---
name: "inkblot"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "inkblot"
version: "0.99.9-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/inkblot"
---

# inkblot(1)

Ink level monitor

## NAME

inkblot - Ink level monitor

## SYNOPSIS

```
inkblot
inkblot [options]
```

## DESCRIPTION

**inkblot** is an ink level monitor for GNOME, based on libinklevel.

For more information about printer support, see the libinklevel website at **http://libinklevel.sourceforge.net**.

NOTE: inkblot requires write access to the raw printer device. Before running the program, ensure that the device node (**/dev/lpX** or **/dev/usblpX**, where X is a number) has the needed permissions.

## OPTIONS

- **-?,***--help*

  Display extended help message.

- **--usage**

  Display brief usage message.

## CONFIGURATION

All the configuration is handled using GConf.

## AUTHOR

**inkblot** was originally written by Mike Newman \<mikegtn@gnome.org\> and Thierry Merle \<thierry.merle@free.fr\>.

This manual page was originally written by Matvey Kozhev \<sikon@lucidfox.org\> for the Ubuntu project (but may be used by others).

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**.