generic template for printers

[larieu]

It might be useful for someone out there

https://github.com/zabbix/community-...iscussions/310

When I started I have found no useful information where to start and how to modify something for my needs.

From my previous experience with printers I know that a huge amount of printers have the same structure on SNMP ( not only HP )
At the end of the day it is only a matter to match the proper SNMP OID to the template and have some ON/OFF switches for what is available on that particular printer ( for advanced features )

if your printer is responding well to this

snmpwalk -v 2c -On -c your_community aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd .1.3.6.1.2.1.43 | grep "1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.6\|1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.8\|1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.9"

as per:

.1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.6

https://oidref.com/1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.6

- prtMarkerSuppliesDescription

1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.8

http://oidref.com/1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.8

- prtMarkerSuppliesMaxCapacity

1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.9

http://oidref.com/1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.9

- prtMarkerSuppliesLevel

it should be easy to have a "generic printer template" with few variables ( $printername, $black, $cyan, $yellow, $magenta ) to generate a template for that particular printer

[Mitchpeter]

I though about trying to develop a discovery template for some of this sort of thing. I am at a school where we have Lexmark printers and Fuji copiers, and a lot of the marker supplies OIDs have different meanings between different companies. There is even a Fuji copier with two black toner cartridges; the two cartridge levels have different OIDs from the black level in copiers with a single cartridge.
However I finished up with about 6 templates that adequately cover the printers we have.

[larieu]

From my knowledge this should be the starting point

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1759

replaced by

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3805

and probably this
https://www.iana.org/assignments/ian...anaprinter-mib

There are a lot of things common on all printers
Unfortunately even the same producer did not stick to a "standard" way to number the cartridges ( it will be nice to have a 1 = black , 2=...)
This is why it should be a "standard" printer template with several things which are the same
From my "nice to have list"

• # This should be on all of the printers
  
  name: 'Printer model'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.2.1.3.1
  name: 'Printer Serial Number'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.5.1.1.17.1
  name: 'Page Counter'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.10.2.1.4.1.1
  
• # all color ones should have them - problem is that even the same producer interchange them -
  
  name: 'Cartridge 1'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.6.1.1
  name: 'Cartridge 2'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.6.1.2
  name: 'Cartridge 3'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.6.1.3
  name: 'Level Cartridge 4 in %'
  name: 'Cartridge 4'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.6.1.4
  
  
• # this should be the norm to monitor levels
  
  name: 'Max cartridge ink level - Cartridge 1'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.8.1.1
  name: 'Current cartridge ink level - Cartridge 1'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.9.1.1
  name: 'Max cartridge ink level - Cartridge 2'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.8.1.2
  name: 'Current cartridge ink level - Cartridge 2'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.9.1.2
  name: 'Max cartridge ink level - Cartridge 3'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.8.1.3
  name: 'Current cartridge ink level - Cartridge 3'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.9.1.3
  name: 'Max cartridge ink level - Cartridge 4'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.8.1.4
  name: 'Current cartridge ink level - Cartridge 4'
  snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.9.1.4
  
• ## also nice to have
  
  • name: 'DevStatus'
    snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.2.1.5.1
    ##### Printer Operational status like Up, Down or Warning (named device status)
    
  • name: 'PrnStatus'
    snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.5.1.1.1
    
    ##### Printer Current status like idle, printing, or warmup
    
  • name: 'PrnErrState'
    snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.5.1.2.1
    
    ##### something like lowPaper, noPaper, noToner, doorOpen, jammed, offline
    
  • name: 'PrnConsoleDisplayBufferText'
    snmp_oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.43.16.5.1.2.1.1
    
    ##### The content of a line in the logical display buffer of the operator's console of the printer like "Sleep mode on"

plus a lot of things for the consumables

https://oidref.com/1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.9.4.2.1.4.1.10