test-print

Test Print

Print a humorous test document that doubles as a capability demo — showing templated variable injection, live ink level queries, and printer auto-discovery.

Read Printer Config

Read context/printer-config.md for the CUPS printer name and IP.

Gather Variables

Before generating the document, collect these values:

Variable	How to get it
AGENT_NAME	The name of the AI agent running this skill (e.g. "Claude Code")
MODEL_NAME	The model powering the agent (e.g. "Opus 4.6", "Sonnet 4.6") — use whatever model you are
PRINTER_IP	From context/printer-config.md
CUPS_NAME	From context/printer-config.md
INK_COLOR	Query via IPP (see check-ink skill) — tri-color cartridge percentage
INK_BLACK	Query via IPP — black cartridge percentage
TIMESTAMP	Current date and time

Query ink levels

cat > /tmp/hp5200-ink.test <<'EOF'
{
OPERATION Get-Printer-Attributes
GROUP operation-attributes-tag
ATTR charset attributes-charset utf-8
ATTR naturalLanguage attributes-natural-language en
ATTR uri printer-uri $uri
ATTR keyword requested-attributes marker-names,marker-levels
}
EOF
ipptool -tv ipp://PRINTER_IP:631/ipp/print /tmp/hp5200-ink.test 2>&1 | grep marker-levels
rm -f /tmp/hp5200-ink.test

Parse the two integers from marker-levels — first is tri-color, second is black.

Create the Document

Generate the Typst source with all variables injected:

#set page(paper: "a4", margin: 2.5cm)
#set text(font: "IBM Plex Sans", size: 11pt)

#v(3cm)

#align(center)[
  #text(size: 48pt)[🤖]

  #v(0.5cm)

  #text(size: 28pt, weight: "bold")[I Set Up A Local AI Agent]

  #v(0.4cm)

  #text(size: 20pt)[...And All It Did Was Print]

  #v(0.2cm)

  #text(size: 28pt, weight: "bold")[This Lousy Document]

  #v(0.4cm)

  #text(size: 48pt)[😄]

  #v(1.5cm)

  #line(length: 60%, stroke: 0.5pt)

  #v(0.6cm)

  #text(size: 10pt, fill: luma(80))[
    Printed by *«AGENT_NAME»* (`«MODEL_NAME»`) \
    «TIMESTAMP» \
    Printer: `«CUPS_NAME»` at `«PRINTER_IP»`
  ]

  #v(0.4cm)

  #text(size: 10pt, fill: luma(80))[
    *Ink levels at time of printing:* \
    Tri-color (CMY): «INK_COLOR»% #h(1cm) Black: «INK_BLACK»%
  ]

  #v(0.6cm)

  #text(size: 8pt, fill: luma(120))[
    If you're reading this, the printer works. \
    The AI is self-aware enough to be sarcastic. \
    We're all going to be fine. Probably.
  ]

  #v(1cm)

  #text(size: 8pt, fill: luma(150))[
    Plugin: `https://github.com/danielrosehill/Claude-HP5200-Skill-plugin`
  ]
]

Replace all «VARIABLE» placeholders with the actual gathered values before writing the file.

Compile and Print

mkdir -p /tmp/hp5200-print
typst compile /tmp/hp5200-print/test.typ /tmp/hp5200-print/test.pdf
lp -d «CUPS_NAME» /tmp/hp5200-print/test.pdf

No approval needed — this is a test page, the user invoked it knowing what it does.

Report

Tell the user the test page has been sent and to check the printer output tray. Include the ink levels in your response too.