Oh, and sometimes it doesn't work the first time around, but you have to try like three times in a row or something. Don't know what's up with that. I've read what the problem is, but don't remember it right now.
I don't think CUPS has that much to do with anything escputil does. At least I've thought that it communicates directly with the printer, not through CUPS.
h: Kristian
Nick Croft wrote:
Hello,
I've got the new Epson Color Stylus C83 printing OK with CUPS via the router.
Everything available with CUPS admininstration seems to be working fine. However, I want to check the ink level, and for this I need to use a command line tool, escputil.
The output for
$ escuptil -i -r /dev/lp0 is 'Cannot parse output from printer'.
I've got the two-way option assigned in the kernel. Also quite liberal permissions for access in the /etc/cups/cups.conf.
Strangely,
$ escputil -d -r /dev/lp0 gives an answer:
@BDC ST ST:04;
which I hope refers to STylus.
I suspect that there is something needed in the cups.conf file relating to groups and possibly passwords, but I can't make head or tail of it.
Alternatively, I could get my wife's Windows Laptop to plug in to the printer, install the Epson software, and check the ink-level there, without any rigmarole. Defeatist though.
Is the access to the raw device deliberately difficult, or is this something being worked on, or wished-for?
Thanks, Nick
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