Use this dialog to configure a Printer Active Monitor. This monitor uses SNMP to collect data on SNMP-enabled network printers. If a failure criteria is met, any associated actions will fire. For example, you can monitor printer ink levels, for a paper jam, for low input media (paper), for a fuser that is over temperature, and more.
Important: In order for the Printer Active Monitor to work, in addition to being SNMP-enabled, the printer you are attempting to monitor must also support the Standard Printer MIB.
Enter or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
Failure Criteria
Note: Your printer may not support all of the SNMP objects associated with the available monitor alert checks.
Tip: Click Advanced to set the SNMP timeout and number of retries.
Click OK to save changes.