NAME

       ink - a command line tool for checking the ink level of your printers.

SYNOPSIS

       ink -p usb|parport [-n <portnumber>] [-t <threshold>]

       ink -p bjnp [-t <threshold>]

       ink -b bjnp://<hostname or ip address> [-t <threshold>]

DESCRIPTION

       ink is a command line tool for checking the ink level of your printers.

       Printers  connected  via  parallel  port  and  USB  port  are  supported. Canon BJNP network printers are
       supported too.

       ink makes use of libinklevel.

OPTIONS

       -p usb|parport
              Probe usb or parallel port.

       -n <portnumber>
              Number of the port to probe (/dev/usb/lpX or /dev/parportX).

       -t <threshold>
              Only display ink levels less than or equal to threshold.

       -p bjnp
              Probe the first Canon BJNP printer found.

       -b bjnp://<hostname or ip address>
              Probe the Canon BJNP printer at the specified location.

FILES

       /dev/parportX and /dev/lpX
              Devices used to read ink level on linux systems with parallel port printers.  Ink NEEDS  read  and
              write access to these devices.

       /dev/lptX
              Devices used to read ink level on FreeBSD systems with parallel port printers.  Ink NEEDS read and
              write access to these devices.

       /dev/ecppX and /dev/usb/printerX
              Devices  used  to  read  ink  level  on Solaris systems.  Ink NEEDS read and write access to these
              devices.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was originally written by Adam Cecile <gandalf@le-vert.net> for the Debian  system  (but
       may be used by others). It has been updated by Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@uni-dortmund.de> to reflect new
       features  of  recent ink versions.  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: http://libinklevel.sourceforge.net/

0.5.2                                             January 2015                                            INK(1)