I am using an EPSON Stylus DX4050 printer on my Ubuntu machine, and since I upgraded to 14.04, my ink level tools are giving incoherent results:
$ sudo ink -p usb
ink 0.5.1 (c) 2010 Markus Heinz
EPSON Stylus DX4000
Cyan: 114%
Yellow: 105%
Magenta: 105%
Photoblack: 105%
According to my printer, one of my ink tanks is empty. For this reason, the printer won't print anything. I thought it was black, but nothing changed after I replaced it.
Before the upgrade to 14.04, the ink
utility gave proper results. I also tried using mtink
and escputil
, however:
mtink
does not list my EPSON model, and does not pick any level when selecting Other printer.escputil
keeps running without outputting anything.
Earlier today, ink
returned correct results (which revealed that the missing color was yellow, not black), but I could not manage to make this happen again, even by restarting the printer, or using a different USB port. Is there any way to fix this and get access to my actual ink levels?