---
name: "ink"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ink"
version: "0.5.3-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ink"
---

# ink(1)

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

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

**ink**  -p usb \[-n \<portnumber\>\] \[-t \<threshold\>\]

**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 USB port are supported. Canon BJNP network printers are supported too.

ink makes use of libinklevel.

## OPTIONS

- **-p usb**

  Probe USB port.

- **-n \<portnumber\>**

  Number of the USB printer (starting from zero)

- **-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

- 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.

  ## AUTHOR

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/