Yes, CentreWare Web Can Discover Any Printer That Supports SNMP Protocol Version 1

Populate the CentreWare Web database initially with printers by running a discovery. If you did not run the Getting Started Wizard to perform an initial discovery after installation, run the wizard. You can also use Discovery Quick Configuration from the Administration>Quick Configuration page as an initial discovery.

The application can discover any type of printing device, Xerox or non-Xerox, that is:

• connected to a network

• supports the SNMP v1 protocol

• has an SNMP agent running which exposes industry standard management data using:

  • RFC 1213 (MIB-II for TCP/IP)

  • RFC 1759 (Printer MIB v1)

  • RFC 3805 (Printer MIB v2)

  • RFC 3806 (Printer Finishing MIB)

The application also queries RFC 1514 / 2790 (Host Resources MIB v1,v2) to obtain more attributes and status of the printing device.

Any printer directly attached to the network that supports SNMP and the standard printer MIB (RFC 3805) is supported. The SNMP Object identifier (OID) sysObjectID (1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0), and ifPhysAddress (1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.6.1 or 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.6.2) must be supported, or Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). To be fully compliant the printer must support prtGeneralReset (1.3.6.1.2.1.43.5.1.1.3.1).

Use the SNMPSupport.exe tool to determine which SNMP properties are supported by the networked printer. You supply only the IP address of the device. The tool will then determine which SNMP properties the device supports, and then indicate if the application will discover and support the device properly, based on the device's supported properties. For example, if the device does not support hrDeviceStatus, it is reasonable to expect that the application will not be able to obtain the status of the printer.