| INK(1) | General Commands Manual | INK(1) |
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/
| January 2015 | 0.5.2 |