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Linux CUPS and Low on Ink (233 Views)
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Linux CUPS and Low on Ink

‎05-11-2011 08:58 AM

Can anyone fix the Low on Ink warning problem with CUPS on linux?  Essentially, CUPS stalls jobs in the print queue when a cartridge reports low on ink.  There needs to be some way to ignore this warning in linux.  I have a Compaq SR1630NX running Ubuntu 10.10 with a C4680 attached using USB.  I work from an HP mini210 netbook over wireless using a secure X protocol to my desktop (the Compaq).  I can run Windows 7 or various flavors of linux on the netbook.  While working from the netbook, I initiate prints on the desktop.  If a low ink warning occurs, the CUPS driver on the desktop stalls the queue.  This occurs as soon as the low ink level is reached.  With a Black XL cartridge there are probably still a hundred good pages left, but there is no way to print them because the print queue is stalled.

 

There really needs to be a way to tell CUPS to ignore a low ink warning - perhaps write it to a log.  The stall the queue behavior makes the printer unusable with linux.

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