8.8

Properties
General tab
l Parameters group
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Community: Enter the community name for the printer or other SNMP compliant
device you want to monitor. Acommunity acts like a combination of a user and
password granting you access to an SNMPdevice. Depending on the community
name, the device knows what rights to grant, for example, read-only or read-write.
Community names serve as a form of organization and security used with SNMP.
The community name must allow sufficient access to the SNMPdevice to monitor it
with the condition. Most SNMPdevices come with a public community name that
usually gives you read-only and/or read-write access. It is recommended to increase
security on your network by entering community names allowing varying levels of
access depending on the particular device, its users, etc. The community name tells
the device which rights to grant PlanetPress Workflow (required to perform the test).
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IP address: Enter the IP address of the network printer (or other device) whose
status is to be checked via SNMP.
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Get info: Click to retrieve information corresponding to the IPaddress you entered.
If the information is successfully retrieved and it corresponds to a printer, the Host
name and Description of the printer (or other device)appears in the corresponding
boxes.
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Host name: When you click Get info, if PlanetPress Workflow is able to
communicate with the device, it displays its name here.
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Description: When you click Get info, if PlanetPress Workflow is able to
communicate with the device, it displays its description here.
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Condition type: Select Printer Queue to test a standard printer status condition or
User Defined to test a status identified using a printer specific identification code.
Bear in mind that the failure to comply with any of the test conditions selected below
will make the whole condition False.
l Printer Queue group (displayed when Printer Queue is selected in the Condition Type
box)
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Printer status: Select Idle or Printing to test whether the printer is currently idle or
printing. Select Do not test if you only want to test the printer’s alert status (below).
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Alert status: Select No alert to make the condition False whenever an alert
situation is detected, regardless of its type or severity. Select No critical alert to
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