NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

       ink -d </path/to/device>

       ink -p bjnp

       ink -b bjnp://<hostname or ip address>

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.

       -d </path/to/device>
              Probe the printer belonging to the specified device node. On Linux systems only USB  device  nodes
              are supported this way. On Solaris systems parallel port ones are supported too.

       -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/usb/lpX and /dev/parportX and /dev/lpX
              Devices used to read ink level.  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/

0.5.1                                             February 2010                                           INK(1)