How do you check the ink levels in your printer? Win 98SE had a window that
popped up and showed you how much ink was in each cartridge.
I am using an Epson Stylus Color 600 printer and Widows Vista Home Premium.

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:42:05 -0800, Gpa3006
<Gpa3006@xxxxxx> wrote:

> How do you check the ink levels in your printer? Win 98SE had a window that
> popped up and showed you how much ink was in each cartridge.
> I am using an Epson Stylus Color 600 printer and Widows Vista Home Premium.

Such a window is a function of the particular printer and its driver,
not of any version of Windows.

Also note that such a display is only an estimate anyway, not a real
measurement of the amount of ink left.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:42:05 -0800, Gpa3006
> <Gpa3006@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

>> How do you check the ink levels in your printer? Win 98SE had a window
>> that
>> popped up and showed you how much ink was in each cartridge.
>> I am using an Epson Stylus Color 600 printer and Widows Vista Home
>> Premium.

>
>
>
> Such a window is a function of the particular printer and its driver,
> not of any version of Windows.
>
> Also note that such a display is only an estimate anyway, not a real
> measurement of the amount of ink left.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

As Ken has said, each printer has different ways of displaying settings.
You could, however, try going to Control Panel/Hardware & Sound/Pinters and
if yours show there, right-click and see if "Printer Preferences" is
displayed. Usually one of the tabs there will show ink levels.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2/SP3 Beta/Vista Ultimate SP1 Beta
Triple Boot

"Peter" wrote:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:bnlpq3dcg5cim6umokqr510fklptl8arhq@xxxxxx

> > On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:42:05 -0800, Gpa3006
> > <Gpa3006@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >

> >> How do you check the ink levels in your printer? Win 98SE had a window
> >> that
> >> popped up and showed you how much ink was in each cartridge.
> >> I am using an Epson Stylus Color 600 printer and Widows Vista Home
> >> Premium.

> >
> >
> >
> > Such a window is a function of the particular printer and its driver,
> > not of any version of Windows.
> >
> > Also note that such a display is only an estimate anyway, not a real
> > measurement of the amount of ink left.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>
>
> As Ken has said, each printer has different ways of displaying settings.
> You could, however, try going to Control Panel/Hardware & Sound/Pinters and
> if yours show there, right-click and see if "Printer Preferences" is
> displayed. Usually one of the tabs there will show ink levels.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2/SP3 Beta/Vista Ultimate SP1 Beta
> Triple Boot
>
> Thank you guys. That is one step forward. Now I know where to go to get the fix. It may be that the printer is too old to get that driver but I will check. Thanks again.

There is software available which show the ink level in your printer and its called ink monitoring software.