All MIBs › IANA-PRINTER-MIB
Organization: IANA
Last Updated: 2024-02-06
Category: Printer and Finishing, Textual Conventions and Registries
Description:
Defines printing-related textual conventions for use in the Printer MIB and Finisher MIB.
Imported Objects
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| mib-2 |
From SNMPv2-TC
| TEXTUAL-CONVENTION |
What Is IANA-PRINTER-MIB?
IANA-PRINTER-MIB is a vendor-neutral, IANA-maintained module that defines standardized textual conventions for printing-related enumerations used by the Printer MIB (RFC 3805) and Finisher MIB (RFC 3806). It does not model a physical device directly; instead it supplies the controlled vocabulary (such as printer/finisher mechanism type codes) that those operational MIBs rely on when describing print engine and finishing hardware. Because it contains only TEXTUAL-CONVENTION type definitions and no OBJECT-TYPE instances, it is not itself used to poll uptime, temperature, or job status; its function is to keep printer and finisher status reporting standardized across manufacturers. Any changes to its enumerations require RFC publication or IANA Designated Expert review, underscoring its role as a governance/registry MIB rather than a runtime data source. It underlies essentially all standards-compliant network printer and finisher devices that implement the Printer MIB and Finisher MIB, across virtually every printer vendor, making this IANA-PRINTER-MIB reference a de facto standard underpinning nearly all networked print monitoring.
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Supported Devices
- vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
- network printers and finishing devices (indirectly, via Printer MIB/Finisher MIB)
Monitoring Examples
This is a conformance/definitions-only module supplying TEXTUAL-CONVENTIONs consumed by the Printer MIB and Finisher MIB rather than a source of runtime monitoring objects; no OBJECT-TYPE data instances or sample objects exist within it to poll. Consequently no realistic monitoring scenario can be honestly described for this module on its own — actual print job, tray, and marker status monitoring happens in the Printer MIB (hrPrinterTable, prtMarkerSuppliesTable, etc.) that imports these types.
OIDs
| OID symbolic | OID numeric | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ianaPrinterMIB | 1.3.6.1.2.1.109 | This MIB module defines a set of printing-related TEXTUAL-CONVENTIONs for use in Printer MIB (RFC 3805), Finisher MIB (RFC 3806), and other MIBs which need to specify printing mechanism details. Any additions or changes to the contents of this MIB module require either publication of an RFC, or Designated Expert Review as defined in RFC 2434, Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs. The Designated Expert will be selected by the IESG Area Director(s) of the Applications Area. Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). The initial version of this MIB module was published in RFC 3805. For full legal notices see the RFC itself or see: http://www.ietf.org/copyrights/ianamib.html |
RFC description
IANA printer MIB defining textual conventions for printing mechanism details and device alert codes.
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