Chapter 11 Implementing Printer Management
MIB
An MIB contains information a device makes available through SNMP. The MIB is a management information base that describes information about actual objects to be managed and controlled.
Standards Of Network Printer MIBs
The Printer MIB is based on the following standards:
•System and Interfaces Group MIB (RFC 1213 of March 1991)
•Host Resource MIB (RFC 1514 of September 1993)
•Printer MIB (RFC 1759 of March 1995)
•NIC contains the Standard Printer MIB per RFC 1759, available from www.ietf.org.
Information Provided By The MIB
The printer MIB contains the following types of information about network printers:
Descriptions. Printer configuration, location, and contact.
Status. Current operating status of printers.
Alerts. Reportable events from printers.
General Information About MIBs
For further information on SNMP and MIB, refer to the following:
•RFC 1155 — Structure and Identification of Management Information for
•RFC 1156 — Management Information Base for Management of TCP/IP Internets (MIB)
•RFC 1157 — A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
•The Simple Book: An Introduction to Management of
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