[cups.general] SNMP printer detection

[Michael Sweet]

On Apr 20, 2009, at 8:57 PM, ronaly agdeppa wrote:
> 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?

CUPS isn't involved with printer identification from the Mac OS X IP  
printer pane.

>
>
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot  
>> com
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Michael R Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer

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