[Kde-print-devel] [Bug 115127] New: showing ink levels through kdeprint

[Kozak Daniel]

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           Summary: showing ink levels through kdeprint
           Product: kdeprint
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kde-print-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: kozak-mdk chello hu


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.92)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

It would be good to have the printing system

1. let the user query the ink levels of the printer (if supported by the hardware and required libraries are present on the system),
2. when starting a print job, notify the user if the ink levels are getting low / critically low.

(There is an old (KDE2-era) and closed bug (#35973) with a similar wish.)

libinklevel (see libinklevel.sf.net) can be used for many HP and Epson printers. There is a KDE frontend, KInk (kink.sf.net), maybe it could be integrated or used as a starting point. It's last version is dated 2003, but it compiled fine for me (KDE 3.5_beta2).