Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-27 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 10:24 +, Tony Pursell wrote: > > If you have an HP printer and the HPLIP toolbox installed, you already > > get this - and notifications to nag you about low ink. This needs to be extended to support Epson printers. It's obviously possible as mtink seems to read the prin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-27 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 09:57 +, Tony Pursell wrote: > On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 00:15 +, Chris Wilson wrote: > > Why don't you head on over to Ubuntu Brainstorm > > (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ and propose the inclusion of an 'ink > > level reported' in future releases of Ubuntu. > > If you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-27 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 00:15 +, Chris Wilson wrote: > Why don't you head on over to Ubuntu Brainstorm > (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ and propose the inclusion of an 'ink > level reported' in future releases of Ubuntu. If you have an HP printer and the HPLIP toolbox installed, you already get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-26 Thread Chris Wilson
Why don't you head on over to Ubuntu Brainstorm (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ and propose the inclusion of an 'ink level reported' in future releases of Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-26 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 21:18 +, Mark wrote: > > Looks like you have it sussed but here is a somewhat over engineered > script I wrote for checking ink levels for a Canon attached : Nice one! I've saved that in case I need it. From what she told me, I think mtink is going to be all she needs.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-26 Thread Mark
On 26 November 2010 20:37, Barry Drake wrote: > On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 17:56 +, Barry Drake wrote: > > 'mtink' looks as though it might work, but I wonder if anyone here knows > > of something that will do the job on my sister's printer. > > I've just answered my own question. I talked her th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-26 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 17:56 +, Barry Drake wrote: > 'mtink' looks as though it might work, but I wonder if anyone here knows > of something that will do the job on my sister's printer. I've just answered my own question. I talked her through installing mtink and it works well and shows all

[ubuntu-uk] Ink level report .....

2010-11-26 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there I've installed Ubuntu 10.04 for my sister today. The one thing I haven't found a way of doing is reporting ink levels. She has an Epson Stylus Photo C66 printer. After I came back home, I did a bit of research on the forums, and found inkblot - which doesn't seem to work in 10.04,