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    Epson R-200 - Printer Utility [Solved]

    My Epson R200 printer has been working very well in Kubuntu. But today there is a red blinking lite - having used this printer with windows before, I'm sure that one of the 5 color cartridges is getting low. There was a utility when using windows that would indicate which one it was.

    When I'm in printer settings in Kubuntu, I see the utility listed with the following menu selections:
    Clean Print Head
    Print a Nozzle Test Pattern
    Align Print Head
    Ink Level

    When one is selected I get this message - "Executable escputil cannot be found in your path environment variable. Make sure gimp-print is installed and that escputil is in your path."

    what is gimp-print ? - I have gimp installed and could not find any reference to it - not in repository either.
    escputil is not in the Epson disk - just a bunch of "exe" files.

    Is there any way to get these much needed printing utilities to work in Kubuntu ?


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    Re: Epson R-200 - Printer Utility

    Googled: Executable escputil cannot be found in your path environment variable. Make sure gimp-print is installed and that escputil is in your path

    1st result http://forum.freespire.org/archive/i...hp/t-2863.html

    escputil is available in repository
    "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." --Charles F. Kettering
    "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."--Dr. Seuss
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      Re: Epson R-200 - Printer Utility

      downloaded and installed fine (strange but when i searched with adept at first, nothing came up) tried all the fixes mentioned at the link and what i get at terminal is: "Obtaining ink levels requires using a raw device"
      ...and what i get at system settings "printer" "operation terminated with errors - cannot open stylus 200r read/write no such file or directory"
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        Re: Epson R-200 - Printer Utility

        I have been struggling to get the low ink indicator to work with my Epson RX600 as well...

        "Cannot open /Stylus Photo RX600 read/write: No such file or directory" is the result from the GUI...

        But,
        Code:
        sudo escputil --ink-level -r /dev/usb/lp0
        works! Thanks.
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          Re: Epson R-200 - Printer Utility

          Originally posted by kjjjjshab
          I have been struggling to get the low ink indicator to work with my Epson RX600 as well...

          "Cannot open /Stylus Photo RX600 read/write: No such file or directory" is the result from the GUI...

          But,
          Code:
          sudo escputil --ink-level -r /dev/usb/lp0
          works! Thanks.
          Great !!! This works- Thanks

          These work too:

          -c|--clean-head Clean the print head.
          -n|--nozzle-check Print a nozzle test pattern.
          Dirty or clogged nozzles will show as gaps in the
          pattern. If you see any gaps, you should clean
          the print head.
          -a|--align-head Align the print head. CAUTION: Misuse of this
          utility may result in poor print quality and/or
          damage to the printer.
          -s|--status Retrieve printer status.
          -i|--ink-level Obtain the ink level from the printer. This requires
          read/write access to the raw printer device.
          -e|--extended-ink-info Obtain the extended ink information from the
          printer. This requires read/write access to the raw
          printer device.
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            Re: Epson R-200 - Printer Utility

            I know nothing about scripts, so with that in mind, I created this one and the .desktop file to launch it... so i can very, very easily check ink levels...

            inky.sh:
            Code:
            #! /bin/sh
# inky: script to check ink levels in Epson printer
# the -n switch keeps the password for this one command
kdesu -n "escputil --ink-level -r /dev/usb/lp0"
            inky.desktop:
            Code:
            [Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_US]=
Comment=
Exec=konsole --noclose -e /your-path-to-the-script/inky.sh
GenericName[en_US]=
GenericName=
Icon=utilities-log-viewer
MimeType=
Name[en_US]=
Name=
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=
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              Re: Epson R-200 - Printer Utility

              New and improved !

              inky.sh:
              Code:
              #! /bin/sh
# inky: script to check ink levels in Epson printer
# Depends on Escputil version 5.0.2, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz 
# the -n switch keeps the password for this one command
inkremaining=$(kdesu -n -c "escputil --ink-level -r /dev/usb/lp0")
kdialog --msgbox "$inkremaining" --icon utilities-log-viewer --caption Ink\ remaining --name inky
              inky.desktop:
              Code:
              [Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_US]=
Comment=
Exec=/your-path-to-the-script/inky.sh
GenericName[en_US]=
GenericName=
Icon=utilities-log-viewer
MimeType=
Name[en_US]=
Name=
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=
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