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I have a canon pixma ip2702 inkjet printer, and cups doesn't show my ink levels, inkblot is no longer available on the interwebs and mtink doesn’t seem to support my printer, I’ve checked my printer's website and none of the drivers support Linux so what do I do now?

bain
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user101536
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There is a command line tool ink Install ink reading ink levels from a variety of printers including Canon printers using libinklevel5.

Unfortunately the graphical tool inkblot Install inkblot to display ink levels is deprecated and available for 10.04 only.

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Takkat
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After doing some serious digging I have found the solution to this for Canon Printers. Mine is an MP495 but these two command are worth documenting.

  1. cngpig -P
  2. cngpigmonmp495 **This one gives me my ink levels*** It is installed in the /usr/bin directory.
SteveSauls
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some Canon printers can't show ink levels because they only have two cartridges.

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