For information regarding this software visit its homepage:

http://ink.sourceforge.net/

Installation and usage
----------------------
You need gcc installed. libieee1284 (on Linux only) and libinklevel >= 0.8.0 
are required. You may have to edit the Makefile to suit your needs (e.g. 
installation directory).

tar xzf ink-0.5.0.tar.gz
cd ink-0.5.0
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. You need read/write permission on the device the printer is 
connected to. If you have an usb printer you can also specify the device 
the printer is connected to directly by invoking ink like this:

ink -d /dev/usblp0

For querying the first Canon network printer use ink like this:

ink -p bjnp

For querying a specific Canon network printer the following will do:

ink -b bjnp://<URI_of_printer>

or

ink -b bjnp://<IP_address_of_printer>

For getting version information about ink and libinklevel run it like this:

ink -v

Installation and usage on OpenSolaris
-------------------------------------

You need gcc, gnu make and libinklevel >= 0.8.0. You have to change the os type
in the Makefile to "opensolaris".

Addtionally to the above methods of invocation you can access a parallel port
printer too by specifying the printer device node like this:

ink -d /dev/printers/0

Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@uni-dortmund.de>
