Can I monitor printer status with nagios?

[Paul Williamson]

On Jan 8, 2011, at 5:04 AM, "Mister IT Guru" <misteritguru at gmx.com> wrote:

> A thought struck me yesterday, we have a bucket load of printers, and I 
> was wondering, can nagios tell when a printer is running low on ink, or 
> something similar, so that our teams can become proactive when fixing 
> printer jams, and replacing ink and paper etc.
> 
> It's just a thought:)
> 

Yes.  Use the check_snmp module and anything other than an "ok" is returned, it can be alerted upon.
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