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DERA

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Registered: 2006-12-21

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Monitoring HP inkjet ink [SOLVED]

Hello,
I used to work with a Epson inkjet printer and I use Mtink to monotorize the remaining ink quantity.
But I've change to a HP Photosmart C3180 and I haven't found a similar app that works with it.
Can someone help me in this task?
Thank's

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DerA (pt_PT)

What one fool can do, another can. - Ancient Simian Proverb

aku

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From: Greendale, Finland

Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 24

Re: Monitoring HP inkjet ink [SOLVED]

Hi,
try the HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing)
Install it with:

pacman -S hplip

from the extra repo
You also need pyqt

pacman -S pyqt

to use the hp-toolbox utility, where you can monitor the ink levels and a lot more.
I think it supports your printer..
Hope that helps

/aku

DERA

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Registered: 2006-12-21

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Re: Monitoring HP inkjet ink [SOLVED]

Thanks [aku]!
I had already "hplip/toolbox" installed but it wasn't working. With your help it is now working fully fine.

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DerA (pt_PT)

What one fool can do, another can. - Ancient Simian Proverb

solstice

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Registered: 2006-10-27

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Re: Monitoring HP inkjet ink [SOLVED]

from the command-line you can use

$ hp-levels

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.6.10)
Supply Levels Utility ver. 1.0

Copyright (c) 2003-6 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Using device: hp:/usb/Deskjet_5700?serial=TH54613021049T

Black cartridge
Part No.: 94 (C8765WN)/96 (C8767WN)
Health: Good/OK

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|//////////////////////////////////////////////////                                                | (approx. 50%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tri-color cartridge
Part No.: 95 (C8766WN)/97 (C9363WN)
Health: Good/OK

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|////////////////////////////////                                                                  | (approx. 32%)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Photo cartridge
Part No.: 99 (C9369WN)
Health: Not installed

linuxinit

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From: Bumkcuf, Egypt

Registered: 2005-08-21

Posts: 33

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Re: Monitoring HP inkjet ink [SOLVED]

If you prefer GTK, I use Inkblot and it works great for me. To check if your printer is supported, check here on the libinklevel website:
http://libinklevel.sourceforge.net/index.html#supported

You can find inkblot here:
http://www.mikegtn.net/category.php?category=Packages

I think it's in AUR as well.