Ink 0.3.2 RC3 review

Ink is a command line tool which displays the ink level of your printer

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Markus Heinz

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Ink is a command line tool which displays the ink level of your printer. Ink project makes use of libinklevel.

Requirements:
libinklevel

Installation and usage:

You need gcc installed. libieee1284 and libinklevel ≥ 0.6 are required. You may have to edit the Makefile to suit your needs.

tar xzf ink-0.3.1.tar.gz
cd ink
vi Makefile
make
make install

Run the program as follows:

ink -p [-n ]

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. You need read/write permission on the device the printer is connected to.

What's New in This Release:
Error handling has been improved.
This version requires libinklevel version 0.6.6rc5 or higher.