Q: is there a way to know how much ink is going to be used before you print a 165 page manga?
A: Not usually. Dell has some printers which come with software designed to keep track (ball park figure) of the amount of ink used in each cartridge as a way to provoke you into buying ink when you need it. Its right most of the time.. my printer is a dell all-in-one btw all of those models do it.