Ricoh InfoPrint Pro C900AFP InfoPrint Manager - Page 71

Setting up and using SNMP, Determining if a printer works with SNMP, Device Information, pddeviceop

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From the Device Information window in the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI, you can reset the specific device, take it offline, or put it online. You can also change the contact or location information. You use the pddeviceop command to reset a specific device, take it offline, put it online, as well as lock and unlock the operation panel for the specific device. You can use the pdset command or the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI to change the contact or location information for SNMP devices. Note: You cannot combine setting device-specific and actual destination attrributes in the same pdset command. For more information about the pddeviceop and pdset commands, see the "InfoPrint Manager Tools" in the InfoPrint Manager: Reference. Setting up and using SNMP To set up and use SNMP with InfoPrint Manager, you must check and set the appropriate InfoPrint Manager attributes when you create or modify the physical printer in InfoPrint Manager. This section explains: v Determining if a printer works with SNMP v Using the InfoPrint Manager Administration Interface v Procedures Determining if a printer works with SNMP Not all printers work with SNMP and the standard MIB. In addition, only printers that are attached to a network can work with SNMP. Printers that are parallel-attached or channel-attached cannot use SNMP. To determine if a printer works with SNMP: 1. Set the actual destination attribute destination-tcpip-internet-address to the IP address of the printer to indicate that InfoPrint Manager should try to communicate with the printer using SNMP. The server sets the actual destination attribute use-snmp to "true". Note: For PSF TCP-IP attached printers, a destination TCP-IP port number of 5002 must be used when driving the second engine in an InfoPrint 4000 or InfoPrint 4100 dual simplex configuration for SNMP support to work. If 5002 is used for a printer other than one using SNMP, the actual destination for that printer will not work. The server will set the actual destination attribute use-snmp to "false". 2. If the server cannot communicate with the printer using SNMP, it pings the printer. If the ping command: v Works, the server concludes that the printer is not an SNMP printer. It sets use-snmp to "false". v Does not work, the server concludes that the printer is turned off or is not currently connected to the network. It leaves use-snmp set to "true" and continues trying to establish an SNMP connection with the printer. Chapter 13. Working with SNMP printers 53

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From the
Device Information
window in the InfoPrint Manager Administration
GUI, you can reset the specific device, take it offline, or put it online. You can also
change the contact or location information.
You use the
pddeviceop
command to reset a specific device, take it offline, put it
online, as well as lock and unlock the operation panel for the specific device.
You can use the
pdset
command or the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI to
change the contact or location information for SNMP devices.
Note:
You cannot combine setting device-specific and actual destination attrributes
in the same
pdset
command.
For more information about the
pddeviceop
and
pdset
commands, see the
“InfoPrint Manager Tools” in the
InfoPrint Manager: Reference
.
Setting up and using SNMP
To set up and use SNMP with InfoPrint Manager, you must check and set the
appropriate InfoPrint Manager attributes when you create or modify the physical
printer in InfoPrint Manager.
This section explains:
v
Determining if a printer works with SNMP
v
Using the InfoPrint Manager Administration Interface
v
Procedures
Determining if a printer works with SNMP
Not all printers work with SNMP and the standard MIB. In addition, only printers
that are attached to a network can work with SNMP. Printers that are
parallel-attached or channel-attached cannot use SNMP.
To determine if a printer works with SNMP:
1.
Set the actual destination attribute
destination-tcpip-internet-address
to the IP
address of the printer to indicate that InfoPrint Manager should try to
communicate with the printer using SNMP. The server sets the actual
destination attribute
use-snmp
to “true”.
Note:
For PSF TCP-IP attached printers, a destination TCP-IP port number of
5002 must be used when driving the second engine in an InfoPrint 4000 or
InfoPrint 4100 dual simplex configuration for SNMP support to work. If 5002 is
used for a printer other than one using SNMP, the actual destination for that
printer will not work. The server will set the actual destination attribute
use-snmp
to "false".
2.
If the server cannot communicate with the printer using SNMP, it
pings
the
printer. If the ping command:
v
Works
, the server concludes that the printer is not an SNMP printer. It sets
use-snmp
to “false”.
v
Does not work
, the server concludes that the printer is turned off or is not
currently connected to the network. It leaves
use-snmp
set to “true” and
continues trying to establish an SNMP connection with the printer.
Chapter 13. Working with SNMP printers
53