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/