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On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 17:59 +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > Neil Stone wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 05/07/11 17:21, Neil Winchurst wrote: > >> I have a rather ancient printer (parallel) and normally use > >> escputil to check the ink levels. Recently the program starts but > >> then hangs until I lose patience. > >> > >> Is there a better program to use for this please anyone? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Neil > >> > > > > Did you "upgrade" it ?? > I have checked and I appear to have the latest version which is > 5.2.6-0ubuntu8. I am running Mint 10 KDE based on Maverick. > > When I run it to check levels there is always a pause before the > results appear. Then the results *sometimes* arrive. It is difficult > to know in this situation whether it is just taking its time or if it > has indeed stalled. I do wait for a while but eventually I give up if > the results don't arrive after quite some time. > > Thanks > > Neil Winchurst > if you use the s switch does it give the status? do you need sudo to run it? one last stab is it the bios causing trouble ie set to Bi Directional -- Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Eleven Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq