer it uses two // rather than one I have been working on it for a couple of weeks, but without being able to print, and no one appears to know enough to clear this up. I think I have posted what I did in a previous thread, though it's of little use, because it doesn't seem to work. With what I tried, I get an error message about postscript which i can't post here because I am on a different lappy and don't have the exact text. No help, but maybe it will work for you? Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. ...Henry David Thoreau >>> Linux Debian Etch
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 there, I do not see this. It seems that djtools is good for setting parameters for the printer, but not for getting information back. Since it is best not to actually let an ink cartridge get completely empty before refilling it, being able to check the ink level would be a really handy thing. If the printer is supported by hplip, then the hplip toolbox would probably provide this. there is a gui frontend that works alright and there are probably command line options too. not at my desk to provide more relevant input. A Also, I found a neat gui utility for ink and such things for epson printers called mtink by looking for my printer on linuxprinting.org. If something exists for your printer, you'll most probably find information for it there also. 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 connected printers, which mine is. The docs on hpoj do not mention checking ink levels, but I installed it, anyway. I do not see any mention of it in the installed docs, either. I will take a look on linuxprinting.org and see if there is anything there. 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. The output of dmesg shows: ohci_hcd :00:03.0: wakeup usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 18 drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 18 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004 usbcore: registered new driver usblp drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver so it seems to be getting recognized, but nothing prints, now. I am guessing that I need to tell CUPS that the printer is now connected via USB, and not the parallel port. How do I do that? I have been looking through the CUPS documentation, and the output of lpinfo is: :/usr/share/doc/cupsys/online-docs# lpinfo -v network socket direct hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L network http network ipp network lpd direct parallel:/dev/lp0 direct usb://hp/deskjet%205550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp5 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp6 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp7 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp8 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp9 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp10 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp11 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp12 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp13 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp14 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15 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. -- Marc Shapiro No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What?! Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Boom. Sooner or later ... boom! - Susan Ivanova: B5 - Grail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 this. It seems that djtools is good for setting parameters for the printer, but not for getting information back. Since it is best not to actually let an ink cartridge get completely empty before refilling it, being able to check the ink level would be a really handy thing. If the printer is supported by hplip, then the hplip toolbox would probably provide this. there is a gui frontend that works alright and there are probably command line options too. not at my desk to provide more relevant input. A Also, I found a neat gui utility for ink and such things for epson printers called mtink by looking for my printer on linuxprinting.org. If something exists for your printer, you'll most probably find information for it there also. 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 connected printers, which mine is. The docs on hpoj do not mention checking ink levels, but I installed it, anyway. I do not see any mention of it in the installed docs, either. I will take a look on linuxprinting.org and see if there is anything there. Thanks. -- Marc Shapiro No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What?! Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Boom. Sooner or later ... boom! - Susan Ivanova: B5 - Grail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500
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 is good for setting parameters for the printer, but not for getting information back. Since it is best not to actually let an ink cartridge get completely empty before refilling it, being able to check the ink level would be a really handy thing. If the printer is supported by hplip, then the hplip toolbox would probably provide this. there is a gui frontend that works alright and there are probably command line options too. not at my desk to provide more relevant input. A Also, I found a neat gui utility for ink and such things for epson printers called mtink by looking for my printer on linuxprinting.org. If something exists for your printer, you'll most probably find information for it there also. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500 (was: Re: Using udev as-is and device URI)
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 --ink-level --new --raw-device /dev/usb/lp0 > >Escputil version 5.0.0-rc3, 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 > >Black 82 > > Cyan 6 > > Magenta 10 > > Yellow 26 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > 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 is good for > setting parameters for the printer, but not for getting information > back. Since it is best not to actually let an ink cartridge get > completely empty before refilling it, being able to check the ink level > would be a really handy thing. If the printer is supported by hplip, then the hplip toolbox would probably provide this. there is a gui frontend that works alright and there are probably command line options too. not at my desk to provide more relevant input. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500 (was: Re: Using udev as-is and device URI)
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, 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 Black 82 Cyan 6 Magenta 10 Yellow 26 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 is good for setting parameters for the printer, but not for getting information back. Since it is best not to actually let an ink cartridge get completely empty before refilling it, being able to check the ink level would be a really handy thing. -- Marc Shapiro No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What?! Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Boom. Sooner or later ... boom! - Susan Ivanova: B5 - Grail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
