Re: Ink level determination using the ink command

Markus Heinz <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Apr 2004 16:23:33 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.printing.general
Organization University of Dortmund
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:59:14 +0000 (UTC)
[email protected] (John Lahr) wrote:

> Hi,
> I have got ink running but am having difficulty in specifying the port
> that my printer is connected to.
> 
> The printer is a HP Business Inkjet and it is connected to my RH9 box
> through the USB interface.
> 
> Assuming that I run ink using the following guidelines:
> 
> ink -p <port> [-n <portnumber>]
> 
> What might the port number be, I assume "usb" for port and "lp1" as
> port number.

If the printer is the only printer attached via usb the portnumber is
"0". So you have to run 

ink -p usb -n 0

The portnumber is optional btw.

Regards,

Markus

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