Bug 134665 - unable to change ink cartridges from Epson C42UX
Summary: unable to change ink cartridges from Epson C42UX
Status: CLOSED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kdeprint
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist
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Reported: 2006-09-26 05:23 UTC by galicia360
Modified: 2008-12-31 20:22 UTC (History)
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Description galicia360 2006-09-26 05:23:26 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:                Linux

Hello! I have an Epson Stylus Colour C42UX; and after the ink get finished and I want to change the ink cartridge; I cannot find any utility as the Epson Windows driver have.

I cannot change ink cartridge in Linux without rebooting my sistem and get into windows!!

Sorry my english I'm from Argentina!!

Thanks
Comment 1 Kurt Pfeifle 2007-01-11 23:34:36 UTC
Sorry, I do not understand.

Are you talking about the ink cartridge that is mounted into the printer? Why is it necessary to reboot into Windows to change that cartrigde in the printer??

Or do you want have a utility to remotely control and check the level of ink left in the cartridge?

You need to have installed a binary named "escputil". AFAIR, SUSE ships this as part of the package "ghostscript-library". If you have it, you should be able to run it from the commandline to check for inks.

Also, if everything is correctly set up by SUSE's packages, KDEPrint should automatically pick up the existence of escputil, and offer it in its menu of the KDE Print Manager.

To start the KDE Print Manager:

 *  [alt]+[f2]
 *  Type "kcmshell printers"
 *  Click on the Epson printer (if you have more than one printer there)
 *  Locate the "Printer" menu in the menu bar, find its "Printer Tools" entry
 *  Start the "EPSON Inkjet" tool

Cheers,
Kurt

[Setting timeout for response by reporter to Feb 1, 2007]
Comment 2 Kurt Pfeifle 2007-03-29 00:15:01 UTC
Closed due to timeout. No feedback from reporter. Also, not a KDEPrint bug.
Comment 3 John Layt 2008-12-31 20:22:05 UTC
Closing old Resolved status bug.