InkMonitor version 2.1

Program InkMonitor is a freeware program for displaying the amount of ink in your ink printer. Program was created by POKLUDA and you can download the most recent version from our server. Technical support for the program is available on our server.

Table of contents:

Description:

The program allows you to monitor the amount of the ink/toner in your ink or laser printer. The program works by simple idea. You select the type of the ink/toner cartridge you use and the printer. Program then automatically tries to get all the necessary information from the printer so that it knows the total number of printed pages. The program knows the amount of paper that can be printed by the current cartridge and so it can approximate the amount of ink/toner in it.

Controls:

When you start the program then a new icon will appear in your system tray - the area with the time in it. The programs icon is a printer picture. When you right click on the icon then you will see a programs menu.

InkMonitor menu:
"About InkMonitor..."
displays information about version of the program.

"Program Options..."
displays a dialog where you can set programs properties.

"Print Details..."
displays a detailed dialog with data about printed pages.

"Display Program Status..."
displays current status of the program.

When you install a new cartridge in your printer, clear the program data by choosing "Delete All" in "Print Details..." dialog. To allow the program to work correctly choose Options... dialog, select the printer you use and select the correct cartridge. If you want the program to work automatically then select "Automatic Print Quality detection" and "Automatic print detection for the printer". This will tell the program to watch the current printer and save all the information about printed pages in its data file so that it can figure out the amount of the ink in your printer.
If you want to see detailed information about printed pages then choose "Print Details...". Because of this detailed dialog you can use the program as a tracking tool for your printer.
If you want to be sure that users will not change program parameter or that they will not stop the program, then you can protect the program by a password (set in Options dialog).

Advanced:
You can modify the InkMonitor.xml file of the program. The structure of the file should be clear to you if you are familiar with XML syntax. If you don't understand XML then you should not edit the file. If you double click the file, then it will be opened in Internet Explorer in a table form (according to the stylesheet called Xml2Html.xsl).

If you update the cartridges in the xml file, then please send me a copy of it so that more users can use the program on a wider variety of printers. The program can be also used on laser printers if you know the approximate amount of pages printed by your toner cartridge.

Problems:

If you can't run the program, then you probably don't have installed the recent version of Microsoft MFC library. You can download the library from our download page.

Contacts:

POKLUDA home page is at http://www.pokluda.cz.
The list of all POKLUDA products is available at http://www.pokluda.cz/products.asp.
Freeware programs are available to download from http://www.pokluda.cz/download.asp.

If you have any problem with the program then contact us using our on-line form or use the e-mail.

Copyright:

The program is freeware and can be freely used and distributed. Even though the program is freeware you can't modify the program without the permission from POKLUDA. If you like the program then send us an e-mail.