SNMP printer detection

[ronaly agdeppa]

Yes, bonjour can automatically detect the printer. There is no problem detecting my printer. In the printer setup utility in mac, there is also a portion there that the user can choose to manually type ip address of the printer. Then the OS auto detects what PPD to use when it matches. I guess it does not use bonjour. Any idea if cups has something to do in this case?


> ronaly wrote:
> > How are you able to get the modelname of the printer? Is it through
> > 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.2.1.3.1 OID alone?
>
> No, we also use the ppmPrinterIEEE1284DeviceId OID
> (1.3.6.1.4.1.2699.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.3)
>
> > As I mentioned below the returned
> > value for that OID though has the modelname but also appended with
> > additional information of the printer.
>
> We do try to filter out identifying information (MAC address, etc.)
>
> > In Mac OS X, we can determine
> > that the printing system is not able to match the printer and the
> > Host because it cannot automatically create a print queue. Does cups
> > handles the print queue creation in Mac OS X?
>
> No, and SNMP model detection is not used.  Bonjour is the protocol
> that you need to support on the Mac.
>
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