[PLUG] Checking ink levels for Epson C80

[Steve Bonds]

Does anyone know of ANY printers which support this on Linux?  For
example, the HP Business Inkjet series (which includes a couple of nice
PostScript color Inkjets) have a facility to check ink levels and printer
head health via the network using Windows-only tools.  Although HP seems
to be slowly getting onto the Linux bandwagon, none of their linux driver
sites mention supporting remote ink-level gathering.

Are there any printers with similar feature for linux?

  -- Steve

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Shannon C. Dealy dealy at deatech.com wrote:

> On 26 Sep 2002, Eric Jahn wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know of a utility to do this under linux?  It's getting
> > expensive trying to guess which of the four colors is out...
> 
> Don't know of any utilities, but I don't understand the problem either,
> I just keep one spare cartridge on hand for each color (total cost for
> the set < $60, and the convenience of not having to run to the store
> immediately when the ink runs out is worth it), and replace the cartridges
> the printer tells me to replace any time the printer indicates a cartridge
> is out of ink.  Since the printer directly indicates which cartridge(s)
> are out of ink as an integral and unavoidable part of the cartridge
> replacement process, what is the problem?