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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
make the condition False whenever a critical alert is detected, regardless of its type.
Select Non-critical alert to choose a specific non-critical alert in the Detected error
box. Select Critical alert to choose a specific critical alert in the Detected error box.
Select Do not test if you only want to test the printer status (above).
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Detected error: Select a specific non-critical or critical alert. Note that this box is
only displayed if you selected either Non-critical alert or Critical alert in the Alert
Status box.
l User Defined (displayed when User Defined is selected in the Condition Type box)
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MIB OID number: Enter the Management Information Base Object Identifier
corresponding to the object you want to test. Vendors of SNMP compliant devices
sometimes list MIB OIDs in their documentation.
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Test: Click to test communication with the device and the MIB OID number.
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Operator: Select the operator used to test the condition.
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Value: Enter a specific object status. Vendors of SNMP compliant devices
sometimes list possible object states in their documentation.
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Invert condition result: Select to toggle the result of the whole SNMP condition
(true becomes false and vice versa).
Management Information Base Object Identifiers
A Management Information Base (MIB) is a database of Object Identifiers (OIDs) that can be
used to monitor device objects using SNMP. An MIB OID can point be a printer tray, cartridge or
hard disk, or to modem mode. Using an SNMP condition, PReS Workflow can communicate
with a device located at a given IP address and request the status of the object identified by a
given MIB OID number. Object Identifiers are typically assigned and registered by device
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