Description

Ink is a command line tool for checking the ink level of your locally connected printer on a system which runs Linux. It makes use of libinklevel. A list of currently supported printers can be found here. You can download the sourcecode here. If you prefer another kind of user interface have a look at the libinklevel homepage for other frontends.

News

28/05/2007	Release of version 0.4.1. A bug in the ink cartridge naming has been removed.
14/03/2007	Release of version 0.4.0. This release requires the newest libinklevel (v0.7.0 or higher). Two new parameters have been added: One for querying the version information of ink and libinklevel, and one for directly specifying the usb device the printer is connected to.
09/03/2007	Release of version 0.3.2rc4. Adaption to changes in current libinklevel. This version requires libinklevel version 0.6.6rc6 or higher.
05/10/2006	Release of version 0.3.2rc3. Error handling has been improved. This version requires libinklevel version 0.6.6rc5 or higher.
16/09/2006	Release of version 0.3.2rc2. Ink has been adapted to the changes in libinklevel. This version requires libinklevel version 0.6.6rc4 or higher.
06/09/2006	Release of version 0.3.2rc1. Ink has been adapted to the new interface of libinklevel. This version requires libinklevel version 0.6.6rc3 or higher.
03/04/2006	Release of version 0.3.1. A bug which prevented proper operation on PPC systems has been fixed.
26/02/2004	Project moved to Sourceforge.
03/12/2003	Release of version 0.3. Requires libinklevel version 0.6 or greater. Error handling has been improved.
07/09/2003	Release of version 0.2. Now also supports Epson printers.
25/08/2003	Initial version released and web page set up.

Printers supported

All printers supported by libinklevel attached via parallel port or usb are supported.

Screenshot

License

This software is licensed under the GPL version 2. It comes with no warranty.

Download

Test releases

• ink-0.3.2rc4.tar.gz (sources)

Stable releases

• ink-0.4.1.tar.gz (sources)
• ink-0.4.1.prt.tar.gz (CRUX port)

Installation and usage

You need gcc installed. libieee1284 and libinklevel ≥ 0.7.0 are required. You may have to edit the Makefile to suit your needs.

tar xzf ink-0.4.1.tar.gz
cd ink-0.4.1
make
make install
				

Run the program as follows:

ink -p <port> [-n <portnumber>]
				

where port is either "parport" or "usb" and portnumber is the number of the port to which your printer is connected. The portnumber is optional and defaults to 0. Alternatively you can run ink like that:

ink -d /dev/usb/lp0
				

where /dev/usb/lp0 is the device node your printer is attached to. Note: This works only for usb devices, not for parallel port devices. You can query the version numbers of ink and libinklevel like this:

ink -v
				

You need read/write permission on the device the printer is connected to. See here for details.

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