I want to monitor printer traffic and toner levels through NPM and I wanted to know what is the easiest way to go about this?
Eric
Not sure you can monitor toner level per-sey, but I do send emails to the office admins when toner level is low.. I had to do a MIB walk (Solarwinds Engineers Toolset) on the Printer to figure out the mib to use, then set a custom poller with that Mib. As soon as the printer puts out that alert, it triggers and sends an email alert.
Printer traffic is monitored just like any other device.
As always, YMMV.
Troy.
Orion APM might be the easiest way. Printer services publish performance counters, and APM monitors performance counters.
could you explain how to do that with APM? Thanks!
I don't know your device, so I can't be precise, but you would use the AppBuilder in APM. First, add the printer as a node in Orion. In the APM AppBuilder, choose WMI Performance Counter as your monitor type. From that component monitor type, point the AppBuilder at the printer, and it'll show all of the WMI counters on that device. From there, you should be able to figure out which counter has the info you need. Select that counter and then proceed on to create a new template including the counter and apply it to the printer.
Thanks for your reply. My printer type is Toshiba e-studio451c. I have added it to Orion as you told me, but when I point the Appbuilder to it, it show that Unable to connect to the printer for WMI access. I don´t know what´s the problem, is there any special setting i missed? Looking forward to your reply!
