Check_hpjd [SOLVED]ish

[Mister IT Guru]

On 10/01/2011 16:42, Paul Williamson wrote:
>
> *From:*James Moseley [mailto:jmoseley at corp.xanadoo.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 10, 2011 11:28 AM
> *To:* Nagios Users List
> *Subject:* Re: [Nagios-users] Check_hpjd
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Mister IT Guru <misteritguru at gmx.com 
> <mailto:misteritguru at gmx.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'm pretty sure that the SNMP on my printers is working. Is it
>     included with this printer, because I specifically configured it,
>     and looked out for SNMP support before ordering these printers, to
>     use with Nagios. I know that my device returns data, because it
>     does for snmp queries from the CLI. I would like to know, how I
>     can get check_hpjd to be more verbose, or to log if that is possible?
>
>     Thank You
>
>
> You stated earlier in this thread that your printer supports SNMP as 
> evidence that you were able to walk the standard MIB tree.  That's 
> great, but that doesn't mean that your hardware and current software 
> supports the SNMP MIB that the plugin is trying to use.
>
> That's why I suggested making sure you have the latest firmware/SNMP 
> support from HP installed on the printer.
>
> The plugin states that it works with HP printers that have JetDirect 
> cards installed.  Does yours?
>

Please forgive my stupidness - I believed that all networked HP printers 
had JetDirect support, I now know better! Square peg, Round hole 
situation it seems. My talents as a coder, are yet to be realised, so 
please forgive me if I refrain from updating or customizing the plugin! 
I will have to find another way to monitor my printer status.




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