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List:       gimp-print-devel
Subject:    Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Ink Accounting
From:       Robert Krawitz <rlk () alum ! mit ! edu>
Date:       2017-09-11 13:32:11
Message-ID: 20170911133211.B5B891430E7 () localhost
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:03:00 +1200, Richard Scobie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been happily using Gutenprint with an Epson R2400 on Linux 64 for some years \
> now. 
> Periodically I am finding cartridges are completely dry, when escputil indicates \
> there is still ink left. In a case yesterday, the cyan ink was empty, but showing \
> 7% and the yellow was empty, showing 11%. 
> I'm assuming all the ink accounting is done within the printer and the driver has \
> no say in this?

That's correct; escputil simply resports what the printer tells it.
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