Re: escputil won't clean printer heads

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 07:39:40 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:

> On Sat October 2 2010, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>> It doesn't work either with:
>>
>>  $ escputil -c -r /dev/usb/lp0
> 
> I just tried it on my system & got this: # escputil -i /dev/usb/lp0
> Escputil version 5.0.2, 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.
> 
> Obtaining ink levels requires using a raw device. #
> 
> man pages don't say what the raw device name is.. no clue..

As root:

***
escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 --ink-level
***

Greetings,

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Camaleón