SNMP printer discovery documentation?

[Michael Sweet]

John A. Murdie wrote:
> ...
> I've checked again now, and the printer is definitely not in the
> printers.conf file of my CUPS 1.2.2 installation when I start, yet
> when I try to 'Add New Printer' it, I see the second form above. Yet,
> when I run the snmp backend stand-alone as described by article #387,
> the new printer is found and correctly identified. Finally, the
> printer is added and I see an entry appear for it in printers.conf.
> I've still not seen the first dialogue.

CUPS only shows new printers on the main admin page if they provide
a make and model.  If you see "unknown" in the listing for the
printer, then that is why it is not showing up on the main admin
page.

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