Greetings all;

The print head in my Epson NX515 is in serious need of cleaning. This device doesn't seem to have readily available maintenance menu for this until some powerup timeout has expired. And then its buried behind other less important stuff. And it looks as if the first pass didn't get all the plugged nozzles. :(

MTink used to be able to do this immediately so one didn't have to wait around 15-20 minutes for the printer to decide to let one do it.

MTink has now lain semi-dormant for around 3 years and can no longer access the newer printers.

Is there any hope of linux ever having a working utility for this again?

On Friday 05 March 2010, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Gene Heskett [03-05-10 11:16]:

The print head in my Epson NX515 is in serious need of cleaning. This device doesn't seem to have readily available maintenance menu for this until some powerup timeout has expired. And then its buried behind other less important stuff. And it looks as if the first pass didn't get all the plugged nozzles.

:(

MTink used to be able to do this immediately so one didn't have to wait around 15-20 minutes for the printer to decide to let one do it.

MTink has now lain semi-dormant for around 3 years and can no longer access the newer printers.

Is there any hope of linux ever having a working utility for this again?

escputil packaged in gutenprint will do this function and check the nozzles and display ink levels, ...

The version I have only supports the NX's up to 400. That driver doesn't work with an NX-515.

I just found a tarball of 5.2.4, built and installed it, but then checked the rpm version for F10, they are the same. So not much help there. I take it there is an even newer version? Link?

Thanks.

On Friday 05 March 2010, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Gene Heskett [03-05-10 12:00]:

I just found a tarball of 5.2.4, built and installed it, but then checked the rpm version for F10, they are the same. So not much help there. I take it there is an even newer version? Link?

cannot help you there. I am running gutenprint-5.0.2-4.1.x86_64 on openSUSE 11.2 x86_64. There is gutenprint-5.2.4-45.19.x86_64.rpm available in factory. You could dl the source rpm and build your own,

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gryffus/openSUSE_Factory/sr c/gutenprint-5.2.4-45.19.src.rpm

I don't know about support for your particular printer.

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting http://www.openprinting.org/printers/

do not offer any recognition of "epson nx515".

suggestion: Check drivers before purchase :^)

There were no older ones on the shelves. Darnit.