cleaning printer nozzles?

[cptrohn]

Ok I know this probably is a dumb question and very easy, but I need to clean my printer nozzles and can't figure out how to do it...

I did a search here and found a thread that listed this command from a terminal

-c | --clean-head

but when I entered it it cam back

command not found

I am using KDE 4 that I installed with a regular ubuntu 8.10 install because I prefered KDE over gnome....

The printer works very well, but I got it from a friend and just put in the new cartridges, so while I am getting it to print, the print quality hasn't been very good because of the dirty nozzles. It is an Epson cx5000 and I wasn't able to find any Linux drivers from Epson for this machine either...

I know this is probably just some easy fix and I am missing something in what I have been able to find so far.

[leadwt]

Re: cleaning printer nozzles?

Hi.

Have a look at:

http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_escputil.htm

'escputil' is a package which you can install via Synaptic (or Adept if you must) and it provides the utilities for maintaining Epson Stylus printers.

Best of luck.

[kjjjjshab]

Re: cleaning printer nozzles?

Yeah, that escputil is great... for a handy app for checking ink levels see my post here:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3097746.0