Bug#598892: escputil: 110% remaining ink reported when no cartridge installed at all

[Márton Németh <nm127@freemail.hu>]

Package: escputil
Version: 5.2.6-1
Severity: normal


The remaining ink level reported with Epson Stylus SX110 is 110% but there is
no cartridge installed at all in the printer.

# escputil -d -r /dev/usb/lp0 
Escputil version 5.2.6, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz
Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.

Epson Stylus SX110
# escputil -s -r /dev/usb/lp0 
Escputil version 5.2.6, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz
Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.

Printer Name: Epson Stylus SX110
Status: Busy
Ink Levels:
           Ink color       Percent remaining
                Cyan                     110
              Yellow                     110
             Magenta                     110
               Black                     110

Job Name: unknown
# escputil -i -r /dev/usb/lp0 
Escputil version 5.2.6, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz
Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.

           Ink color       Percent remaining
                Cyan                     110
              Yellow                     110
             Magenta                     110
               Black                     110
# escputil -e -r /dev/usb/lp0 
Escputil version 5.2.6, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz
Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.

Cannot identify cartridge in slot 0
Cannot identify cartridge in slot 1
Cannot identify cartridge in slot 2
Cannot identify cartridge in slot 3


# lsusb -v
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04b8:084d Seiko Epson Corp. 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x04b8 Seiko Epson Corp.
  idProduct          0x084d 
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           1 SEIKO EPSON
  iProduct                2 USB MFP
  iSerial                 3 LK2Z101293
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           55
    bNumInterfaces          2
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          4 Composite Device
    bmAttributes         0xc0
      Self Powered
    MaxPower                2mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              5 EPSON Scanner
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         7 Printer
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Printer
      bInterfaceProtocol      2 Bidirectional
      iInterface              6 USB Printer
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x04  EP 4 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x85  EP 5 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
Device Status:     0x0001
  Self Powered


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages escputil depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.11.2-6       Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgutenprint2            5.2.6-1        runtime for the Gutenprint printer
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20100313-3 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libreadline6              6.1-3          GNU readline and history libraries

escputil recommends no packages.

Versions of packages escputil suggests:
pn  gutenprint-locales            <none>     (no description available)

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