Checking Ink Levels

John Cox pkands at gmail.com
Mon Nov 22 01:43:08 UTC 2004


On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:15:12 -0500, Patrick Ryan Vinson <pvinson at fit.edu> wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
> 
> I've been using Linux for quite sometime now and I just realized that I
> haven't the slightest clue on how to check the ink levels for my
> printer.  I agree it is kinda sad considering that I've been using some
> form of Linux since Red Hat 5.2 was released.  Not sure of exact time
> frame; however, since 5.2 was my first dive into the Linux world you all
> should get a good idea of how long I've been using it.
> 
> I don't think I ever really bothered to figure out how to check the ink
> levels since I always have a backup set of int cartridges.  When ever
> the ink would run out I would just replace it.  So, out of curiosity how
> does one check their ink levels for their printer?  I looked around on
> the CUPS web interface and didn't find anything.  Did a search for it
> under google and I did find some separate command line tools to download
> that would check the ink levels.  I could fall to doing these; however,
> I do feel that CUPS' web interface should provide information like that.
> Are there any plugins for the interface?  If it helps, my printer is an
> Epson Stylus C82.
> 
> - Patrick Vinson
> 
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