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I have a little bit of knowledge in vb6 and in programming in general, and I want to begin practicing and learning more vb6 by creating some small programs that I will use. I am going to make a Pong game in vb6 soon, but I just got my grandmothers old printer that is a Canon BJC-1000 and it does not tell me the ink levels when I print like newer printers do. Would it be possible to make a program that will show me the ink levels for this printer? If so, could you give me some ideas or hints and tips on how to start off?

Thank you for the help.

Hey, Joey.
Glad you started with programming once again. Now, most likely, if the feature is not available with printer's default drivers, it is very hard to get the printer to do something like that, since most likely it is done using hardware. I had that particular printer for a short while a while ago, and I'm pretty sure it can't measure the ink levels.

Yeah I kind of figured. I was thinking of a way where it could look at the clarity of the text on the paper it printed out and determine how dark or light the text is and estimate a percentage of how much ink is left. I don't think that will work however, and it would probably be quite difficult .

And I have actually been programming for a long time now, it hasn't been on and off stuff like before ::). I haven't gone too far into detail, but in my free time I do a bit of coding and such, and I am slowly learning. I have made a very basic little game in vb6 that is turnbased rpg fighting game. Again it is very simple however it was a good start. I plan to move on to a tick tack toe game, pong game, and so on and then eventually create my own better game. Visual Basic isnt the best for games, but I feel more comfortable with vb6 rather than C, so I want to continue with vb6 until I have a good grasp of it before I go on to C.

Anyway, way off topic now. Thanks for the input.