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Printer Monitoring
How many times life in your office was hindered by an abrupt printer problem?
Toner deficiency is alway sudden and amiss. Your document is always the last one in the huge queue grown by an unnoticed paper jam.
Such problems can be easily prevented by centralized printer monitoring. AggreGate Network Manager provides this by real-time printer status tracking and customizable problem alerting.
Centralized Printer Configuration and Status Monitoring
Modern network printers can impart a lot about themselfs using SNMP. The Network Manager keeps track of all details provided by printers. Moreover, these details can be consolidated to present important information in brief and clear form.
For example, AggreGate Network Manager provides customizable mappings for constructing a consolidated printer status from three indicators:
- Printer state, i.e. state of the printer as a generic network device
- Current printing state
- Error conditions detected by the printer.
This consolidated status is presented by Printer Information Widget along with other important details:
- General printer information: name, description, serial number, MAC address
- Capabilities, e.g. colorants count
- Consolidated printer status:
Normal, Printing, Standby, Warming Up, Paper Jam, Cover Open, etc.
- Current marker supplies, for example toner remainder
Printer Problem Alerting
AggreGate Network Manager exploits alerts to reach out to an administrator once an important printer event is detected. It can be configured to observe various conditions, ensure appropriate notifications and handle some of the problems automatically when possible.
There are several pre-defined printer problem alerts, e.g.:
- Low supplies: triggered when lack of certain printing resources (paper, toner, etc.) is detected
- Cover/door state: warn if printer's cover or door is open for a long time
- Critical event: notify system administrator if printing is stopped and cannot be continued for some reason.
