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Printronix Network Interface Card User Manual

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Chapter 14

Implementing Printer Management

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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 TCP/IP-based Internets (SMI)

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
TCP/IP-based Internets