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