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ink

NAME

ink is a command line tool to check the ink level of your local printer.

SYNOPSIS

ink -p usb|parport [-n <portnumber>] | -d <device_file> | -v

DESCRIPTION

ink is a command line tool to check the ink level of your local printer.
It supports printers attached via parallel port or usb.
It uses libinklevel.

OPTIONS

-p usb|parport

Probe usb or parallel port.

-n <portnumber>

Number of the port to probe (/dev/usb/lpX or /dev/parportX).

-d <usbdevicenode>

Specify full path of your USB printer device node.

-v

Return ink and libinklevel version.

EXAMPLES

ink -p usb -n 2

Query ink level of printer with /dev/usb/lp2 or /dev/usblp2 device node.

ink -d /dev/myusbprinter0

Query ink level of printer with /dev/myusbprinter0 device node.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Adam Cecile <gandalf@le-vert.net> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

SEE ALSO

Homepage: http://ink.sourceforge.net/

Supported devices list: /usr/share/doc/libinklevel4/README.Debian