This manual page was originally written by Adam Cecile <[email protected]> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). It has been updated by Markus Heinz <[email protected]> to reflect new features of recent ink versions.
ink1
A command line tool for checking the ink level of your printers.
Usage
ink -p
usb
[-n
<portnumber>]
[-t
<threshold>]
ink -p
bjnp
[-t
<threshold>]
ink -b
bjnp://<hostname
or
ip
address>
[-t
<threshold>]
Overview
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
Releases
9 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.
-t since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).
-d until Debian 8 (Jessie);
-v until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).