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Managing printers

Printers tab

SNMP version 1 & 2c

SNMP version 3

Find Printers tab

Global SNMP Settings tab


After logging in to the ThinPrint Hub's web console, select the Printer menu item.
Here you will find the following tabs:

  • Printers: View printer status and make settings
  • Find Printers: Search for printers in the Hub’s local subnet
  • Global SNMP Settings: Setup which protocol is used as default when contacting a printer to get status information via SNMP


Printers tab

The following functions are available in the Printers menu of the ThinPrint Hub’s web console (screenshot below):

MenuFunction
Defaultindicates the current printer for the ThinPrint Client
(print jobs with missing printer ID will be sent here)
IDID the printer’s identification number
(on the ThinPrint Client); see ThinPrint Engine on print servers
Printer namethe name of this printer
Statusshows the actual printer status
no warnings
1 or more warnings
unknown
offline
Driver namethe name of the printer driver
(info field for Management Services)
Port

printer port / print protocol

TCP/IP: Standard TCP/IP

LPR:       LPR/LPD

USB:      the ThinPrint Hub’s USB port

Printer addressthe address of the network printer or a print server
TCP port, queue name or USB printer for Port (see above)

TCP/IP:     TCP-Port (9100)

LPR:           Queue-Name (of LPD)

USB:           USB printer

Add printeradds a new line
removes the indicated line (and adds the printer to the list of found but hidden printers)
Remove allremoves all lines (and adds the printers to the list of found but hidden printers)
Savesaves the printer list
Cancelcancels the operation

ThinPrint Hub's Printers tab: printer overview

By clicking on the status symbol a new window will appear which contains more detailed status information about the specific printer.
Alternatively you can hover over the status symbol to get a short first look about the status of the printer. 

ThinPrint Hub's Printers tab: status information

MenuFunction
<Printer name>
(here: HP Color LaserJet CP3505dn)
Provides the printer name as well as a hyperlink to the configuration web­site of the printer
NetworkIP address of the printer
NameReceived name from the printer (can be edited at the configuration web­site of the printer)
StatusActual status of the printer:
• Other
• Unknown
• Idle
• Printing
• Warmup
WarningsZelleninhalt
SNMP settings

Shows the used protocol settings for this printer

Note! If you configure the specific SNMP settings then the specific set­tings overwrite the Global SNMP settings for this printer.

If you click on Printer specific you can configure which protocol should be used to contact the printer and ask for status information.

ThinPrint Hub's Printers tab: printer-specific settings

 

SNMP version 1 & 2c

It's the easiest but an unsafe way to get status information about printer’s. To config­ure it you have to setup a community name for the printers which should provide the information. The same community name has to be configured at the ThinPrint Hub’s web interface (illustration Printer Monitoring below).
Printer and Hub will communicate in clear text.


SNMP version 3

This kind of protocol is much safer as SNMP version 1 or 2c. You have to authenti­cate yourself with user name and password. The password will be encrypted as MD5 hash or SHA hash.
Optional you can setup a privacy passphrase which is encrypted via AES or DES to provide such more safety (see the Global SNMP Settings tab).


Find Printers tab

On this tab you can search for printers in the Hub’s local subnet. Supported protocols for discovery are Bonjour and mDNS.

ThinPrint Hub's Find Printers tab: discovery protocols are Bonjour and mDNS

MenuFunction
Checkbox Find printersenables the automatic printer search function
Checkbox Automatically add printers to the printer listimmediately moves all found printers from the Find Printers list to the Printers list and marks the as
Use Printer• shows the selected printers in the Printers tab (above)
• Afterwards, these printers are not displayed until they are deleted in the Printers tab (above).
Hide/showmarks the selected printers as hidden or cancels it
With/out hidden• displays or hides the marked printers
• hidden printers appear gray highlighted (illustration below)
Refreshstarts the search function again
filter function to display only specific printers
Xcancels the filtering

ThinPrint Hub's Find Printers tab: finding printers

ThinPrint Hub's Find Printers tab: found printers

 

Global SNMP Settings tab

On this tab you can setup which protocol is used as default when contacting a printer to get status information via SNMP.

You can select:

  • SNMP version 1 & 2c
  • SNMP version 3

ThinPrint Hub's Global SNMP Settings tab: printer monitoring

MenuFunction
SNMP version 1 & 2c
Community name
Default: “public”
Setup the community which should be used for printer monitoring. You have to setup this community name at all printers you want to monitor.
SNMP version 3
User name
user name which will be used for identification at the printer
Authentication typeyou can choose between 2 encryption algorithms
• MD5 (Use only for test purposes)
• SHA
Authentication passphrasepassword which will be used for authentication at the printer
Privacy typeYou can choose between 2 encryption algorithms:
• DES
• AES
(Optional)
Privacy passphrasepassword which will be used for encrypting your SNMP queries
(Optional)
Savesaves your settings
Cancelcancels the operation

Furthermore,  the hub can be configured as an SNMP proxy.

ThinPrint Hub's Global SNMP Settings tab: SNMP proxy

This makes it possible to query the Hub via SNMP and in this way obtain the status information about all printers previously set up on it.

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