[LUG] kde print manager and Kanotix

[Paul Sutton <zen14920@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I have a epson 680 printer,  if I use root then escputils works properly 
and I can obtain ink levels,  however using the kde print manager 
utility, I can't check the ink leve, i know it needs a raw device, it 
does say permission denied, it does this even if I click administrator 
mode, enter the root pw, and try again.  I can only access a raw device 
as root, 

Is anyone else having similar problems, is there a bug somewhere, or 
another program that can give ink levels, I did find one somewhere, but 
can't remember what it was called, kde print manager uses escputils to 
access the printer, and give user feedback,  I am sure there was a very 
small program somewhere (I think using tcl/tk) that did this.

The other options work, just not checking print ink levels, which to me 
is more essential than perhaps cleaning print heads, which I can do as a 
normal user ( somehow this could be open to misuse by some users, over 
doing it),

Is there a work around.?

Surely something such as this should work as a normal user,  I 
understand it needs access to the raw device etc, try telling that to 
someone we are trying to conver to Linux.

any comments, it is my set up

Paul

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