printer problems
still my printer won't work properly. if i, for instance, try to adjust the print head, i get this message that i don't really understand:
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regards ungua1 |
Your printer may just be getting old, or you are using ink-cartridge refills or cheap ink? (Or - longshot - is your ink running out?)
However: when you get an error message summarising the usage of a utility, it means you have not used it correctly. Do man escputil for details and read carefully. It seems you have to do -m <printer> or specify the device (i.e. /dev/lp0) for the utility to do the right job. |
where and how do i do so? logged in as root in some odd console...? the printer is an epson stylus color 660, almost ten years old, actually... :o but, as i said, i used an original epson ink cartridge that i bought in august '04 and from then to january i didn't use it at all because of several problems with linux, like this one. i don't think the ink is running out, i would both see and smell it, won't i!?
regards ungua |
open a terminal as user and do
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$man escputil Code:
$escputil --identify Code:
$escputil -r=/dev/lp0 -i Code:
$escputil -r=/dev/lp0 -n There are other things like aligning the colour head and so on. You do need read/write access to /dev/lp0 to use the -r option ... which will probably mean doing this as root. |
thank your very much for this excellent reply! i am going to try this in early june - exam on monday and thursday, holiday from friday... :)
best regards ungua |
Cool - click the "thanks" button please - affero is always appreciated. (After all, we only do this for the fame and the coffee...)
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how does this work, do i need to spend money?
regards ungua |
I know it looks like that - but no you don't "have" to unless you want to.
Just the thanks and a comment. The best thanks is an acknowledgement and then pay it forward. The easy option for the wealthy is to give money - which will go to the organisations I support. But I'd rather you just answered some poor saps question who you would not normally answer. |
okay, i'll try. i have to "fight" to survive from month to month (german student in norway), so paying rewards is not an option yet.
regards ungua |
lol :) no worries.
Are you the sort who feels a debt when someone does you a favor? It is more acceptable to repay a service with a service - I prefer you pay me "forward" rather than pay me back anyway: go find some poor sap struggling with some problem you know how to fix, and help them out. Or maybe, you know how to find out how to fix their problem - find out and tell them ... (this way you both benifit). And it only costs you time. |
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btw, another "poor man's problem"... :D have a nice summer! ungua p.s.: extremly cool signature, just saw it now! |
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