Epson utility (escputil) not working

[mlaverdiere]

Binary package hint: escputil

This is a new but report for an old problem with the Epson utility (escputil) that have already been reported and that has never been fixed (see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gutenprint/+bug/36357).

The problem was there for me and others under Dapper and is still ther under Feisty (Kubuntu). I'm using escputil through the KDE print interface, with a Epson CX 5400 printer.

Bascicaly, when I'm trying to check ink level or to perform any other task with escputil, it reports the following:

"Error
 Cannot open /Stylus CX5400 read/write: No such file or directory"

Thanks.

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

I believe this also corresponds to this KDE bug:

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97113

and this debian bug:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=402538

[mlaverdiere (mlaverdiere)]

The bug is still present for me under Kubuntu Gutsy.

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

Linked to the upstream bug. there seems to be some confusion on that ug about whether it's actually fixed. Testing on Kubuntu Hardy would be appreciated (both 3.5 and 4.0 KDE versions ideally)

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!