Re: Odd printer problem

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:34:07 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

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> , but then nothing happens and the heads are not cleaned.  I suspect
> this happens because the ink is short and the system is waiting for it
> to finish completely.  But then I have the following problem:
> 
> 1) until the ink is not finished, I can't clean heads;

Printer head cleaning needs ink to perform the task.

> 2) until the heads are not cleaned, the paper is left blank and so the
> ink is
>    not used up and cannot finish.
> 
> What to do in this case?  From cups mailing list I got no indications.

If your ink levels are so low that cleaning is not possible, replace the 
ink cartridges. I suppose you can force a "replacement" :-?

Greetings,

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Camaleón