BROTHER-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Category: Printer and Finishing

Description: Monitors Brother Industries printer device status, consumable levels, and print job counters.

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What Is BROTHER-MIB?

BROTHER-MIB is a Brother Industries enterprise MIB for monitoring Brother printer and multifunction devices, covering print-mechanism status, consumable levels, and print-job/fax counters. It exposes categories such as paper-jam location, toner-low indicators for up to four toner stations (color/multi-toner models), IEEE 1284 device identification, and speed-dial/one-touch-dial configuration tables used by fax-capable models. Its monitoring focus is heavily on hardware and consumable status: brJamPlace pinpoints where a paper jam occurred, brToner1Low through brToner4Low flag consumables approaching depletion, and related counters track job/page activity, making this a classic device-health and supplies-monitoring MIB for print fleets. It builds on the standard Printer MIB (RFC 1759) conventions common across vendors, supplementing it with Brother-specific objects. It is typically deployed in offices and print-fleet management systems monitoring Brother laser/inkjet printers and all-in-one fax/copier/scanner units. Engineers can download the BROTHER-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Brother printer/multifunction (print/fax/copy/scan) device

Monitoring Examples

A print-fleet monitoring tool would poll brToner1Low through brToner4Low to catch a toner cartridge nearing empty before it causes a failed print job, and check brJamPlace to pinpoint exactly where a paper jam occurred (e.g. input tray vs. fuser) for faster service dispatch. On fax-capable models, walking the brOneTouchDialTable/brOneTouchDialEntry (indexed by brOneTouchDialIndex, holding brOneTouchDialData) would let an administrator audit configured speed-dial numbers, while brieee1284id confirms the device's reported model/identity string.

What Can Be Monitored

  • toner level status (per station)
  • paper jam location
  • one-touch/speed-dial configuration
  • device identification (IEEE 1284 ID)
Imported Objects

From IPV6-TC

Ipv6Address

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
IpAddress
enterprises

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
OIDs

RFC description

Vendor-private MIB for Brother printer and imaging device management, including status and supplies monitoring.

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