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Date:      Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:02:31 -0500
From:      "Niy" <Niy@extacy.homeip.net>
To:        "'regis rampnoux'" <regisr@pobox.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: USB Bidirectional printer
Message-ID:  <20050104180233.B8CB343D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20050104185527.regisr@pobox.com>

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-----Original Message-----
From: regisr@regix.com [mailto:regisr@regix.com] On Behalf Of regis rampnoux
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:55 PM
To: Niy
Subject: RE: USB Bidirectional printer

Thanks for your reply,

On 04-Jan-2005 Niy wrote:
>    My printer works fine on USB, in both 4.10 and 5.3. I have an HP
>    Photosmart 1215, but a lot of HPs will work, along with many other
>    printers.

|But do you read on the USB port?The problem is for utilities, not for
printing.
|I don't know what is the software for HP but escputil does not work. It
should be used to clean the head, identify the model, make head alignement,
|reports ink levels ...
|
|
|--
|regis


To be honest, I've never tried. I'm not even sure if there is a utility for
HP printers that will do that. I'll do a little research and try tonight,
and let you know.

- Tim



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