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Monitoring Printers
Implementing Printer Management
Printer management includes the following tasks:
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Monitoring the status of network printers
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Responding to alarms
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Gathering statistics on printer operations
The three elements of network printer monitoring and management
are:
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Agent/manager model
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The management information database (MIB)
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SNMP, the protocol used to get management information
Agent/Manager Model
The elements of a monitoring system, MIB and SNMP, are
implemented in an agent/manager model:
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The MANAGER is a console, workstation, or server on working
hubs or routers which has a global knowledge of NICs and
printers.
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AGENTS are utilities that reside on devices, such as a
PrintNet, that respond through SNMP to management requests
for information. The information is stored in an MIB.