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7 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
• MIB, the management information database
• 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 a MIB (Management Information Base).