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TICKET ARCHIVE -> 'inkeveltool' process hogging CPU

jmanooch - Apr 27, 2007 - 3:46 am

Often I find the fan going full blast and processing slowed; Activity Monitor shows a process running called 'inkleveltool' running, often in multiple sessions, taking up masses of CPU. I didnt' call it - not directly - and it is not powering an application. Can't find it online, can't see how it is loaded.

I have GimpPrint drivers, maybe that's calling it.

Any tips for how to kill it, or manage it. Explanation of what it is and where it comes from appreciated.

philippe99 - Apr 29, 2007 - 11:04 am

Hi and welcome to macosx.com

You can kill through ActivityMonitor (Application/Utilities)
http://8help.osu.edu/1253.html


Well, spelled as "ink level tool", I would think to a process which checks your printer's ink level.
HP is well known to built badly-pgmed tool which hog cpus for nothing.

Philippe

jmanooch - Apr 29, 2007 - 1:00 pm

Philippe

Well, thanks for that. Great that you are inputting for free.

However, if you read the ticket again, you will see that I am an expert user, already using Activity Monitor to kill that session of the process. I need advice on how to kill it period!

I can't imagine that HP drivers are running when use some other printer, but who knows. I uninstall any HP drivers, since I don't use an HP printer.

But if you have any more ideas on provenance, and how to nix, I would be grateful.

Thanks.

John

philippe99 - Apr 29, 2007 - 2:06 pm

Ok.
The only link I have in my database for such a kind of problem:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=10686

Instead of -CONT or -STOP, you can add a "kill -9" if-block to kill the PID (& w)

Post back
Phil

jmanooch - Apr 29, 2007 - 2:27 pm

Phil,

Update here - I wont close the ticket till I have a better view on it - is that inkleveltool is something run by Printfab printer utility. I installed a sampel version, the license expired, and it is in limbo.

The tip for unpicking the prob is to 'inspect' the process in Activity Monitor, find the parent activity, something your link actually helped with !, and the click to find where the files are. That gives you the source; then you can uninstall.

Thanks!

philippe99 - Apr 29, 2007 - 2:48 pm

If the Applescript does not work for you, the best thing is to create a .csh file that kill -9 the process and put it in Crontab to launch it on a periodic basis.
But I'm not an expert on Crontab stuffs at all
Phil