Selected Books:


Buy this book!




Buy this book!




Buy this book!




Buy this book!




Buy this book!



German speakers - order books from amazon.de!

Books to UK - order books from amazon.co.uk!

The Online Requests For Comments - RFCs

Home | Books | Bookmark! | Link to Us | Help

RFC 1759 


Network Working Group                                           R. Smith
Request for Comments: 1759                             Texas Instruments
Category: Standards Track                                      F. Wright
                                                   Lexmark International
                                                             T. Hastings
                                                       Xerox Corporation
                                                               S. Zilles
                                                     Adobe Systems, Inc.
                                                           J. Gyllenskog
                                                 Hewlett-Packard Company
                                                              March 1995

                              Printer MIB

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ................................................    3
   1.1 Network Printing Environment ...............................    3
   1.2 Printer Device Overview ....................................    4
   1.3 Categories of Printer Information ..........................    5
   1.3.1 Descriptions .............................................    5
   1.3.2 Status ...................................................    5
   1.3.3 Alerts ...................................................    5
   2. Printer Model ...............................................    6
   2.1 Overview of the Printer Model ..............................    8
   2.2 Printer Sub-Units ..........................................    8
   2.2.1 General Printer ..........................................    8
   2.2.2 Inputs ...................................................    9
   2.2.3 Media ....................................................    9
   2.2.4 Outputs ..................................................    9
   2.2.5 Finishers ................................................   10
   2.2.6 Markers ..................................................   10
   2.2.7 Media Paths ..............................................   11
   2.2.8 System Controller ........................................   11
   2.2.9 Interfaces ...............................................   11
   2.2.10 Channels ................................................   12
   2.2.11 Interpreters ............................................   12
   2.2.12 Console .................................................   12
   2.2.13 Alerts ..................................................   13
   2.2.13.1 Status and Alerts .....................................   13



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                    [Page 1]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   2.2.13.2 Overall Printer Status ................................   13
   2.2.13.2.1 Host MIB Printer Status .............................   15
   2.2.13.2.2 Sub-unit Status .....................................   17
   2.2.13.3 Alert Tables ..........................................   18
   2.2.13.4 Alert Table Management ................................   19
   2.3 Read-Write Objects .........................................   20
   2.4 Enumerations ...............................................   22
   2.4.1 Registering Additional Enumerated Values .................   22
   3. Objects from other MIB Specifications .......................   22
   3.1 System Group objects .......................................   22
   3.2 System Controller ..........................................   23
   3.3 Interface Group objects ....................................   23
   4. Textual Conventions .........................................   23
   5. The General Printer Group ...................................   27
   5.1 The Cover Table ............................................   30
   5.2 The Localization Table .....................................   31
   5.3 The System Resources Tables ................................   33
   6. The Responsible Party group .................................   35
   7. The Input Group .............................................   35
   8. The Extended Input Group ....................................   41
   9. The Input Media Group .......................................   42
   10. The Output Group ...........................................   44
   11. The Extended Output Group ..................................   48
   12. The Output Dimensions Group ................................   49
   13. The Output Features Group ..................................   51
   14. The Marker Group ...........................................   52
   15. The Marker Supplies Group ..................................   58
   16. The Marker Colorant Group ..................................   62
   17. The Media Path Group .......................................   64
   18. The Channel Group ..........................................   68
   18.1 The Channel Table and its underlying structure ............   69
   18.2 The Channel Table .........................................   70
   19. The Interpreter Group ......................................   73
   20. The Console Group ..........................................   81
   20.1 The Display Buffer Table ..................................   82
   20.2 The Console Light Table ...................................   83
   21. The Alerts Group ...........................................   85
   21.1 The Alert Time Group ......................................   92
   22. Appendix A - Glossary of Terms .............................   98
   23. Appendix B - Media Size Names ..............................  101
   24. Appendix C - Media Names ...................................  103
   25. Appendix D - Roles of Users ................................  107
   26. Appendix E - Participants ..................................  111
   27. Security Considerations ....................................  113
   28. Authors' Addresses .........................................  113






Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                    [Page 2]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


1.  Introduction

1.1.  Network Printing Environment

   The management of producing a printed document, in any computer
   environment, is a complex subject. Basically, the task can be divided
   into two overlapping pieces, the management of printing and the
   management of the printer. Printing encompasses the entire process of
   producing a printed document from generation of the file to be
   printed, selection of a printer, choosing printing properties,
   routing, queuing, resource management, scheduling, and final printing
   including notifying the user.  Most of the printing process is outside
   the scope of the model presented here; only the management of the
   printer is covered.





































Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                    [Page 3]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


               Figure 1 - One Printer's View of the Network

    system   printer    asset     user          user           user
    manager  operator   manager
      O         O         O         O             O              O
     /|\       /|\       /|\       /|\           /|\            /|\
     / \       / \       / \       / \           / \            / \
      |         |         |         |             |              |
+---------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+   +-----------+ +-----------+
|configur-| |printer| | asset | |printer|   |   user    | |   user    |
|ator     | |manager| |manager| |browser|   |application| |application|
+---------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+   +-----------+ +-----------+
   ^            ^         ^         ^             |             |
   |R/W         |R/W      |R        |R      +-----------+ +-----------+
   |            |         |         |       |  spooler  | |  spooler  |
   |            |         |         |       +-----------+ +-----------+
   |            |         |         |             |             |
   |            |         |         |       +-----------+ +-----------+
   |            |         |         |       |supervisor | |supervisor |
   |            |         |         |       +-----------+ +-----------+
   |            |         |         |        ^       ^     ^       ^
   |            |         |         |        |R      |R/W  |R      |R/W
   v            v         |         |        |       |     |       |
==================================================   |   =====     |
                     |                          print|        print|
                     |SNMP                       data|         data|
  +-----+        +-------+                        PCL|          PCL|
  | MIB |<------>| agent |                 PostScript|   PostScript|
  +-----+        +-------+                       NPAP|         NPAP|
                     |unspecified                etc.|         etc.|
              +=============+  +-----------------+   |             |
              |             |--|channel/interface|<--+             |
              |             |  +-----------------+                 |
              |   PRINTER   |                                      |
              |             |  +-----------------+                 |
              |             |--|channel/interface|<----------------+
              +=============+  +-----------------+

1.2.  Printer Device Overview

   A printer is the physical device that takes media from an input
   source, produces marks on that media according to some page
   description or page control language and puts the result in some
   output destination, possibly with finishing applied. Printers are
   complex devices that consume supplies, produce waste and have
   mechanical problems. In the management of the physical printing
   device the description, status and alert information concerning the
   printer and its various subparts has to be made available to the



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                    [Page 4]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   management application so that it can be reported to the end user,
   key operators for the replenishment of supplies or the repair or
   maintenance of the device. The information needed in the management
   of the physical printer and the management of a printing job overlap
   highly and many of the tasks in each management area require the same
   or similar information.

1.3.  Categories of Printer Information

   Information about printers is classified into three basic categories,
   descriptions, status and alerts.

1.3.1.  Descriptions

   Descriptions convey information about the configuration and
   capabilities of the printer and its various sub-units. This
   information is largely static information and does not generally
   change during the operation of the system but may change as the
   printer is repaired, reconfigured or upgraded. The descriptions are
   one part of the visible state of the printer where state means the
   condition of being of the printer at any point in time.

1.3.2.  Status

   Status is the information regarding the current operating state of
   the printer and its various sub-units. Status is the rest of the
   visible state of the printer. As an example of the use of status, a
   management application must be able to determine if the various sub-
   units are ready to print or are in some state that prevents printing
   or may prevent printing in the future.

1.3.3.  Alerts

   An Alert is the representation of a reportable event in the printer.
   An event is a change in the state of the printer. Some of those state
   changes are of interest to a management application and are therefore
   reportable. Typically, these are the events that affect the printer's
   ability to print. Alerts usually occur asynchronously to the
   operation of the computer system(s) to which the printer is attached.
   For convenience below, "alert" will be used for both the event caused
   by a change in the printer's state and for the representation of that
   event.

   Alerts can be classified into two basic categories, critical and
   non-critical.  A critical alert is one that is triggered by entry
   into a state in which the printer is stopped and printing can not
   continue until the condition that caused critical alert is
   eliminated. "Out of paper", "toner empty" and "output bin full" are



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                    [Page 5]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   examples of critical alerts. Non-critical alerts are triggered by
   those events that enter a state in which printing is not stopped.
   Such a non-critical state may, at some future time, lead to a state
   in which printing may be stopped.  Examples of this kind of non-
   critical alerts are "input media low", "toner low" and "output bin
   nearly full". Or, a non-critical alert may simply provide
   information, such as signaling a configuration changed in the
   printer.

   Description, status and alert information about printer can be
   thought of as a data base describing the printer. The management
   application for a printer will want to view the printer data base
   differently depending on how and for what purposes the information in
   the data base is needed.

2.  Printer Model

   In order to accomplish the management of the printer, an abstract
   model of the printer is needed to represent the sub-units from which
   the printer is composed. A printer can be described as consisting of
   13 types of sub-units. It is important to note that the sub-units of
   a printer do not necessarily relate directly to any physically
   identifiable mechanism. Sub-units can also be a set of definable
   logical processes, such as interpreters for page description
   languages or command processors that set various operating modes of
   the printer.

























Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                    [Page 6]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   Figure 2 shows a block diagram of the printer and its basic 13 sub-
   units.

                     Figure 2 - Printer  Block Diagram

                           Physical Connections
                                   |
                                +-----------+
                                |           |
                            +-------------+ |
                            | Interface   |-+
                            | (RFC1213)   |
                            +-------------+
                                   |
                                +-----------+
                                |           |
                            +-------------+ |    +-----------+
                            | Channel     |-+    | Operator  |
                            |             |      |  Console  |
                            +-------------+      +-----------+
                                   |
                                +-----------+        +---------+
                                |           |        |         |
        +-----------+       +-------------+ |    +-----------+ |
        |  General  |       | Interpreter |-+    |  Alerts   |-+
        |  Printer  |       |             |      |           |
        +-----------+       +-------------+      +-----------+
                                   |
                   +-------------------------------+
                   |        System Controller      |
                   |     (This is the Host MIB)    |
                   +-------------------------------+

   +------+                    +--------+                  +--------+
   |      |                    |        |                  |        |
+-------+ |    +-------+    +---------+ |    +-------+   +--------+ |
| Input |-+  +--------+|    |  Marker |-+  +--------+|   | Output |-+
|       |===>|        |+<==>|         |<==>|        |+==>|        |
+-------+    +--+  +--+     +---------+    +--+  +--+    +--------+
   \            |  ||                         |  ||         \
    \           |  ||                         |  ||          \
     \          |  ||                         |  ||           \
    +--------+  |  |+-------------------------|  ||         +---------+
    |        |  |  +--------------------------+  ||         |         |
+----------+ |  |            Media Path          |+      +----------+ |
|  Media   |-+  +--------------------------------+       | Finisher |-+
|(optional)|                                             |(optional)|
+----------+                                             +----------+



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                    [Page 7]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


2.1.  Overview of the Printer Model

   The model has three basic parts: (1) the flow of a print file into an
   interpreter and onto the marker, (2) the flow of media through the
   marker and (3) the auxiliary sub-units that control and facilitate
   the two prior flows.  The flow of the print data comes through a
   physical connection on which some form of transport protocol stack is
   running.  The data provided by the transport protocol (interface)
   appears on a channel which is the input to an interpreter. The
   interpreter converts the print data into a form suitable for marking
   on the media.

   The media resides in Input sub-units from which the media is selected
   and then transported via a Media Path first to a Marking sub-unit and
   then onto an Output sub-unit with (optionally) some finishing
   operations being performed.  The auxiliary sub-units facilitate
   control of the printer, inquiry/control of the operator panel,
   reporting of alerts, and the adaptation of the printer to various
   natural languages and characters sets. All the software sub-units run
   on the System Controller which represents the processor, memory and
   storage systems of the Printer.  Each of the sub-units is discussed
   in more detail below.

   All of the sub-units other than the Alerts report only state
   information, either a description or a status. The Alerts sub-unit
   reports event information.

2.2.  Printer Sub-Units

   A printer is composed of 13 types of sub-units, called groups.  The
   following sections describe the different types of sub-units.

2.2.1.  General Printer

   The general printer sub-unit is responsible for the overall control
   and status of the printer. There is exactly one general printer sub-
   unit in a printer. The general printer sub-unit is represented by the
   General Printer Group in the model. In addition to the providing the
   status of the whole printer and allowing the printer to be reset,
   this Group provides information on the status of the packaging of the
   printer, in particular, the covers. The general printer sub-unit is
   usually implemented on the system controller.

   The localization portion of the general printer sub-unit is
   responsible for identifying the natural language, country, and
   character set in which character strings are expressed. There may be
   one or more localizations supported per printer. The available
   localizations are represented by the Localization table.



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                    [Page 8]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   Localization is only performed on those strings in the MIB that are
   explicitely marked as being localized.  All other character strings
   are returned in ASCII.

   The character set portion of the general printer sub-unit is
   responsible for identifying the possible character sets that are used
   by the interpreters, the operator console, and in network management
   requests for display objects. There may be one or more character sets
   per printer.  The understood character sets are represented by the
   Character Set Table.

2.2.2.  Inputs

   Input sub-units are mechanisms that feed media to be marked on into
   the printer. A printer contains one or more input sub-units. These
   are represented by the Input Group in the model. The model does not
   distinguish fixed input bins from removable trays, except to report
   when a removable tray has been removed.

   There are as many input sub-units as there are distinctly selectable
   input "addresses".  For example, if a tray has an option for manually
   feeding paper as well as automatically feeding from the tray, then
   this is two input sub-units if these two sources can be (must be)
   separately selected and is one input sub-unit if putting a sheet in
   the manual feed slot overrides feeding from the contents of the tray;
   that is, in the second case there is no way to separately select or
   address the manual feed slot.

2.2.3.  Media

   An input sub-unit can hold one or more instances of the media on
   which marking is to be done. Typically, there is a large set of
   possible media that can be associated with an input. The Media Group
   is an extension of the Input Group which represents that media that
   is in an input sub-unit. The Media Group only describes the current
   contents of each input and not the possible content of the input
   sub-unit.

2.2.4.  Outputs

   Output sub-units are mechanisms that receive media that has been
   marked on. A printer contains one or more output mechanisms. These
   are represented by the Output Group in the model. The model does not
   distinguish fixed output bins from removable output bins, except to
   report when a removable bin has been removed.

   There are as many output sub-units as there are distinctly selectable
   output "addresses".  Output sub-units can be addressed in two



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                    [Page 9]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   different ways: (1) as a set of "mailboxes" which are addressed by a
   specific mailbox selector such as a bin number or a bin name, or (2)
   as a set of "slots" into which multiple copies are collated.
   Sometimes both modes of using the output sub-units can be used on the
   same printer.  All that is important from the viewpoint of the model
   is that the output units can be separately selected.

2.2.5.  Finishers

   A finisher is a sub-unit that performs some operations on the media
   other than marking.  The finisher sub-units are represented by the
   Finisher Group in the model.  Some examples of finishing processes
   are stapling, punching, binding, inserting, or folding.  Finishing
   processes may have supplies asssociated with the process.  Stapling,
   binding, and punching are examples of processes that have supplies. A
   printer may have more than one finishing sub-unit and each finishing
   sub-unit may be associated with one or more output sub-units.
   Finishers are not described in this MIB.

   The exact interaction and sequencing between an output device and its
   associated finisher is not specified by the model. It depends on the
   type of finishing process and the exact implementation of the printer
   system. This standard allows for the logical association of a
   finishing process with an output device but does not put any
   restrictions on the exact sequence or interaction with the associated
   output device. The output and finisher sub-units may or may not be
   separate identifiable physical mechanisms depending on the exact
   implementation of a printer.  In addition, a single output device may
   be associated with multiple finishing sub-units and a single
   finishing sub-unit may be associated with multiple output devices.

2.2.6.  Markers

   A marker is the mechanism that produces marks on the print media. The
   marker sub-units and their associated supplies are represented by the
   Marker Group in the model. A printer can contain one or more marking
   mechanisms.  Some examples of multiple marker sub-units are: a
   printer with separate markers for normal and magnetic ink or an
   imagesetter that can output to both a proofing device and final film.
   Each marking device can have its own set of  characteristics
   associated with it, such as marking technology and resolution.

   In this model the marker sub-unit is viewed as very generalized and
   encompasses all aspects of a marking process. For example, in a
   xero-graphic process, the marking process as well as the fusing
   process would be included in the generalized concept of the marker.
   With the generalized concept of a marking process, the concept of
   multiple marking supplies associated with a single marking sub-unit



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 10]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   results. For example, in the xerographic process, there is not only a
   supply of toner, but there can also be other supplies such as a fuser
   supply that can be consumed and replaced separately. In addition
   there can be multiple supplies of toner for a single marker device,
   as in a color process.

2.2.7.  Media Paths

   The media paths encompass the mechanisms in the printer that move the
   media through the printer and connect all other media related sub-
   units: inputs, outputs, markers and finishers. A printer contains one
   or more media paths. These are represented by the Media Path Group in
   the model.  The Media Path group has some objects that apply to all
   paths plus a table of the separate media paths.

   In general, the design of the media paths determines the maximum
   speed of the printer as well as the maximum media size that the
   printer can handle. Media paths are complex mechanisms and can
   contain many different identifiable sub-mechanisms such as media
   movement devices, media buffers, duplexing units and interlocks. Not
   all of the various sub-mechanisms reside on every media path.  For
   example, one media path may provide printing only on one surface of
   the media (a simplex path) and another media path may have a sub-
   mechanism that turns the media over and feeds it a second time
   through the marker sub-unit (a duplex path).  The duplex path may
   even have a buffer sub-mechanism that allows multiple copies of the
   obverse side to be held before the reverse side of all the copies are
   marked.

2.2.8.  System Controller

   The System Controller is the sub-unit upon which the software
   components of the Printer run. The System Controller is represented
   in the model by the Host MIB. This MIB allows for the specification
   of the processor(s), memory, disk storage, file system and other
   underlying sub-mechanisms of the printer. The controller can range
   from simple single processor systems to multiprocessor systems. In
   addition, controllers can have a full range of resources such as hard
   disks. The printer is modeled to have one system controller even
   though it may have more than one processor and multiple other
   resources associated with it.

2.2.9.  Interfaces

   An interface is the communications port and associated protocols that
   are responsible for the transport of data to the printer. A printer
   has one or more interface sub-units. The interfaces are represented
   by the Interfaces Group of MIB-II (RFC 1213). Some examples of



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 11]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   interfaces are serial ports (with little or no protocol) and EtherNet
   ports on which one might run InterNet IP, Novell IPX, etc.

2.2.10.  Channels

   The channel sub-units identify the independent sources of print data
   (here print data is the information that is used to construct printed
   pages and may have both data and control aspects).  A printer may
   have one or more channels. The channel sub-units are represented by
   the Channel Group in the Model. Each channel is typically identified
   by the electronic path and service protocol used to deliver print
   data to the printer. A channel sub-unit may be independently enabled
   (allowing print data to flow) or disabled (stopping the flow of print
   data). It has a current Control Language which can be used to specify
   which interpreter is to be used for the print data and to query and
   change environment variables used by the interpreters (and SNMP).
   There is also a default interpreter that is to be used if an
   interpreter is not explicitly specified using the Control Language.
   Channel sub-units are based on an underlying interface.

2.2.11.  Interpreters

   The interpreter sub-units are responsible for the conversion of a
   description of intended print instances into images that are to be
   marked on the media. A printer may have one or more interpreters. The
   interpreter sub-units are represented by the Interpreter Group in the
   Model. Each interpreter is generally implemented with software
   running on the System Controller sub-unit. The Interpreter Table has
   one entry per interpreter where the interpreters include both Page
   Description Language (PDL) Interpreters and Control Language
   Interpreters.

2.2.12.  Console

   Many printers have a console on the printer, the operator console,
   that is used to display and modify the state of the printer.  The
   console can be as simple as a few indicators and switches or as
   complicated as full screen displays and keyboards. There can be at
   most one such console.  This console sub-unit is represented by the
   Console Group in the model.  Although most of the information
   displayed there is also available in the state of the printer as
   represented by the various Groups, it is useful to be able to query
   and modify the operator console remotely.  For example, a management
   application might like to display to its user the current message on
   the operator console of the remote printer or the management
   application user might like to modify the current message on the
   operators console of the remote printer.  As another example, one
   might have a remote application that puts up a pseudo console on a



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 12]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   workstation screen. Since the rules by which the printer state is
   mapped onto the console and vice versa are not standardized, it is
   not possible to reproduce the console state or the action of console
   buttons and menus. Therefore, the Console Group provides access to
   the console. The operator console is usually implemented on the
   system controller with additional hardware for input and display.

2.2.13.  Alerts

   The alert sub-unit is responsible for detecting reportable events,
   making an entry in the alert table and, if and only if the event is a
   critical event, initiating a trap. The alert sub-unit is represented
   by the Alerts Group and, in particular, the Alert Table. This table
   contains information on the severity, sub-unit, detailed location
   within the sub-unit, alert code and description of each critical
   alert that is currently active within the printer. Each reportable
   event causes an entry to be made in the Alert Table.

2.2.13.1.  Status and Alerts

   Summary information about the state of the printer is reported at
   three separate levels: (1) there is the status of the printer as a
   whole reported in the Host MIB, (2) there is the status of various
   sub-units reported in the principle table of the Group that
   represents the sub-unit, and (3) there are alert codes reported in
   the Alert Table.

2.2.13.2.  Overall Printer Status

   Of the many states a printer can be in, certain states are more
   "interesting" because of the distinct actions they are likely to
   provoke in the administrator.  These states may be applied to the
   printer as a whole, or to a particular sub-unit of the printer.
   These named states are:

   Non Critical Alert Active - For the printer this means that one or
   more sub-units have a non-critical alert active.  For a sub-unit,
   this means that the sub-unit has a non-critical alert active.

   Critical Alert Active - For the printer this means that one or more
   sub-units have a critical alert active.  For a sub-unit, this means
   that the sub-unit has a critical alert active.

   Unavailable - The printer or sub-unit is unavailable for use (this is
   the same as "broken" or "down" in other terminologies).  A trained
   service person is typically necessary to make it available.





Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 13]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   Busy / Temporarily Unavailable - The printer or sub-unit is
   operational but currently occupied with a request for activity. The
   sub-unit will become available without the need of human interaction.

   Moving on-line or off-line - The printer is either off-line, in the
   process of moving off-line or in the process of moving back on-line;
   for example on high end printers reloading paper involves a
   transition to off-line to open the paper bin, it is then filled and,
   finally, there is a transition back to on-line as the paper bin is
   repositioned for printing.

   Standby - The printer or sub-unit is unavailable for use because it
   is partially powered down and may need some period of time to become
   fully operational again.  A unit in Standby state shall respond to
   network management requests.

   The Host MIB provides three status objects that can be used to
   describe the status of a printer: (1) hrDeviceStatus in the entry in
   the Host MIB hrDeviceTable; (2) hrPrinterStatus in the
   hrPrinterTable; and (3) hrPrinterDetectedErrorState in the
   hrPrinterTable.  These objects describe many of the states that a
   printer can be in.  The following table shows how the "interesting"
   states named above can be recognized by inspecting the values of the
   three printer-related objects in the Host MIB:

Printer     hrDeviceStatus  hrPrinterStatus  hrPrinterDetectedErrorState
Status

Normal         running(2)     idle(3)        none set

Busy/          running(2)     printing(4)
Temporarily
Unavailable

Non Critical   warning(3)     idle(3) or     could be: lowPaper,
Alert Active                  printing(4)    lowToner, or
                                             serviceRequested

Critical       down(5)        other(1)       could be: jammed,
Alert Active                                 noPaper, noToner,
                                             coverOpen, or
                                             serviceRequested

Unavailable    down(5)        other(1)

Moving off-    warning(3)     idle(3) or     offline
line                          printing(4)




Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 14]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


Off-line       down(5)        other(1)       offline

Moving         down(5)        warmup(5)
on-line

Standby        running(2)     other(1)

   These named states are only a subset of the possible states - they
   are not an exhaustive list of the possible states.  Nevertheless,
   several things should be noted.  When using these states, it is not
   possible to detect when both critical and non-critical alerts are
   pending - if both are pending, the Critical Alert Active state will
   prevail.  In addition, a printer in the Standby state will be
   represented in the Host MIB with a device status of running(2) and a
   printer status of other(1), a set of states that don't uniquely
   distinguish this important printer state.

   Although the above mapping is workable, it would be improved with a
   few additions to hrDeviceStatus and hrPrinterStatus in the Host
   Resources MIB. In particular, it would be appropriate to add a
   "standby" enumeration to hrDeviceStatus.  Similarly, it would be
   useful to add the following states to hrPrinterStatus: "offline" to
   indicate that reason for the printer being down (instead of having to
   use "other") which allows both "warning" and "offline" to indicate
   going offline and "down" and "offline" to indicate offline and
   "notApplicable" to cover cases, such as "standby", where the device
   state completely describes the state of the device.

   Detailed status per sub-unit is reported in the sub-unit status
   fields.

2.2.13.2.1.  Host MIB Printer Status

   For completeness, the definitions of the Printer Status objects of
   the Host MIB are given below:

      hrDeviceStatus OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX  INTEGER {
                unknown(1),
                running(2),
                warning(3),
                testing(4),
                down(5)
           }
           ACCESS  read-only
           STATUS  mandatory
           DESCRIPTION
                 "The current operational state of the device



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 15]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                 described by this row of the table.  A value
                 unknown(1) indicates that the current state of the
                 device is unknown.  running(2) indicates that the
                 device is up and running and that no unusual error
                 conditions are known.  The warning(3) state
                 indicates that agent has been informed of an
                 unusual error condition by the operational software
                 (e.g., a disk device driver) but that the device is
                 still 'operational'.  An example would be high
                 number of soft errors on a disk.  A value of
                 testing(4), indicates that the device is not
                 available for use because it is in the testing
                 state.  The state of down(5) is used only when the
                 agent has been informed that the device is not
                 available for any use."
           ::= { hrDeviceEntry 5 }

   hrPrinterStatus OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX INTEGER {
              other(1),
              unknown(2),
              idle(3),
              printing(4),
              warmup(5)
          }
          ACCESS read-only
          STATUS mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
                  "The current status of this printer device.  When
                  in the idle(1), printing(2), or warmup(3) state,
                  the corresponding hrDeviceStatus should be
                  running(2) or warning(3).  When in the unknown
                  state, the corresponding hrDeviceStatus should be
                  unknown(1)."
          ::= { hrPrinterEntry 1 }

      hrPrinterDetectedErrorState OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX OCTET STRING
          ACCESS read-only
          STATUS mandatory
          DESCRIPTION
                  "This object represents any error conditions
                  detected by the printer.  The error conditions are
                  encoded as bits in an octet string, with the
                  following definitions:

                       Condition         Bit #    hrDeviceStatus




Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 16]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                       lowPaper          0        warning(3)
                       noPaper           1        down(5)
                       lowToner          2        warning(3)
                       noToner           3        down(5)
                       doorOpen          4        down(5)
                       jammed            5        down(5)
                       offline           6        down(5)
                       serviceRequested  7        warning(3)

                  If multiple conditions are currently detected and
                  the hrDeviceStatus would not otherwise be
                  unknown(1) or testing(4), the hrDeviceStatus shall
                  correspond to the worst state of those indicated,
                  where down(5) is worse than warning(3) which is
                  worse than running(2).

                  Bits are numbered starting with the most
                  significant bit of the first byte being bit 0, the
                  least significant bit of the first byte being bit
                  7, the most significant bit of the second byte
                  being bit 8, and so on.  A one bit encodes that
                  the condition was detected, while a zero bit
                  encodes that the condition was not detected.

                  This object is useful for alerting an operator to
                  specific warning or error conditions that may
                  occur, especially those requiring human
                  intervention."
          ::= { hrPrinterEntry 2 }

2.2.13.2.2.  Sub-unit Status

   Sub-unit status is reported in the entries of the principle table in
   the Group that represents the sub-unit. For sub-units that report a
   status, there is a status column in the table and the value of this
   column is always an integer formed in the following way.

   The SubUnitStatus is an integer that is the sum of 5 distinct values,
   Availability, Non-Critical, Critical, On-line, and Transitioning.
   These values are:

     Availability                           value

            Available and Idle              0       000'b
            Available and Standby           2       010'b
            Available and Active            4       100'b
            Available and Busy              6       110'b
            Unavailable and OnRequest       1       001'b



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 17]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


            Unavailable because Broken      3       011'b
            Unknown                         5       101'b

    Non-Critical

            No Non-Critical Alerts          0
            Non-Critical Alerts             8

    Critical

            No Critical Alerts              0
            Critical Alerts                 16

    On-Line

            Intended state is On-Line       0
            Intended state is Off-Line      32

    Transitioning

            At intended state               0
            Transitioning to intended state 64

   For example, an input (tray) that jammed on the next to the last page
   may show a status of 27 (unavailable because broken (3) + a critical
   state (16), jammed, and a noncritical state (8), low paper).

2.2.13.3.  Alert Tables

   The Alert Group consists of a single table in which all active alerts
   are represented.  This section provides and overview of the table and
   a description of how it is managed.  The basic content of the alert
   table is the severity (critical or non-critical) of the alert, the
   Group and entry where a state change caused the alert, additional
   information about the alert (a more detailed location, an alert code,
   and a description), and an indication of the level of training needed
   to service the alert.

   The Alert Table contains some information that is redundant, for
   example that an event has occurred, and some information that is only
   represented in the Alert Table, for example the additional
   information.  A single table was used because a single entry in a
   Group could cause more than one alert, for example paper jams in more
   than one place in a media path. Associating the additional
   information with the entry in the affected group would only allow one
   report where associating the additional information with the alert
   makes multiple reports possible.




Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 18]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   Every time an alert occurs in the printer, the printer makes one or
   more entries into the Alert Table. The printer determines if an event
   is to be classified as critical or non-critical. If the severity of
   the Alert is "critical", the printer sends a trap or event
   notification to the host indicating that the table has changed.
   Whether or not a trap is sent, the management application is expected
   to poll the printer on a regular basis and to read and parse the
   table to determine what conditions have changed, in order to provide
   reliable information to the management application user.

2.2.13.4.  Alert Table Management

   The alert tables are sparsely populated tables. This means the tables
   will only contain entries of the alerts that are currently active and
   the number of rows, or entries in the table will be dynamic. More
   than one event can be added or removed from the event tables at a
   time depending on the implementation of the printer.

   There are basically two kinds of events that produce alerts: binary
   change events and simple change events. Binary change events come in
   pairs: the leading edge event and the trailing edge event. The
   leading edge event enters a state from which there is only one exit;
   for example, going from running to stopped with a paper jam. The only
   exit from this state is fixing the paper jam and it is clear when
   that is accomplished.  The trailing edge event is the event which
   exits the state the was entered by the leading edge event; in the
   example above fixing the paper jam is the trailing edge event.

   It is relatively straightforward to manage binary change events in
   the Alert Table. Only the leading edge event makes an entry in the
   alert table.  This entry persists in the Alert Table until the
   trailing edge event occurs at which point this event is signal by the
   removal of the leading edge event entry in the Alert Table.  That is,
   a trailing edge event does not create an entry; it removes the
   corresponding leading edge event. With binary events it is possible
   to compute the maximum number that can occur at the same time and
   construct an Alert Table that would hold that many events. There
   would be no possibility of table overflow and no information about
   outstanding events would be lost.

   Unfortunately, there are some events that are not binary changes.
   This other category of event, the simple change event,  is
   illustrated by the configuration change event. With this kind of
   event the state of the machine has changed, but to a state which is
   (often) just as valid as the state that was left and from which no
   return is necessary.  For example, an operator may change the paper
   that is in the primary input source from letter to legal. At some
   time in the future the paper may be changed back to letter, but it



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 19]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   might be changed to executive instead.  This is where the problem
   occurs. It is not obvious how long to keep simple change event
   entries in the Alert Table. It they were never removed, the Alert
   Table would continue to grow indefinitely.

   The agent needs to have an algorithm implemented for the management
   of the alert table, especially in the face of combinations of binary
   and simple alerts that would overflow the storage capaciity of the
   table.  When the table is full and a new alert needs to be added, an
   old alert needs to be deleted.  The alert to be deleted should be
   chosen using the following rules:

    1. Find a non-critical simple alert and delete it.  If there are
       multiple non-critical simple alerts, it is suggested that the
       oldest one be chosen.  If there are no non-critical simple
       alerts, then,

    2. Find a non-critical binary alert and delete it.  If there are
       multiple non-critical binary alerts, it is suggested that the
       oldest one be chosen.  If there are no non-critical binary
       alerts, then,

    3. Find a critical (binary) alert and delete it.  If there are
       multiple critical alerts, it is suggested that the
       oldest one be chosen.  Agent implementors are encouraged to
       provide at least enough storage space for the maximum number
       of critical alerts that could occur simultaneously.  Note that
       all critical alerts are binary.

   Note that because the Alert Index is a monotonically increasing
   integer there will be gaps in the values in the table when an alert
   is deleted.  Such gaps can be detected by the management application
   to indicate that the management application may want to re-acquire
   the Printer state and check for state changes it did not observe in
   the Alert Table.

2.3.  Read-Write Objects

   Some of the objects in the printer MIB report on the existence of or
   amount of a given resource used with the printer.  Some examples of
   such resources are the size and number of sheets of paper in a paper
   tray or the existence of certain output options.  On some printers
   there are sensors that allow these resources to be sensed.  Other
   printers, however, lack sensors that can detect (all of) the
   properties of the resource.  Because the printer needs to know of the
   existence or properties of these resources for the printer to
   function properly some other way of providing this information is
   needed.  The chosen way to solve this problem is to allow a



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 20]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   management application to write into objects which hold the
   descriptive or existence values for printers that cannot sense the
   values.  Thus many of the objects in the MIB are given read-write
   access, but a printer implementation might only permit a management
   operation to change the value if the printer could not sense the
   value itself.  Therefore, the ability to change the value of a read-
   write object may depend on the implementation of the agent.  Note
   that even though some objects explicitely state the behaviour of
   conditional ability to change values, any read-write object may act
   that way.

   Generally, an object is given read-write access in the Printer MIB
   specification if:

  1.The object involves installation of a resource that some
    printers cannot themselves detect.  Therefore, external means are
    needed to inform the printer of the installation.  (Here external
    means include using the operator console, or remote management
    application) and

  2.The printer will behave differently if the installation of the
    resource is reported than the printer would if the installation
    were not reported; that is, the object is not to be used
    as a place to put information not used by the printer, i.e., not a
    "PostIt".  Another way of saying this is that the printer believes
    that information given it and acts as if the information were
    true.  For example, on a printer that cannot sense the size, if
    one paper size is loaded, but another size is set into the paper
    size object, then the printer will use the size that was
    set as its current paper size in its imaging and paper handling.

   The printer may get hints that it may not know about the existence or
   properties of certain resources.  For example, a paper tray may be
   removed and re-inserted.  When this removal and insertion happens,
   the printer may either assume that a property, such as the size of
   paper in the tray, has not changed or the printer may change the
   value of the associated object to "unknown", as might be done for the
   amount of paper in the tray.  As long as the printer acts according
   to the value in  the object either strategy is acceptable.

   It is an implementation-specific matter as to whether or not MIB
   object values are persistent across power cycles or cold starts.  It
   is particularly important that the values of the prtMarkerLifeCount
   object persist throughout the lifetime of the printer.  Therefore, if
   the value of any MIB object persists across power cycles, then the
   prtMarkerLifeCount object must also persist.





Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 21]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


2.4.  Enumerations

   Enumerations (enums) are sets of symbolic values defined for use with
   one or more objects.  Some common enumeration sets are assigned a
   symbolic data type name (textual convention).  These enumerations are
   listed at the beginning of this specification.

2.4.1.  Registering Additional Enumerated Values

   This working group has defined several type of enumerations.  These
   enumerations differ in the method employed to control the addition of
   new enumerations.  Throughout this document, references to
   "enumeration (n)", where n can be 1, 2 or 3 can be found in the
   various tables.  The definitions of these types of enumerations are:

  enumeration (1)  All the values are defined in the Printer MIB
     specification (RFC for the Printer MIB).  Additional enumerated
     values require a new RFC.

  enumeration (2)  An initial set of values are defined in the Printer
     MIB specification.  Additional enumerated values are
     registered after review by this working group. The initial
     versions of the MIB will contain the values registered so far.
     After the MIB is approved, additional values will be
     registered through IANA after approval by this working group.

  enumeration (3)  An initial set of values are defined in the Printer
     MIB specification.  Additional enumerated values are
     registered without working group review.  The initial versions of
     the MIB will contain the values registered so far.  After the MIB
     is approved, additional values will be registered
     through IANA without approval by this working group.

3.  Objects from other MIB Specifications

   This section lists the objects from other IETF MIB specifications
   that are mandatory for conformance to this Printer MIB specification.

3.1.  System Group objects

   All objects in the system group of MIB-II (RFC 1213) must be
   implemented.









Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 22]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


3.2.  System Controller

   The System Controller is represented by the Storage and Device Groups
   of the Host Resources MIB (RFC 1514).  These are the only groups that
   are required to be implemented.  Other Groups (System, Running
   Software, Running Software Performance, and Installed Software) may
   be implemented at the discretion of the implementor.

3.3.  Interface Group objects

   All objects in the Interfaces Group of MIB-II (RFC 1213) shall be
   implemented.

Printer-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

IMPORTS
    MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, experimental, Counter32, Integer32,
        TimeTicks, NOTIFICATION-TYPE, OBJECT-IDENTITY FROM SNMPv2-SMI
    TEXTUAL-CONVENTION FROM SNMPv2-TC
    MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP FROM SNMPv2-CONF
    hrDeviceIndex, hrStorageIndex FROM HOST-RESOURCES-MIB;

printmib MODULE-IDENTITY
    LAST-UPDATED "9411250000Z"
    ORGANIZATION "IETF Printer MIB Working Group"
    CONTACT-INFO
            "        Steven Waldbusser
         Postal: Carnegie Mellon University
                     4910 Forbes Ave
                  Pittsburgh, PA, 15213

                Tel: 412-268-6628
                Fax: 412-268-4987
             E-mail: waldbusser@cmu.edu"
    DESCRIPTION
            "The MIB module for management of printers."
    ::= { mib-2 43 }

-- Textual conventions for this MIB module

MediaUnit ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS       current
    DESCRIPTION
            "Units of measure for media dimensions."
    -- This is a type 1 enumeration.
    SYNTAX       INTEGER {
                     tenThousandthsOfInches(3),  -- .0001
                     micrometers(4)



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 23]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                 }

CapacityUnit ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS       current
    DESCRIPTION
            "Units of measure for media capacity."
    -- This is a type 1 enumeration.
    SYNTAX       INTEGER {
                     tenThousandthsOfInches(3),  -- .0001
                     micrometers(4),
                     sheets(8),
                     feet(16),
                     meters(17)
                 }

SubUnitStatus ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS       current
    DESCRIPTION
            "Status of a printer sub-unit.

             The SubUnitStatus is an integer that is the sum of 5
             distinct values, Availability, Non-Critical, Critical,
             On-line, and Transitioning. These values are:

     Availability                           value

            Available and Idle              0       000'b
            Available and Standby           2       010'b
            Available and Active            4       100'b
            Available and Busy              6       110'b
            Unavailable and OnRequest       1       001'b
            Unavailable because Broken      3       011'b
            Unknown                         5       101'b

    Non-Critical

            No Non-Critical Alerts          0
            Non-Critical Alerts             8

    Critical

            No Critical Alerts              0
            Critical Alerts                 16

    On-Line

            Intended state is On-Line       0
            Intended state is Off-Line      32



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 24]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    Transitioning

            At intended state               0
            Transitioning to intended state 64
    "

    SYNTAX       INTEGER (0..126)

PresentOnOff ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS       current
    DESCRIPTION
            "Presence and configuration of a device or feature."
    -- This is a type 1 enumeration.
    SYNTAX       INTEGER {
                     other(1),
                     on(3),
                     off(4),
                     notPresent(5)
                 }

  CodedCharSet ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
      STATUS     current
      DESCRIPTION
         "A coded character set value that specifies both a set of
          characters that may be used and an encoding (as one or more
          octets) that is used to represent the characters in the
          set. These values are to be used to identify the encoding
          employed for strings in the MIB where this is not fixed by
          the MIB.

          Some objects that allow a choice of coded character set
          are: the prtLocalizationCharacterSet object in the
          LocalizationTable and prtInterpreterDefaultCharSetIn.
          The prtGeneralCurrentLocalization and prtConsoleLocalization
          objects in turn contain the index in the LocalizationTable
          of the current localization (country, language, and coded
          character set) of the `description' objects and the console,
          respectively.

          The space of the coded character set enumeration has been
          divide into three regions. The first region (3-999) consists
          of coded character sets that have been standardized by some
          standard setting organization. This region is intended for
          standards that do not have subset implementations. The
          second region (1000-1999) is for the Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646
          coded character sets together with a specification of a (set
          of) sub-repetoires that may occur.  The third region (>1999)
          is intended for vendor specific coded character sets.



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 25]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


          NOTE: Unicode and ISO 10646 character coded data may be
          processed and stored in either Big Endian (most significant
          octet first) or Little Endian (least significant octet
          first) order.  Intel x86, VAX, and Alpha/AXP architectures are
          examples of Little Endian processor architectures.
          Furthermore, in environments where either order may occur,
          so-called Unicode BYTE ORDER MARK (BOM) character (which is
          ISO 10646 ZERO WIDTH NO BREAK SPACE), coded as FEFF in two
          octets and 0000FEFF in four octets is used at the beginning
          of the data as a signature to indicate the order of the
          following data (See ISO 10646 Annex F).  Thus either
          ordering and BOM may occur in print data streams sent to the
          interpreter.  However, ISO 8824/8825 (ASN.1/BER) used by
          SNMP is quite clear that Big Endian order shall be used and
          BOM shall NOT be used in transmission in the protocol.
          Transmitting Unicode in Big Endian order in SNMP should
          not prove to be a hardship for Little Endian machines,
          since SNMP ASN.1/BER requires integers to be transmitted
          in Big Endian order as well.  So SNMP implementations on
          Little Endian machines are already reversing the order of
          integers to make them Big Endian for transmission via
          SNMP.  Also Unicode characters are usually treated as
          two-octet integers, not short text strings, so that it will
          be straightforward for Little Endian machines to reverse the
          order of Unicode character octets as well before
          transmitting them and after receiving them via the SNMP
          protocol.

          Where a given coded character set may be known by more than
          one name, the most commonly known name is used as the name
          of the enumeration and other names are shown in the
          comments.  The comments also indicate where to find detailed
          information on the coded character set and briefly
          characterize its relationship to other similar coded
          character sets.

          The current list of character sets and their enumerated
          values used to reference them is contained in the IANA
          Character Set registry.  The enum value is indicated by
          the MIBenum entry in the registry.  The enum symbol is
          indicated by the Alias that starts with `cs' for character
          set.

          The IANA character sets registry is available via
          anonymous ftp.

          The ftp server is ftp.isi.edu.
          The subdirectory is /in-notes/iana/assignments/.



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 26]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


          The file name is character-sets.

          To add a character set to the IANA Registry:

             1. Format an entry like those in the current list,
                omitting the MIBenum value.
             2. Send the entry with a request to add the entry
                to the character set list to iana@ISI.EDU.
             3. The IANA will supply a unique MIBenum value
                and update the list."

      -- This is a type 3 enumeration.

      SYNTAX     INTEGER {
        other(1)               -- used if the designated coded
                               -- character set is not currently in
                               -- the enumeration

      -- See IANA Registry for standard character sets in the
      -- MIBenum range of 3-999.

      -- See IANA Registry for Unicode and vendor-supplied
      -- combinations of ISO collections and character sets based
      -- on Unicode in the MIBenum range of 1000-1999.
      -- See IANA Registry for vendor developed character sets
      -- in the MIBenum range of 2000-xxxx.
   }


-- The General Printer Group
--
-- The general printer sub-unit is responsible for the overall control
-- and status of the printer.  There is exactly one general printer
-- sub-unit in a printer.
--
-- Implementation of every object in this group is mandatory.

prtGeneral  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 5 }

prtGeneralTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtGeneralEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A table of general information per printer.
        Objects in this table are defined in various
        places in the MIB, nearby the groups to
        which they apply.  They are all defined



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 27]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        here to minimize the number of tables that would
        otherwise need to exist."
    ::= { prtGeneral 1 }

prtGeneralEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      PrtGeneralEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An entry exists in this table for each
        device entry in the hostmib device table who's type
        is `printer'"
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex }
    ::= { prtGeneralTable 1 }

PrtGeneralEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    -- Note that not all of the objects in this sequence are in the
    -- general printer group.
    prtGeneralConfigChanges         Counter32,
    prtGeneralCurrentLocalization   Integer32,
    prtGeneralReset                 INTEGER,
    prtGeneralCurrentOperator       OCTET STRING,
    prtGeneralServicePerson         OCTET STRING,
    prtInputDefaultIndex            Integer32,
    prtOutputDefaultIndex           Integer32,
    prtMarkerDefaultIndex           Integer32,
    prtMediaPathDefaultIndex        Integer32,
    prtConsoleLocalization          Integer32,
    prtConsoleNumberOfDisplayLines  Integer32,
    prtConsoleNumberOfDisplayChars  Integer32,
    prtConsoleDisable               INTEGER
}

prtGeneralConfigChanges OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Counter32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Counts configuration changes that change the capabilities of
        a printer, such as the addition/deletion of input/output bins,
        the addition/deletion of interpreters, or changes in media
        size.  Such changes will often affect the capability of the
        printer to service certain types of print jobs.

        Management applications may cache infrequently changed
        configuration  information about sub-units on the printer.
        This object should be incremented whenever the agent wishes
        such applications to invalidate that cache and re-download



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 28]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        all of this configuration information, thereby signalling a
        change in the printer's configuration.

        For example, if an input tray that contained paper of
        different dimensions was added, this counter would be
        incremented.

        As an additional example, this counter would not be
        incremented when an input tray is removed or the level of an
        input device changes."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 1 }

prtGeneralCurrentLocalization OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of the prtLocalizationIndex corresponding to the
        current language, country, and character set to be used for
        localized string values that are identified as being dependent
        on the value of this object.  Note that this object does not
        apply to localized strings in the prtConsole group or any
        object that is not identified as above."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 2 }

prtGeneralReset OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 3 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   notResetting(3),
                   powerCycleReset(4), -- Cold Start
                   resetToNVRAM(5), -- Warm Start
                   resetToFactoryDefaults(6) -- Reset contents of
                                             -- NVRAM to factory defaults
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Setting this value to `powerCycleReset', `resetToNVRAM', or
        `resetToFactoryDefaults' will result in the resetting of the
        printer.  When read, this object will always have the value
        `notResetting(3)', and a SET of the value `notResetting' shall
        have no effect on the printer.  Some of the defined values are
        optional.  However, every implementation must support at least
        the values `notResetting' and resetToNVRAM'."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 3 }






Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 29]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


-- The Cover Table
--
-- The cover portion of the General print sub-unit describes the
-- covers and interlocks of the printer.  The Cover Table has an
-- entry for each cover and interlock.

prtCover    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 6 }

prtCoverTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtCoverEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A table of the covers and interlocks of the printer."
    ::= { prtCover 1 }

prtCoverEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtCoverEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Information about a cover or interlock.
        Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index whose device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtCoverIndex }
    ::= { prtCoverTable 1 }

PrtCoverEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    prtCoverIndex            Integer32,
    prtCoverDescription      OCTET STRING,
    prtCoverStatus           INTEGER
}

prtCoverIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by the printer to identify this Cover
        sub-unit.  Although these values may change due to a major
        reconfiguration of the device (e.g. the addition of new
        cover sub-units to the printer), values are expected to
        remain stable across successive printer power cycles."
    ::= { prtCoverEntry 1 }

prtCoverDescription OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 30]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The manufacturer provided cover sub-mechanism  name in the
        localization specified by prtGeneralCurrentLocalization."
    ::= { prtCoverEntry 2 }

prtCoverStatus  OBJECT-TYPE
    --  This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   doorOpen(3),
                   doorClosed(4),
                   interlockOpen(5),
                   interlockClosed(6)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The status of this cover sub-unit."
    ::= { prtCoverEntry 3 }

-- The Localization Table
--

-- The localization portion of the General printer sub-unit is

-- responsible for identifying the natural language, country, and
-- character set in which character strings are expressed. There
-- may be one or more localizations supported per printer. The
-- available localizations are represented by the Localization table.

prtLocalization  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 7 }

prtLocalizationTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtLocalizationEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The available localizations in this printer."
    ::= { prtLocalization 1 }

prtLocalizationEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtLocalizationEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A description of a localization.




Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 31]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtLocalizationIndex }
    ::= { prtLocalizationTable 1 }

PrtLocalizationEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        prtLocalizationIndex                Integer32,
        prtLocalizationLanguage             OCTET STRING,
        prtLocalizationCountry              OCTET STRING,
        prtLocalizationCharacterSet         CodedCharSet
}

prtLocalizationIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by the printer to identify this
        localization entry.  Although these values may change due to a
        major reconfiguration of the device (e.g., the addition of new
        Cover sub-units to the printer), values are expected to remain
        stable across successive printer power cycles."
    ::= { prtLocalizationEntry 1 }

prtLocalizationLanguage OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..2))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A two character language code from ISO 639.  Examples EN, GB,
        CA, FR, DE."
    ::= { prtLocalizationEntry 2 }

prtLocalizationCountry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..2))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A two character country code from ISO 3166, a blank string
        (two space characters) shall indicate that the country is
        not defined.  Examples: US, FR, DE, ..."
    ::= { prtLocalizationEntry 3 }

prtLocalizationCharacterSet OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     CodedCharSet
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 32]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        "The coded character set used for this localization."
    ::= { prtLocalizationEntry 4 }

-- The System Resources Tables

-- The Printer MIB makes use of the Host MIB to
-- define system resources by referencing the storage
-- and device groups of the print group.  In order to
-- determine, amongst multiple printers serviced by
-- one agent, which printer owns a particular
-- resource, the prtStorageRef and prtDeviceRef tables
-- associate particular storage and device entries to
-- printers.

prtStorageRefTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtStorageRefEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        ""
    ::= { prtGeneral 2 }

prtStorageRefEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtStorageRefEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This table will have an entry for each entry in
        the host MIB storage table that represents storage associated
        with a printer managed by this agent."
    INDEX      { hrStorageIndex, prtStorageRefSeqNumber }
    ::= { prtStorageRefTable 1 }

PrtStorageRefEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    prtStorageRefSeqNumber  Integer32,
    prtStorageRefIndex      Integer32
}

prtStorageRefSeqNumber OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This value will be unique amongst all entries with a common
        value of hrStorageIndex.

        This object allows a storage entry to point to the multiple
        printer devices with which it is associated."



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 33]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    ::= { prtStorageRefEntry 1 }

prtStorageRefIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of the hrDeviceIndex of the printer device that this
        storageEntry is associated with."
    ::= { prtStorageRefEntry 2 }

prtDeviceRefTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtDeviceRefEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        ""
    ::= { prtGeneral 3 }

prtDeviceRefEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtDeviceRefEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This table will have an entry for each entry in
        the host MIB device table that represents a device associated
        with a printer managed by this agent."
    INDEX      { hrDeviceIndex, prtDeviceRefSeqNumber }
    ::= { prtDeviceRefTable 1 }

PrtDeviceRefEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    prtDeviceRefSeqNumber   Integer32,
    prtDeviceRefIndex       Integer32
}

prtDeviceRefSeqNumber OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This value will be unique amongst all entries with a common
        value of hrDeviceIndex.

        This object allows a device entry to point to the multiple
        printer devices with which it is associated."
    ::= { prtDeviceRefEntry 1 }

prtDeviceRefIndex OBJECT-TYPE



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 34]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of the hrDeviceIndex of the printer device that this
        deviceEntry is associated with."
    ::= { prtDeviceRefEntry 2 }

-- The Responsible Party group
--
-- This group is optional.  However, to claim conformance to this
-- group, it is necessary to implement every object in the group.

prtGeneralCurrentOperator OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..127))
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The name of the current human operator responsible for
        operating this printer. It is suggested that this string
        include information that would enable other humans to reach
        the operator, such as a phone number."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 4 }

prtGeneralServicePerson OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..127))
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The name of the last human responsible for servicing
        this printer. It is suggested that this string
        include information that would enable other humans to reach
        the service person, such as a phone number."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 5 }

-- The Input Group
--
-- Input sub-units are managed as a tabular, indexed collection of
-- possible devices capable of providing media for input to the printing
-- process.  Input sub-units typically have a location, a type, an
-- identifier, a set of constraints on possible media sizes and
-- potentially other media characteristics, and may be capable of
-- indicating current status or capacity.
--
-- Implementation of every object in this group is mandatory.


prtInput   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 8 }



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 35]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


prtInputDefaultIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
       "The value of prtInputIndex corresponding to the default input
        sub-unit: that is, this object selects the default source of
        input media."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 6 }

prtInputTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtInputEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A table of the devices capable of providing media for input
        to the printing process."
    ::= { prtInput 2 }

prtInputEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtInputEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Attributes of a device capable of providing media for input
        to the printing process.

        Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtInputIndex }
    ::= { prtInputTable 1 }

PrtInputEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        prtInputIndex                     Integer32,
        prtInputType                      INTEGER,
        prtInputDimUnit                   MediaUnit,
        prtInputMediaDimFeedDirDeclared   Integer32,
        prtInputMediaDimXFeedDirDeclared  Integer32,
        prtInputMediaDimFeedDirChosen     Integer32,
        prtInputMediaDimXFeedDirChosen    Integer32,
        prtInputCapacityUnit              CapacityUnit,
        prtInputMaxCapacity               Integer32,
        prtInputCurrentLevel              Integer32,
        prtInputStatus                    SubUnitStatus,
        prtInputMediaName                 OCTET STRING,
        prtInputName                      OCTET STRING,
        prtInputVendorName                OCTET STRING,
        prtInputModel                     OCTET STRING,



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 36]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        prtInputVersion                   OCTET STRING,
        prtInputSerialNumber              OCTET STRING,
        prtInputDescription               OCTET STRING,
        prtInputSecurity                  PresentOnOff,
        prtInputMediaWeight               Integer32,
        prtInputMediaType                 OCTET STRING,
        prtInputMediaColor                OCTET STRING,
        prtInputMediaFormParts            Integer32
}

prtInputIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by the printer to identify this input
        sub-unit. Although these values may change due to a major
        reconfiguration of the device (e.g. the addition of new
        input sub-units to the printer), values are expected to
        remain stable across successive printer power cycles."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 1 }

prtInputType OBJECT-TYPE
    --  This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   unknown(2),
                   sheetFeedAutoRemovableTray(3),
                   sheetFeedAutoNonRemovableTray(4),
                   sheetFeedManual(5),
                   continuousRoll(6),
                   continuousFanFold(7)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The type of technology (discriminated primarily according to
        feeder mechanism type) employed by the input sub-unit.  Note,
        the Optional Input Class provides for a descriptor field to
        further qualify the other choice."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 2 }

prtInputDimUnit OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     MediaUnit
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The unit of measurement for use calculating and relaying



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 37]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        dimensional values for this input sub-unit."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 3 }

prtInputMediaDimFeedDirDeclared OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This object provides the value of the declared dimension, in
        the feed direction, of the media that is (or, if empty, was or
        will be) in this input sub-unit.  The feed direction is the
        direction in which the media is fed on this sub-unit.  This
        dimension is measured in input sub-unit dimensional units
        (prtInputDimUnit).  If this input sub-unit can reliably sense
        this value, the value is sensed by the printer and may not be
        changed by management requests.  Otherwise, the value may be
        changed. The value (-1) means other and specifically means
        that this sub-unit places no restriction on this parameter.
        The value (-2) indicates unknown."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 4 }

prtInputMediaDimXFeedDirDeclared OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This object provides the value of the declared dimension, in
        the cross feed direction, of the media that is (or, if empty,
        was or will be) in this input sub-unit.  The cross  feed
        direction is ninety degrees relative to the feed direction
        associated with this sub-unit. This dimension is measured in
        input sub-unit dimensional units (prtInputDimUnit).  If this
        input sub-unit can reliably sense this value, the value is
        sensed by the printer and may not be changed by management
        requests. Otherwise, the value may be changed. The value (-1)
        means other and specifically means that this sub-unit places
        no restriction on this parameter. The value (-2) indicates
        unknown."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 5 }

prtInputMediaDimFeedDirChosen OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The printer will act as if media of the chosen dimension (in
        the feed direction) is present in this input source.  Note
        that this value will be used even if the input tray is empty.



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 38]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        Feed dimension measurements
        are taken parallel relative to the feed direction
        associated with that sub-unit and are in input sub-unit
        dimensional units (DimUnit). If the printer supports the
        declared dimension, the granted dimension is the same as
        the declared dimension. If not, the granted dimension is
        set to the closest dimension that the printer supports
        when the declared dimension is set. The value (-1) means
        other and specifically indicates that this sub-unit
        places no restriction on this parameter. The value (-2)
        indicates unknown."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 6 }

prtInputMediaDimXFeedDirChosen OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The printer will act as if media of the chosen dimension (in
        the cross feed direction) is present in this input source.
        Note that this value will be used even if the input tray is
        empty.  The cross feed direction is ninety degrees relative
        to the feed direction associated with this sub-unit. This
        dimension is measured in input sub-unit dimensional units
        (DimUnit).  If the printer supports the declared
        dimension, the granted dimension is the same as the
        declared dimension. If not, the granted dimension is set
        to the closest dimension that the printer supports when
        the declared dimension is set. The value (-1) means other
        and specifically indicates that this sub-unit places no
        restriction on this parameter.  The value (-2) indicates
        unknown."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 7 }

prtInputCapacityUnit OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     CapacityUnit
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The unit of measurement for use in calculating and relaying
        capacity values for this input sub-unit."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 8 }

prtInputMaxCapacity OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 39]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        "The maximum capacity of the input sub-unit in input
        sub-unit capacity units (CapacityUnit).  There is no
        convention associated with the media itself so this value
        reflects claimed capacity. If this input sub-unit can
        reliably sense this value, the value is sensed by the
        printer and may not be changed by management requests;
        otherwise, the value may be written (by a Remote
        Contol Panel or a Management Application).
        The value (-1) means other and specifically
        indicates that the sub-unit places no restrictions
        on this parameter.  The value (-2) means unknown."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 9 }

prtInputCurrentLevel OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 --    in capacity units (CapacityUnit).
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The current capacity of the input sub-unit in input
        sub-unit capacity units (CapacityUnit). If this input
        sub-unit can reliably sense this value, the value is
        sensed by the printer and may not be changed by
        management requests; otherwise, the value may
        be written (by a Remote Contol Panel or a
        Management Application).  The value (-1) means other and
        specifically indicates that the sub-unit places no
        restrictions on this parameter. The value (-2) means unknown.
        The value (-3) means that the printer knows that at least one
        unit remains."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 10 }

prtInputStatus OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SubUnitStatus
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The current status of this input sub-unit."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 11 }

prtInputMediaName OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A description of the media contained in this input sub-unit;
        This description is intended for display to a human operator.
        This description is not processed by the printer.  It is used
        to provide information not expressible in terms of the other



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 40]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        media attributes (e.g. prtInputMediaDimFeedDirChosen,
        prtInputMediaDimXFeedDirChosen, prtInputMediaWeight,
        prtInputMediaType). An example would be `legal tender bond
        paper'."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 12 }

--               INPUT MEASUREMENT
--
--     _______ |                     |
--      ^      |                     |
--      |      |                     |                    |
--      |      |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| _________________  |direction
--      |      |                     |      ^             v
-- MaxCapacity |                     |      |
--      |      | Sheets left in tray | CurrentLevel
--      |      |                     |      |
--      v      |                     |      v
--     _______ +_____________________+ _______

-- The Extended Input Group
--
-- This group is optional.  However, to claim conformance to this
-- group, it is necessary to implement every object in the group.


prtInputName OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The name assigned to this input sub-unit."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 13 }

prtInputVendorName OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The vendor name of this input sub-unit."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 14 }

prtInputModel OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The model name of this input sub-unit."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 15 }



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 41]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


prtInputVersion OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The version of this input sub-unit."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 16 }

prtInputSerialNumber OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..32))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The serial number assigned to this input sub-unit."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 17 }

prtInputDescription OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A free-form text description of this input
        sub-unit in the localization specified by
        prtGeneralCurrentLocalization."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 18 }

prtInputSecurity OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PresentOnOff
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Indicates if this input sub-unit has some security
        associated with it."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 19 }

-- The Input Media Group
--
-- The Input Media Group supports identification of media installed
-- or available for use on a printing device. Medium resources are
-- identified by name, and include a collection of characteristic
-- attributes that may further be used for selection and management
-- of them. The Input Media group consists of a set of optional
-- "columns" in the Input Table. In this manner, a minimally
-- conforming implementation may choose to not support reporting
-- of media resources if it cannot do so.
--
-- This group is optional.  However, to claim conformance to this
-- group, it is necessary to implement every object in the group.



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 42]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


prtInputMediaWeight  OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The weight of the medium associated with this input
        sub-unit in grams / per meter squared. The value (-2) means
        unknown."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 20 }

prtInputMediaType OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The name of the type of medium associated with this input
        sub-unit. This name need not be processed by the printer; it
        might simply be displayed to an operator. The standardized
        string values from ISO 10175 (DPA) and ISO 10180 (SPDL) are:

        stationery       Separately cut sheets of an opaque material
        transparency     Separately cut sheets of a transparent material
        envelope         Envelopes that can be used for conventional
        mailing purposes
        envelope-plain   Envelopes that are not preprinted and have no
                         windows
        envelope-window  Envelopes that have windows for addressing
                         purposes
        continuous-long  Continuously connected sheets of an opaque
                         material connected along the long edge
        continuous-short Continuously connected sheets of an opaque
                         material connected along the short edge
        tab-stock        Media with tabs
        multi-part-form  Form medium composed of multiple layers not
                         pre-attached to one another; each sheet may be
                         drawn separately from an input source
        labels           Label stock
        multi-layer      Form medium composed of multiple layers which
                         are pre-attached to one another; e.g., for
                         use with impact printers"
    ::= { prtInputEntry 21 }

prtInputMediaColor OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The name of the color of the medium associated with



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 43]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        this input sub-unit using standardized string values
        from ISO 10175 (DPA) and ISO 10180 (SPDL) which are:

        other
        unknown
        white
        pink
        yellow
        buff
        goldenrod
        blue
        green
        transparent

        Implementors may add additional string values. The naming
        conventions in ISO 9070 are recommended in order to avoid
        potential name clashes."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 22 }

prtInputMediaFormParts OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
         "The number of parts associated with the medium
         associated with this input sub-unit if the medium is a
         multi-part form.  The value (-1) means other and
         specifically indicates that the device places no
         restrictions on this parameter.  The value (-2) means
         unknown."
    ::= { prtInputEntry 23 }

-- The Output Group
--
-- Output sub-units are managed as a tabular, indexed collection of
-- possible devices capable of receiving media delivered from the
-- printing process.  Output sub-units typically have a location,
-- a type, an identifier, a set of constraints on possible media
-- sizes and potentially other characteristics, and may be capable
-- of indicating current status or capacity.
--
-- Implementation of every object in this group is mandatory.

prtOutput  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 9 }

prtOutputDefaultIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 44]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The  value of prtOutputIndex  corresponding to the default
        output sub-unit; that is, this object selects the default
        output destination."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 7 }

prtOutputTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtOutputEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A table of the devices capable of receiving media delivered
        from the printing process."
    ::= { prtOutput 2 }

prtOutputEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtOutputEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Attributes of a device capable of receiving media delivered
        from the printing process.

        Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtOutputIndex }
    ::= { prtOutputTable 1 }

PrtOutputEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        prtOutputIndex                    Integer32,
        prtOutputType                     INTEGER,
        prtOutputCapacityUnit             CapacityUnit,
        prtOutputMaxCapacity              Integer32,
        prtOutputRemainingCapacity        Integer32,
        prtOutputStatus                   SubUnitStatus,
        prtOutputName                     OCTET STRING,
        prtOutputVendorName               OCTET STRING,
        prtOutputModel                    OCTET STRING,
        prtOutputVersion                  OCTET STRING,
        prtOutputSerialNumber             OCTET STRING,
        prtOutputDescription              OCTET STRING,
        prtOutputSecurity                 PresentOnOff,
        prtOutputDimUnit                  MediaUnit,
        prtOutputMaxDimFeedDir            Integer32,
        prtOutputMaxDimXFeedDir           Integer32,
        prtOutputMinDimFeedDir            Integer32,
        prtOutputMinDimXFeedDir           Integer32,



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 45]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        prtOutputStackingOrder            INTEGER,
        prtOutputPageDeliveryOrientation  INTEGER,
        prtOutputBursting                 PresentOnOff,
        prtOutputDecollating              PresentOnOff,
        prtOutputPageCollated             PresentOnOff,
        prtOutputOffsetStacking           PresentOnOff
}

prtOutputIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by this printer to identify this
        output sub-unit. Although these values may change due
        to a major reconfiguration of the sub-unit (e.g.  the
        addition of new output devices to the printer), values
        are expected to remain stable across successive printer
        power cycles."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 1 }

prtOutputType OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   unknown(2),
                   removableBin(3),
                   unRemovableBin(4),
                   continuousRollDevice(5),
                   mailBox(6),
                   continuousFanFold(7)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The type of technology supported by this output sub-unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 2 }

prtOutputCapacityUnit OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     CapacityUnit
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The unit of measurement for use in calculating and relaying
        capacity values for this output sub-unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 3 }

prtOutputMaxCapacity OBJECT-TYPE



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 46]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The maximum capacity of this output sub-unit in output
        sub-unit capacity units (CapacityUnit). There is no
        convention associated with the media itself so this value
        essentially reflects claimed capacity. If this output
        sub-unit can reliably sense this value, the value is
        sensed by the printer and may not be changed by management
        requests; otherwise, the value may be written
        (by a Remote Contol Panel or a Management Application).
        The value (-1) means other and specifically indicates
        that the sub-unit places no restrictions on this parameter.
        The value (-2) means unknown."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 4 }

prtOutputRemainingCapacity OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The remaining capacity of the possible output sub-unit
        capacity in output sub-unit capacity units (CapacityUnit)
        of this output sub-unit. If this output sub-unit can
        reliably sense this value, the value is sensed by the
        printer and may not be modified by management requests;
        otherwise, the value may be written (by
        a Remote Contol Panel or a Management
        Application).  The value (-1) means other and
        specifically indicates that the sub-unit places no
        restrictions on this parameter.  The value (-2) means
        unknown.  The value (-3) means that the printer knows that
        there remains capacity for at least one unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 5 }

prtOutputStatus OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SubUnitStatus
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The current status of this output sub-unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 6 }








Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 47]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


--               OUTPUT MEASUREMENT
--
--     _______ |                     | _______
--      ^      |                     |      ^
--      |      |                     |      |
--      |      |                     | RemainingCapacity
-- MaxCapacity |                     |      |
--      |      |                     |      v               ^
--      |      |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| ___________________  |direction
--      |      |                     |                      |
--      |      |  Sheets in output   |
--      v      |                     |
--     _______ +_____________________+

-- The Extended Output Group
--
-- This group is optional.  However, to claim conformance to this
-- group, it is necessary to implement every object in the group.

prtOutputName OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The name assigned to this output sub-unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 7 }

prtOutputVendorName OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The vendor name of this output sub-unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 8 }

prtOutputModel OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The name assigned to this output sub-unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 9 }

prtOutputVersion OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 48]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        "The version of this output sub-unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 10 }

prtOutputSerialNumber OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The serial number assigned to this output sub-unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 11 }

prtOutputDescription OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "  A free-form text description of this output sub-unit in the
        localization specified by prtGeneralCurrentLocalization."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 12 }

prtOutputSecurity OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PresentOnOff
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Indicates if this output sub-unit has some security associated
        with it and if that security is enabled or not."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 13 }

-- The Output Dimensions Group
--
-- This group is optional.  However, to claim conformance to this
-- group, it is necessary to implement every object in the group.

prtOutputDimUnit OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     MediaUnit
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The unit of measurement for use in calculating and relaying
        dimensional values for this output sub-unit."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 14 }

prtOutputMaxDimFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 49]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        "The maximum dimensions supported by this output sub-unit
        for measurements taken parallel relative to the feed
        direction associated with that sub-unit in output
        sub-unit dimensional units (DimUnit). If this output
        sub-unit can reliably sense this value, the value is
        sensed by the printer and may not be changed with
        management protocol operations."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 15 }

prtOutputMaxDimXFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The maximum dimensions supported by this output sub-unit
        for measurements taken ninety degrees relative to the
        feed direction associated with that sub-unit in output
        sub-unit dimensional units (DimUnit). If this output
        sub-unit can reliably sense this value, the value is
        sensed by the printer and may not be changed with
        management protocol operations."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 16 }

prtOutputMinDimFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The minimum dimensions supported by this output sub-unit
        for measurements taken parallel relative to the feed
        direction associated with that sub-unit in output
        sub-unit dimensional units (DimUnit).  If this output
        sub-unit can reliably sense this value, the value is
        sensed by the printer and may not be changed with
        management protocol operations."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 17 }

prtOutputMinDimXFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The minimum dimensions supported by this output sub-unit
        for measurements taken ninety degrees relative to the
        feed direction associated with that sub-unit in output
        sub-unit dimensional units (DimUnit). If this output
        sub-unit can reliably sense this value, the value is
        sensed by the printer and may not be changed with



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 50]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        management protocol operations."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 18 }

-- The Output Features Group
--
-- This group is optional.  However, to claim conformance to this
-- group, it is necessary to implement every object in the group.

prtOutputStackingOrder OBJECT-TYPE
    --  This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   unknown(2),
                   firstToLast(3),
                   lastToFirst(4)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The current state of the stacking order for the
        associated output sub-unit. `FirstToLast' means
        that as pages are output the front of the next page is
        placed against the back of the previous page.
        `LasttoFirst' means that as pages are output the back
        of the next page is placed against the front of the
        previous page."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 19 }

prtOutputPageDeliveryOrientation OBJECT-TYPE
    --   This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   faceUp(3),
                   faceDown(4)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The reading surface that will be `up' when pages are
        delivered to the associated output sub-unit. Values are
        Face-Up and Face-Down. (Note: interpretation of these
        values is in general context-dependent based on locale;
        presentation of these values to an end-user should be
        normalized to the expectations of the user)."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 20 }

prtOutputBursting OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PresentOnOff
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 51]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    DESCRIPTION
        "This object indicates that the outputing sub-unit
        supports bursting, and if so, whether the feature is enabled.
        Bursting is the process by which continuous media is separated
        into individual sheets, typically by bursting along pre-formed
        perforations."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 21 }

prtOutputDecollating OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PresentOnOff
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This object indicates that the output supports
        supports decollating, and if so, whether the feature
        is enabled. Decollating is the process by which the
        individual parts within a multi-part form are separated
        and sorted into separate stacks for each part."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 22 }

prtOutputPageCollated OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PresentOnOff
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This object indicates that the output sub-unit
        supports page collation, and if so, whether the feature is
        enabled."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 23 }

prtOutputOffsetStacking OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PresentOnOff
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This object indicates that the output supports
        supports offset stacking, and if so, whether the feature is
        enabled."
    ::= { prtOutputEntry 24 }

-- The Marker Group
--
-- A marker is the mechanism that produces marks on the print media.  The
-- marker sub-units and their associated supplies are represented by the
-- Marker Group in the model.  A printer can contain one or more marking
-- mechanisms.  Some examples of multiple marker sub-units are: a printer
-- with separate markers for normal and magnetic ink or an imagesetter
-- that can output to both a proofing device and final film. Each marking



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 52]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


-- device can have its own set of  characteristics associated with it,
-- such as marking technology and resolution.
--
-- Implementation of every object in this group is mandatory.


prtMarker OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 10 }

prtMarkerDefaultIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of prtMarkerIndex  corresponding to the
        default markersub-unit; that is, this object selects the
        default marker."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 8 }

-- The printable area margins as listed below define an area of the print
-- media which is guaranteed to be printable for all combinations of
-- input, media paths, and interpreters for this marker.

prtMarkerTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtMarkerEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        ""
    ::= { prtMarker 2 }

prtMarkerEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtMarkerEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtMarkerIndex }
    ::= { prtMarkerTable 1 }

PrtMarkerEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        prtMarkerIndex                  Integer32,
        prtMarkerMarkTech               INTEGER,
        prtMarkerCounterUnit            INTEGER,
        prtMarkerLifeCount              Counter32,
        prtMarkerPowerOnCount           Counter32,
        prtMarkerProcessColorants       Integer32,
        prtMarkerSpotColorants          Integer32,



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 53]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        prtMarkerAddressabilityUnit     INTEGER,
        prtMarkerAddressabilityFeedDir  Integer32,
        prtMarkerAddressabilityXFeedDir Integer32,
        prtMarkerNorthMargin            Integer32,
        prtMarkerSouthMargin            Integer32,
        prtMarkerWestMargin             Integer32,
        prtMarkerEastMargin             Integer32,
        prtMarkerStatus                 SubUnitStatus
}


prtMarkerIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by the printer to identify this marking
        SubUnitStatus.  Although these values may change due to a major
        reconfiguration of the device (e.g. the addition of new marking
        sub-units to the printer), values are expected to remain
        stable across successive printer power cycles."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 1 }

prtMarkerMarkTech OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   unknown(2),
                   electrophotographicLED(3),
                   electrophotographicLaser(4),
                   electrophotographicOther(5),
                   impactMovingHeadDotMatrix9pin(6),
                   impactMovingHeadDotMatrix24pin(7),
                   impactMovingHeadDotMatrixOther(8),
                   impactMovingHeadFullyFormed(9),
                   impactBand(10),
                   impactOther(11),
                   inkjetAqueous(12),
                   inkjetSolid(13),
                   inkjetOther(14),
                   pen(15),
                   thermalTransfer(16),
                   thermalSensitive(17),
                   thermalDiffusion(18),
                   thermalOther(19),
                   electroerosion(20),
                   electrostatic(21),
                   photographicMicrofiche(22),



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 54]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                   photographicImagesetter(23),
                   photographicOther(24),
                   ionDeposition(25),
                   eBeam(26),
                   typesetter(27)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The type of marking technology used for this marking sub-unit."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 2 }

prtMarkerCounterUnit OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   tenThousandthsOfInches(3),  -- .0001
                   micrometers(4),
                   characters(5),
                   lines(6),
                   impressions(7),
                   sheets(8),
                   dotRow(9),
                   hours(11),
                   feet(16),
                   meters(17)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The unit that will be used by the printer when reporting
        counter values for this marking sub-unit.  The
        time units of measure are provided for a device like a
        strip recorder that does not or cannot track the physical
        dimensions of the media and does not use characters,
        lines or sheets."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 3}

prtMarkerLifeCount OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Counter32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The count of the number of units of measure counted during
        the life of printer using units of measure as specified by
        CounterUnit."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 4 }

prtMarkerPowerOnCount OBJECT-TYPE



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 55]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    SYNTAX     Counter32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The count of the number of units of measure counted since the
        equipment was most recently powered on using units of measure as
        specified by CounterUnit."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 5 }

prtMarkerProcessColorants OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The number of process colors supported by this marker.  A
        process color of 1 implies monochrome.  The value of this
        object and SpotColorants cannot both be 0.  Must be 0 or
        greater."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 6 }

prtMarkerSpotColorants OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The number of spot colors supported by this marker.  The
        value of this object and ProcessColorants cannot
        both be 0.  Must be 0 or greater."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 7 }

prtMarkerAddressabilityUnit OBJECT-TYPE
    --   This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   tenThousandthsOfInches(3),  -- .0001
                   micrometers(4)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The unit of measure of distances."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 8 }

prtMarkerAddressabilityFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The  number of addressable marking positions in the feed



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 56]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        direction per 10000 units of measure specified by
        AddressabilityUnit.  A value of (-1) implies 'other' or
        'infinite' while a value of (-2) implies 'unknown'."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 9 }

prtMarkerAddressabilityXFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The number of addressable marking positions in the cross
        feed direction in 10000 units of measure specified by
        AddressabilityUnit.  A value of (-1) implies 'other' or
        'infinite' while a value of (-2) implies 'unknown'."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 10 }

prtMarkerNorthMargin OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The margin, in units identified by AddressabilityUnit,
        from the leading edge of the medium as the medium flows
        throught the marking engine with the side to be imaged
        facing the observer. The leading edge is the North edge
        and the other edges are defined by the normal compass
        layout of  directions with the compass facing the
        observer.  Printing within the area bounded by all four
        margins is guaranteed for all interpreters.   The value
        (-2) means unknown."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 11 }

prtMarkerSouthMargin OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The margin from the South edge  (see NorthMargin)
        of the medium in units identified by
        AddressabilityUnit.  Printing within the area bounded by
        all four margins  is guaranteed for all interpreters.
        The value (-2) means unknown."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 12 }

prtMarkerWestMargin OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 57]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    DESCRIPTION
        "The margin from the West edge (see NorthMargin) of the
        medium in units identified by AddressabilityUnit.
        Printing within the area bouned by all four margins is
        guaranteed for all interpreters.   The value (-2) means
        unknown."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 13 }

prtMarkerEastMargin OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The margin from the East edge (see NorthMargin) of the
        medium in units identified by AddressabilityUnit.
        Printing within the area bounded by all four margins is
        guaranteed for all interpreters. The value (-2) means
        unknown."
    ::= { prtMarkerEntry 14 }

prtMarkerStatus OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SubUnitStatus
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The current status of this marker sub-unit."
        ::= { prtMarkerEntry 15 }

-- The Marker Supplies Group
--
-- This group is optional.  However, to claim conformance to this
-- group, it is necessary to implement every object in the group.

prtMarkerSupplies OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 11 }

prtMarkerSuppliesTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtMarkerSuppliesEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A table of the marker supplies available on this printer."
    ::= { prtMarkerSupplies 1 }

prtMarkerSuppliesEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtMarkerSuppliesEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 58]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        "Attributes of a marker supply.

        Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtMarkerSuppliesIndex }
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesTable 1 }

PrtMarkerSuppliesEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        prtMarkerSuppliesIndex          Integer32,
        prtMarkerSuppliesMarkerIndex    Integer32,
        prtMarkerSuppliesColorantIndex  Integer32,
        prtMarkerSuppliesClass          INTEGER,
        prtMarkerSuppliesType           INTEGER,
        prtMarkerSuppliesDescription    OCTET STRING,
        prtMarkerSuppliesSupplyUnit     INTEGER,
        prtMarkerSuppliesMaxCapacity    Integer32,
        prtMarkerSuppliesLevel          Integer32
}


prtMarkerSuppliesIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by the printer to identify this marker
        supply.  Although these values may change due to a major
        reconfiguration of the device (e.g. the addition of new marker
        supplies to the printer), values are expected to remain stable
        across successive printer power cycles."
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesEntry 1 }

prtMarkerSuppliesMarkerIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of prtMarkerIndex corresponding to the
        marking sub-unit with which this marker supply
        sub-unit is associated."
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesEntry 2 }

prtMarkerSuppliesColorantIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of prtMarkerColorantIndex



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 59]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        corresponding to the colorant with which this
        marker supply sub-unit is associated.  This value
        shall be 0 if there is no colorant table."
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesEntry 3 }

prtMarkerSuppliesClass OBJECT-TYPE
    --  This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   supplyThatIsConsumed(3),
                   receptacleThatIsFilled(4)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Indicates whether this supply entity represents a supply
        container that is consumed or a receptacle that is filled."
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesEntry 4 }

prtMarkerSuppliesType OBJECT-TYPE
    --   This value is a type 3 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   unknown(2),
                   toner(3),
                   wasteToner(4),
                   ink(5),
                   inkCartridge(6),
                   inkRibbon(7),
                   wasteInk(8),
                   opc(9),
                   developer(10),
                   fuserOil(11),
                   solidWax(12),
                   ribbonWax(13),
                   wasteWax(14)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The type of this supply."
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesEntry 5 }

prtMarkerSuppliesDescription OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 60]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        "The description of this supply container/receptacle in the
        localization specified by prtGeneralCurrentLocalization."
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesEntry 6 }

prtMarkerSuppliesSupplyUnit OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   tenThousandthsOfInches(3),  -- .0001
                   micrometers(4),
                   thousandthsOfOunces(12),
                   tenthsOfGrams(13),
                   hundrethsOfFluidOunces(14),
                   tenthsOfMilliliters(15)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Unit of this marker supply container/receptacle."
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesEntry 7 }

prtMarkerSuppliesMaxCapacity OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The maximum capacity of this supply container/receptacle
        expressed in SupplyUnit. If this supply
        container/receptacle can reliably sense this value, the
        value is sensed by the printer and is read-only;
        otherwise, the value may be written (by a Remote Contol
        Panel or a Management Application). The value (-1) means
        other and specifically indicates that the sub-unit places
        no restrictions on this parameter. The value (-2) means
        unknown."
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesEntry 8 }

prtMarkerSuppliesLevel OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The current level if this supply is a container; the
        remaining space if this supply is a receptacle. If this
        supply container/receptacle can reliably sense this
        value, the value is sensed by the printer and is
        read-only; otherwise, the value may be written (by a
        Remote Contol Panel or a Management Application). The
        value (-1) means other and specifically indicates that



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 61]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        the sub-unit places no restrictions on this parameter.
        The value (-2) means unknown.  A value of (-3) means that the
        printer knows that there is some supply/remaining space,
        respectively."
    ::= { prtMarkerSuppliesEntry 9 }

-- The Marker Colorant Group
--
-- This group is optional.  However, to claim conformance to this
-- group, it is necessary to implement every object in the group.

prtMarkerColorant OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 12 }

prtMarkerColorantTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtMarkerColorantEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A table of all of the colorants available on the printer."
    ::= { prtMarkerColorant 1 }

prtMarkerColorantEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtMarkerColorantEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Attributes of a colorant available on the printer.

        Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX { hrDeviceIndex, prtMarkerColorantIndex }
    ::= { prtMarkerColorantTable 1 }

PrtMarkerColorantEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
        prtMarkerColorantIndex          Integer32,
        prtMarkerColorantMarkerIndex    Integer32,
        prtMarkerColorantRole           INTEGER,
        prtMarkerColorantValue          OCTET STRING,
        prtMarkerColorantTonality       Integer32
}

prtMarkerColorantIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by the printer to identify this colorant.
        Although these values may change due to a major



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 62]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        reconfiguration of the device (e.g. the addition of new
        colorants to the printer), values are expected to remain
        stable across successive printer power cycles."
    ::= { prtMarkerColorantEntry 1 }

prtMarkerColorantMarkerIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of prtMarkerIndex corresponding to the
        marker sub-unit with which this colorant entry is
        associated."
    ::= { prtMarkerColorantEntry 2 }

prtMarkerColorantRole OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER { --  Colorant Role
                   other(1),
                   process(3),
                   spot(4)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The role played by this colorant."
    ::= { prtMarkerColorantEntry 3 }

prtMarkerColorantValue OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The name of the color of this The name of the color of this
        colorant using standardized string names from ISO 10175 (DPA)
        and ISO 10180 (SPDL) which are:
          other
          unknown
          white
          red
          green
          blue
          cyan
          magenta
          yellow
          black
        Implementors may add additional string values. The naming
        conventions in ISO 9070 are recommended in order to avoid



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 63]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        potential name clashes"
    ::= { prtMarkerColorantEntry 4 }

prtMarkerColorantTonality OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The distinct levels of tonality realizable by a marking
        sub-unit when using this colorant.  This value does not
        include the number of levels of tonal difference that an
        interpreter can obtain by techniques such as half toning.
        This value must be at least 2."
    ::= { prtMarkerColorantEntry 5 }

-- The Media Path Group
--
-- The media paths encompass the mechanisms in the printer that move the
-- media through the printer and connect all other media related sub-
-- units: inputs, outputs, markers and finishers. A printer contains one
-- or more media paths. These are represented by the Media Path Group in
-- the model. The Media Path group has some attributes that apply to all
-- paths plus a table of the separate media paths.

prtMediaPath OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 13 }

prtMediaPathDefaultIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of prtMediaPathIndex corresponding to
        the default media path; that is, the selection of the
        default media path."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 9 }

prtMediaPathTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtMediaPathEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        ""
    ::= { prtMediaPath 4 }

prtMediaPathEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtMediaPathEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 64]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    DESCRIPTION
        "Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtMediaPathIndex }
    ::= { prtMediaPathTable 1 }

PrtMediaPathEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    prtMediaPathIndex               Integer32,
    prtMediaPathMaxSpeedPrintUnit   INTEGER,
    prtMediaPathMediaSizeUnit       MediaUnit,
    prtMediaPathMaxSpeed            Integer32,
    prtMediaPathMaxMediaFeedDir     Integer32,
    prtMediaPathMaxMediaXFeedDir    Integer32,
    prtMediaPathMinMediaFeedDir     Integer32,
    prtMediaPathMinMediaXFeedDir    Integer32,
    prtMediaPathType                INTEGER,
    prtMediaPathDescription         OCTET STRING,
    prtMediaPathStatus              SubUnitStatus
}


prtMediaPathIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by the printer to identify this media
        path. Although these values may change due to a major
        reconfiguration of the device (e.g. the addition of new
        media paths to the printer), values are expected to remain
        stable across successive printer power
        cycles."
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 1 }

prtMediaPathMaxSpeedPrintUnit OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   tenThousandthsOfInchesPerHour(3),   -- .0001/hour
                   micrometersPerHour(4),
                   charactersPerHour(5),
                   linesPerHour(6),
                   impressionsPerHour(7),
                   sheetsPerHour(8),
                   dotRowPerHour(9),
                   feetPerHour(16),
                   metersPerHour(17)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 65]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The unit of measure used in specifying the speed of all media
        paths in the printer."
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 2 }

prtMediaPathMediaSizeUnit OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     MediaUnit
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The units of measure of media size for use in calculating and
        relaying dimensional values for all media paths in the printer."
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 3 }

prtMediaPathMaxSpeed OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The maximum printing speed of this media path expressed in
        prtMediaPathMaxSpeedUnit's.  A value of (-1) implies
        'other'."
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 4 }

prtMediaPathMaxMediaFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The maximum physical media size in the feed direction of this
        media path expressed in units of measure specified by
        MediaSizeUnit.  A value of (-1) implies 'unlimited'.  A value
        of (-2) implies 'unknown'"
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 5 }

prtMediaPathMaxMediaXFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The maximum physical media size across the feed direction of
        this media path expressed in units of measure specified by
        MediaSizeUnit.  A value of (-2) implies 'unknown'."
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 6 }

prtMediaPathMinMediaFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 66]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The minimum physical media size in the feed direction of this
        media path expressed in units of measure specified by
        MediaSizeUnit. A value of (-2) implies 'unknown'."
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 7 }

prtMediaPathMinMediaXFeedDir OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The minimum physical media size across the feed direction of
        this media path expressed in units of measure specified by
        MediaSizeUnit.  A value of (-2) implies 'unknown'."
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 8 }

prtMediaPathType OBJECT-TYPE
    --   This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   unknown(2),
                   longEdgeBindingDuplex(3),
                   shortEdgeBindingDuplex(4),
                   simplex(5)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The type of the media path for this media path."
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 9 }

prtMediaPathDescription OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The manufacturer-provided description of this media path in
        the localization specified by prtGeneralCurrentLocalization."
    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 10 }

prtMediaPathStatus OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SubUnitStatus
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The current status of this media path."



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 67]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    ::= { prtMediaPathEntry 11 }

-- The Channel Group
--
-- Implementation of every object in this group is mandatory.

-- Channels are independent sources of print data. Here,
-- print data is the term used for the information that is
-- used to construct printed pages and may have both data
-- and control aspects. The output of a channel is in a form
-- suitable for input to one of the interpreters as a
-- stream. A channel may be independently enabled (allowing
-- print data to flow) or disabled (stopping the flow of
-- print data). A printer may have one or more channels.
--
-- Basically, the channel abstraction is intended to cover
-- all the aspects of getting the print data to an
-- interpreter. This might include transporting the data
-- from one place to another, it might include (invisible)
-- compression, it might include encoding or packetizing to
-- provide multiple information sources over a single
-- physical interface and it might include filtering
-- characters that were destined for another kind of
-- channel. All of these aspects are hidden in the channel
-- abstraction.(Note some Page Description Languages have
-- compression built into them so "invisible" compression
-- refers to compression done by the transport medium and
-- removed before the data is presented to the interpreter.)
--
-- There are many kinds of channels;some of which are based
-- on networks and others which are not. For example, a
-- channel can be a serial (or parallel) connection; it can
-- be a service, such as the Unix Line Printer Daemon (LPD),
-- offering itself over a network connection (interface); or
-- it could be a disk drive into which a floppy disks with
-- the print data is inserted. Each channel is typically
-- identified by the electronic path and/or service protocol
-- used to deliver print data to the printer.
--
-- Channel example                   Implementation
--
-- serial port channel            bi-directional data channel
-- parallel port channel          often uni-directional channel
-- IEEE 1284 port channel         bi-directional channel
-- SCSI port channel              bi-directional
-- Apple PAP channel              may be based on Local-, Ether-or
--                                TokenTalk
-- LPD Server channel             typically TCP/IP based, port 515



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 68]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


-- Novell Remote Printer          typically SPX/IPX based channel
-- Novell Print Server            typically SPX/IPX based channel
-- port 9100 channel              HP and friends
-- Adobe AppSocket(9101) channel  a bi-directional extension of LPD
--
-- It is easy to note that this is a mixed bag.  There are
-- some physical connections over which no (or very meager)
-- protocols are run (e.g. the serial or old parallel ports)
-- and there are services which often have elaborate
-- protocols that run over a number of protocol stacks. In
-- the end what is important is the delivery of print data
-- thru the channel.
--
-- The channel sub-units are represented by the Channel
-- Group in the Model. It has a current Control Language
-- which can be used to specify which interpreter is to be
-- used for the print data and to query and change
-- environment variables used by the interpreters (and
-- Mangement Applications). There is also a default
-- interpreter that is to be used if an interpreter is not
-- explicitly specified using the Control Language. Channel
-- sub-units are based on an underlying interface.

--       The channel table and its underlying structure
--
-- The first seven items in the Channel Table define the
-- "channel" itself.  A channel typically depends on other
-- protocols and interfaces to provide the data that flows
-- thru the channel. It is necessary to provide control of
-- the (perhaps complex) process by which print data arrives
-- at an interpreter. Control is largely limited to enabling
-- or disabling the whole channel. It is likely, however,
-- that more control of the process of accessing print data
-- will be needed over time. Thus, the ChannelType will
-- allow type specific data to be associated with each
-- channel (using ChannelType specific groups in a fashion
-- analogous to the media specific MIBs that are associated
-- with the IANAIfType in the Interfaces Table). As a first
-- step in this direction, each channel will identify the
-- underlying Interface on which it is based. This is the
-- eighth object in each row of the table.

-- Some examples of the kind of control are where
-- compression or encoding is used; and whether the data is
-- filtered to remove file storage anomolies such as those
-- created by using MS-DOS/PC-DOS LPT1:.
--




Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 69]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


-- The Channel Table
--
-- The prtChannelTable represents the set of input data sources which
-- can provide print data to one or more of the interpreters
-- available on a printer


prtChannel OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 14 }

prtChannelTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtChannelEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        ""
    ::= { prtChannel 1 }

prtChannelEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtChannelEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtChannelIndex }
    ::= { prtChannelTable 1 }

PrtChannelEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    prtChannelIndex                     Integer32,
    prtChannelType                      INTEGER,
    prtChannelProtocolVersion           OCTET STRING,
    prtChannelCurrentJobCntlLangIndex   Integer32,
    prtChannelDefaultPageDescLangIndex  Integer32,
    prtChannelState                     INTEGER,
    prtChannelIfIndex                   Integer32,
    prtChannelStatus                    SubUnitStatus
}

prtChannelIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by the printer to identify this data
        channel.  Although these values may change due to a major
        reconfiguration of the device (e.g. the addition of new data
        channels to the printer), values are expected to remain
        stable across successive printer power cycles."



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 70]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    ::= { prtChannelEntry 1 }

prtChannelType OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   chSerialPort(3),
                   chParallelPort(4),
                   chIEEE1284Port(5),
                   chSCSIPort(6),
                   chAppleTalkPAP(7), -- AppleTalk Printer Achess Protocol
                   chLPDServer(8),
                   chNetwareRPrinter(9),  -- Netware
                   chNetwarePServer(10),  -- Netware
                   chPort9100(11),
                   chAppSocket(12),       -- a bi-directional, LPD-like
                                          -- protocol using 9101 for
                                          -- control and 9100 for data.
                                          -- Adobe Systems, Inc.
                   chFTP(13),             -- FTP "PUT" to printer
                   chTFTP(14),
                   chDLCLLCPort(15),
                   chIBM3270(16),
                   chIBM5250(17),
                   chFax(18),
                   chIEEE1394(19),
                   chTransport1(20),      -- port 35
                   chCPAP(21),            -- port 170
                   chDCERemoteProcCall(22), -- OSF
                   chONCRemoteProcCall(23), -- Sun Microsystems
                   chOLE(24),               -- Microsoft
                   chNamedPipe(25),
                   chPCPrint(26),           -- Banyan
                   chServerMessageBlock(27),
                        -- File/Print sharing protocol used by
                        -- various network operating systems
                        -- from IBM 3Com, Microsoft and others
                   chDPMF(28),  -- Distributed Print Mgt. Framework, IBM
                   chDLLAPI(29), -- Microsoft
                   chVxDAPI(30), -- Microsoft
                   chSystemObjectManager(31), -- IBM
                   chDECLAT(32),          -- Digital Equipment Corp.
                   chNPAP(33)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The type of this print data channel.  This



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 71]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        object provides the linkage to ChannelType-specific
        groups that may (conceptually) extend the prtChannelTable
        with additional details about that channel."
    ::= { prtChannelEntry 2 }

prtChannelProtocolVersion OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The version of the protocol used on this
        channel.  The format used for version numbering depends
        on prtChannelType."
    ::= { prtChannelEntry 3 }

prtChannelCurrentJobCntlLangIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of prtInterpreterIndex  corresponding to the
        Control Language Interpreter for this channel. This
        interpreter defines the syntax used for control
        functions, such as querying or changing environment
        variables and identifying job boundaries (e.g. PJL,
        PostScript, NPAP). Must be 1 or greater."
    ::= { prtChannelEntry 4 }

prtChannelDefaultPageDescLangIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of prtInterpreterIndex  corresponding to the
        Page Description Language Interpreter for this channel.
        This interpreter defines the default Page Description
        Language interpreter to be used for the print data unless
        the Control Language is used to select a specific
        interpreter (e.g.,  PCL, PostScript Language,
        auto-sense). Must be 1 or greater."
    ::= { prtChannelEntry 5 }

prtChannelState OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   printDataAccepted(3),
                   noDataAccepted(4)



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 72]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The state of this print data channel.  The value determines
        whether control information and print data is allowed through
        this channel or not."
    ::= { prtChannelEntry 6 }

prtChannelIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of ifIndex (in the ifTable; see the interface
        section of MIB-2/RFC 1213) which corresponds to this channel.
        When more than one row of the ifTable is relevant, this is
        the index of the row representing the topmost layer in the
        interface hierarchy.  A value of zero indicates that no
        interface is associated with this channel."
    ::= { prtChannelEntry 7 }

prtChannelStatus OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SubUnitStatus
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The current status of the channel."
    ::= { prtChannelEntry 8 }

-- The Interpreter Group
--
-- The interpreter sub-units are responsible for the conversion of a
-- description of intended print instances into images that are to be
-- marked on the media. A printer may have one or more interpreters. The
-- interpreter sub-units are represented by the Interpreter Group in the
-- Model. Each interpreter is generally implemented with software running
-- on the System Controller sub-unit. The Interpreter Table has one entry
-- per interpreter where the interpreters include both Page Description
-- Language (PDL) Interpreters and Control Language Interpreters.
--
-- Implementation of every object in this group is mandatory.


prtInterpreter OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 15 }

--       Interpreter Table
--



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 73]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


-- The prtInterpreterTable is a table representing the interpreters in
-- the printer.  An entry shall be placed in the interpreter table for
-- each interpreter on the printer.

prtInterpreterTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtInterpreterEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        ""
    ::= { prtInterpreter 1 }

prtInterpreterEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtInterpreterEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtInterpreterIndex }
    ::= { prtInterpreterTable 1 }

PrtInterpreterEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    prtInterpreterIndex                 Integer32,
    prtInterpreterLangFamily            INTEGER,
    prtInterpreterLangLevel             OCTET STRING,
    prtInterpreterLangVersion           OCTET STRING,
    prtInterpreterDescription           OCTET STRING,
    prtInterpreterVersion               OCTET STRING,
    prtInterpreterDefaultOrientation    INTEGER,
    prtInterpreterFeedAddressability    Integer32,
    prtInterpreterXFeedAddressability   Integer32,
    prtInterpreterDefaultCharSetIn      CodedCharSet,
    prtInterpreterDefaultCharSetOut     CodedCharSet,
    prtInterpreterTwoWay                INTEGER
}

prtInterpreterIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value for each PDL or control language for which
        there exists an interpreter or emulator in the printer.  The
        value is used to identify this interpreter. Although these
        values may change due to a major reconfiguration of the device
        (e.g. the addition of new interpreters to the printer), values
        are expected to remain stable across successive printer power



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 74]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        cycles."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 1 }

prtInterpreterLangFamily OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
          other(1),
          langPCL(3),        -- PCL.  Starting with PCL version 5,
                             -- HP-GL/2 is included as part of the
                             -- PCL language.
                             -- PCL and HP-GL/2 are registered
                             -- trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.
          langHPGL(4),       -- Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language.
                             -- HP-GL is a registered trademark of
                             -- Hewlett-Packard Company.
          langPJL(5),        -- Peripheral Job Language. Appears in the
                             -- data stream between data intended for a
                             -- page description language.
                             -- Hewlett-Packard Co.
          langPS(6),         -- PostScript Language (tm)
                             -- Postscript - a trademark of Adobe
                             -- Systems Incorporated which may be
                             -- registered in certain jurisdictions
          langPSPrinter(42), -- The PostScript Language used for
                             -- control (with any PDLs)
                             -- Adobe Systems Incorporated
          langIPDS(7),       -- Intelligent Printer Data Stream
                             -- Bi-directional print data stream for
                             -- documents consisting of data objects
                             -- (text, image, graphics, bar codes),
                             -- resources (fonts, overlays) and page,
                             -- form and finishing instructions.
                             -- Facilitates system level device
                             -- control, document tracking and error
                             -- recovery throughout the print process.
                             -- Pennant Systems, IBM
          langPPDS(8),       -- IBM Personal Printer Data Stream.
                             -- Originally called IBM ASCII, the name
                             -- was changed to PPDS when the Laser
                             -- Printer was introduced in 1989.
                             -- Lexmark International, Inc.
          langEscapeP(9),
          langEpson(10),
          langDDIF(11),      -- Digital Document Interchange Format
                             -- Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard MA
          langInterpress(12),
          langISO6429(13),   -- ISO 6429.  Control functions for Coded
                             -- Character Sets (has ASCII control



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 75]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                             -- characters, plus additional controls for
                             -- character imaging devices.)
                             -- ISO Standard, Geneva, Switzerland
          langLineData(14),  -- line-data:  Lines of data as separate
                             -- ASCII or EBCDIC records and containing
                             -- no control functions (no CR, LF, HT, FF,
                             -- etc.). For use with traditional line
                             -- printers.  May use CR and/or LF to
                             -- delimit lines, instead of records.  See
                             -- ISO 10175 Document Printing Application
                             -- (DPA)
                             -- ISO standard, Geneva, Switzerland
          langMODCA(15),     -- Mixed Object Document Content Architecture
                             -- Definitions that allow the composition,
                             -- interchange, and presentation of final
                             -- form documents as a collection of data
                             -- objects (text, image, graphics, bar
                             -- codes), resources (fonts, overlays) and
                             -- page, form and finishing instructions.
                             -- Pennant Systems, IBM
          langREGIS(16),     -- Remote Graphics Instruction Set,
                             -- Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard MA
          langSCS(17),       -- SNA Character String
                             -- Bi-directional print data stream for SNA
                             -- LU-1 mode of communications
                             -- IBM
          langSPDL(18),      -- ISO 10180 Standard Page Description
                             -- Language
                             -- ISO Standard
          langTEK4014(19),
          langPDS(20),
          langIGP(21),
          langCodeV(22),     -- Magnum Code-V, Image and printer control
                             -- language used to control impact/dot-
                             -- matrix printers.
                             -- QMS, Inc., Mobile AL
          langDSCDSE(23),    -- DSC-DSE:  Data Stream Compatible and
                             -- Emulation Bi-directional print data
                             -- stream for non-SNA (DSC) and SNA LU-3
                             -- 3270 controller (DSE) communications
                             -- IBM
          langWPS(24),       -- Windows Printing System, Resource based
                             -- command/data stream used by Microsoft At
                             -- Work Peripherals.
                             -- Developed by the Microsoft Corporation.
          langLN03(25),      -- Early DEC-PPL3, Digital Equipment Corp.
          langCCITT(26),
          langQUIC(27),      -- QUIC (Quality Information Code), Page



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 76]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                             -- Description Language for laser printers.
                             -- Included graphics, printer control
                             -- capability and emulation of other well-
                             -- known printer .
                             -- QMS, Inc.
          langCPAP(28),      -- Common Printer Access Protocol
                             -- Digital Equipment Corp.
          langDecPPL(29),    -- Digital ANSI-Compliant Printing Protocol
                             -- (DEC-PPL)
                             -- Digital Equipment Corp.
          langSimpleText(30),-- simple-text:  character coded data,
                             -- including NUL, CR , LF, HT, and FF
                             -- control characters.  See ISO 10175
                             -- Document Printing Application (DPA)
                             -- ISO standard, Geneva, Switzerland
          langNPAP(31),      -- Network Printer Alliance Protocol
                             -- IEEE 1284.1
          langDOC(32),       -- Document Option Commands, Appears in the
                             -- data stream between data intended for a
                             -- page description .
                             -- QMS, Inc.
          langimPress(33),   -- imPRESS, Page description language
                             -- originally developed for the ImageServer
                             -- line of systems. A binary language
                             -- providing representations for text,
                             -- simple graphics (rules, lines, conic
                             -- sections), and some large forms (simple
                             -- bit-map and CCITT group 3/4 encoded).The
                             -- language was intended to be sent over an
                             -- 8-bit channel and supported early
                             -- document preparation languages (e.g. TeX
                             -- and TROFF).
                             -- QMS, Inc.
          langPinwriter(34), -- 24 wire dot matrix printer  for
                             -- USA, Europe, and Asia except Japan.
                             -- More widely used in Germany, and some
                             -- Asian countries than in US.
                             -- NEC
          langNPDL(35),      -- Page printer  for Japanese
                             -- market.
                             -- NEC
          langNEC201PL(36),  -- Serial printer language used in the
                             -- Japanese market.
                             -- NEC
          langAutomatic(37), -- Automatic PDL sensing.  Automatic
                             -- sensing of the interpreter language
                             -- family by the printer examining the
                             -- document content.  Which actual



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 77]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                             -- interpreter language families are sensed
                             -- depends on the printer implementation.
          langPages(38),     -- Page printer Advanced Graphic Escape Set
                             -- IBM Japan
          langLIPS(39),      -- LBP Image Processing System
          langTIFF(40),      -- Tagged Image File Format (Aldus)
          langDiagnostic(41),-- A hex dump of the input to the
                             -- interpreter
          langCaPSL(43),     -- Canon Print Systems Language
          langEXCL(44),      -- Extended Command Language
                             -- Talaris Systems Inc.
          langLCDS(45),      -- Line Conditioned Data Stream
                             -- Xerox Corporation
          langXES(46)        -- Xerox Escape Sequences
                             -- Xerox Corporation
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The family name of a Page Description Language (PDL) or
        control language which this interpreter in the printer can
        interpret or emulate.  This type 2 list of enumerations
        requires review before additional entries are made."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 2 }

prtInterpreterLangLevel OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..31))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The level of the language which this interpreter is
        interpreting or emulating.  This might contain a value like
        '5e' for an interpreter which is emulating level 5e of the PCL
        language.  It might contain '2' for an interpreter which is
        emulating level 2 of the PostScript language.  Similarly it
        might contain '2' for an interpreter which is emulating level
        2 of the HPGL language."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 3 }

prtInterpreterLangVersion OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..31))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The date code or version of the language which this interpreter
        is interpreting or emulating."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 4 }




Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 78]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


prtInterpreterDescription OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A string to identify this interpreter in the localization
        specified by prtGeneralCurrentLocalization as opposed to the
        language which is being interpreted.  It is anticipated that
        this string will allow manufacturers to unambiguously identify
        their interpreters."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 5 }

prtInterpreterVersion OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..31))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The date code, version number, or other product specific
        information tied to this interpreter.  This value is
        associated with the interpreter, rather than with the version
        of the language which is being interpreted or emulated."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 6 }

prtInterpreterDefaultOrientation OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   portrait(3),
                   landscape(4)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The current orientation default for this interpreter.  This
        value may be overridden for a particular job (e.g., by a
        command in the input data stream)."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 7 }

prtInterpreterFeedAddressability OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The maximum interpreter addressability in the feed
        direction in 10000 prtMarkerAddressabilityUnit s (see
        prtMarkerAddressabilityFeedDir ) for this interpreter.
        The value (-1) means other and specifically indicates
        that the sub-unit places no restrictions on this parameter."



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 79]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 8 }

prtInterpreterXFeedAddressability OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The maximum interpreter addressability in the cross feed
        direction in 10000 prtMarkerAddressabilityUnit s (see
        prtMarkerAddressabilityXFeedDir) for this interpreter.
        The value (-1) means other and specifically indicates
        that the sub-unit places no restrictions on this
        parameter."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 9 }

prtInterpreterDefaultCharSetIn OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     CodedCharSet
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The default coded character set for input octets
        encountered outside a context in which the Page
        Description Language established the interpretation
        of the octets.

        This value shall be (2) if there is no default."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 10 }

prtInterpreterDefaultCharSetOut OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     CodedCharSet
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The default character set for data coming from this interpreter
        through the printer's output channel.


        This value shall be (2) if there is no default."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 11 }

prtInterpreterTwoWay OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   yes(3),
                   no(4)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 80]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    DESCRIPTION
        "Indicates whether or not this interpreter returns information
        back to the host."
    ::= { prtInterpreterEntry 12 }

-- The Console Group
--
-- Many printers have a console on the printer, the operator console,
-- that is used to display and modify the state of the printer. The
-- console can be as simple as a few indicators and switches or as
-- complicated as full screen displays and keyboards. There can be
-- at most one such console.
--
-- Implementation of every object in this group is mandatory.

prtConsoleLocalization OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of the prtLocalizationIndex corresponding to
        the language, country, and character set to be used for the
        console.  This localization applies both to the actual display
        on the console as well as the encoding of these console
        objects in management operations."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 10 }

prtConsoleNumberOfDisplayLines OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The number of lines on the printer's physical
        display.  This value is 0 if there are no lines on the
        physical display or if there is no physical display"
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 11 }

prtConsoleNumberOfDisplayChars OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The number of characters per line displayed on the physical
        display.  This value is 0 if there are no lines on the
        physical display or if there is no physical display"
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 12 }

prtConsoleDisable OBJECT-TYPE



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 81]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   enabled(3),
                   disabled(4)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This object enables or disables manual input from the
        operators console."
    ::= { prtGeneralEntry 13 }

-- The Display Buffer Table

prtConsoleDisplayBuffer OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 16 }

prtConsoleDisplayBufferTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtConsoleDisplayBufferEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        ""
    ::= { prtConsoleDisplayBuffer 5 }

prtConsoleDisplayBufferEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtConsoleDisplayBufferEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This table contains one entry for each physical line on
        the display.  Lines cannot be added or deleted.

        Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtConsoleDisplayBufferIndex }
    ::= { prtConsoleDisplayBufferTable 1 }

PrtConsoleDisplayBufferEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    prtConsoleDisplayBufferIndex    Integer32,
    prtConsoleDisplayBufferText     OCTET STRING
}

prtConsoleDisplayBufferIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value for each console line in the printer.  The
        value is used to identify this console line. Although



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 82]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        these values may change due to a major reconfiguration of
        the device (e.g. the addition of new console lines to the
        printer), values are expected to remain stable across
        successive printer power cycles."
    ::= { prtConsoleDisplayBufferEntry 1 }

prtConsoleDisplayBufferText OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The content of a line in the logical display buffer of
        the operator's console of the printer.  When a write
        operation occurs, normally a critical message, to one of
        the LineText strings, the agent should make that line
        displayable if a physical display is present.  Writing
        a zero length string clears the line.  It is an
        implementation-specific matter as to whether the agent allows
        a line to be overwritten before it has been cleared.
        Printer generated strings shall be in the localization
        specified by ConsoleLocalization.  Management Application
        generated strings should be localized by the Management
        Application."
    ::= { prtConsoleDisplayBufferEntry 2 }

-- The Console Light Table

prtConsoleLights OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 17 }

prtConsoleLightTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtConsoleLightEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        ""
    ::= { prtConsoleLights 6 }

prtConsoleLightEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtConsoleLightEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtConsoleLightIndex }
    ::= { prtConsoleLightTable 1 }

PrtConsoleLightEntry ::= SEQUENCE {



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 83]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    prtConsoleLightIndex            Integer32,
    prtConsoleOnTime                Integer32,
    prtConsoleOffTime               Integer32,
    prtConsoleColor                 INTEGER,
    prtConsoleDescription           OCTET STRING
}

prtConsoleLightIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A unique value used by the printer to identify this light.
        Although these values may change due to a major
        reconfiguration of the device (e.g. the addition of new lights
        to the printer), values are expected to remain stable across
        successive printer power cycles."
    ::= { prtConsoleLightEntry 1 }

prtConsoleOnTime OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The on time in milliseconds of blinking of this light; 0
        indicates off always.  If both prtConsoleOnTime
        and prtConsoleOffTime are 0, then the light is
        always off."
    ::= { prtConsoleLightEntry 2 }

prtConsoleOffTime OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-write
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The off time in milliseconds of blinking of this light; 0
        indicates on always.  If both prtConsoleOnTime
        and prtConsoleOffTime are 0, then the light is
        always off."
    ::= { prtConsoleLightEntry 3 }

prtConsoleColor OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   unknown(2),
                   white(3),
                   red(4),



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 84]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                   green(5),
                   blue(6),
                   cyan(7),
                   magenta(8),
                   yellow(9)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The color of this light."
    ::= { prtConsoleLightEntry 4 }

prtConsoleDescription OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The vendor description or label of this light in the
        localization specified by prtConsoleLocalization."
    ::= { prtConsoleLightEntry 5 }


-- The Alerts Group
--
-- The prtAlertTable lists all the critical and non-critical alerts
-- currently active in the printer.  A critical alert is one that stops
-- the printer from printing immediately and printing can not continue
-- until the critical alert condition is eliminated.  Non-critical
-- alerts are those items that do not stop printing but may at some
-- future time.
-- The table contains information on the severity, component, detail
-- location within the component, alert code and description of each
-- critical alert that is currently active within the printer.  See
-- 2.2.13 for a more complete description of the alerts table and
-- its management.
--
-- Implementation of every object in this group is mandatory.

prtAlert OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 18 }

prtAlertTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF PrtAlertEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        ""
    ::= { prtAlert 1 }




Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 85]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


prtAlertEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtAlertEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Entries may exist in the table for each device
        index who's device type is `printer'."
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex, prtAlertIndex }
    ::= { prtAlertTable 1 }

PrtAlertEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    prtAlertIndex               Integer32,
    prtAlertSeverityLevel       INTEGER,
    prtAlertTrainingLevel       INTEGER,
    prtAlertGroup               INTEGER,
    prtAlertGroupIndex          Integer32,
    prtAlertLocation            Integer32,
    prtAlertCode                INTEGER,
    prtAlertDescription         OCTET STRING,
    prtAlertTime                TimeTicks
}

prtAlertIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The index value used to determine which alerts
        have been added or removed from the alert table.
        This is an incrementing integer starting from zero
        every time the printer is reset.  When the printer
        adds an alert to the table, that alert is assigned
        the next higher integer value from the last item
        entered into the table.  If the index value reaches
        its maximum value, the next item entered will cause
        the index value to roll over and start at zero
        again.  The first event placed in the alert table
        after a reset of the printer shall
        have an index value of 1.  NOTE: The management
        application will read the alert table when a trap
        or event notification occurs or at a periodic rate
        and then parse the table to determine if any new
        entries were added by comparing the last known index
        value with the current highest index value. The
        management application will then update its copy of
        the alert table.  When the printer discovers that
        an alert is no longer active, the printer shall
        remove the row for that alert from the table and



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 86]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        shall reduce the number of rows in the table.  The
        printer may add or delete any number of rows from
        the table at any time.  The management station
        can detect when binary alerts have been deleted by
        requesting an attribute of each alert, and noting
        alerts as deleted when that retrieval is not possible."
    ::= { prtAlertEntry 1 }

prtAlertSeverityLevel OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   critical(3),
                   warning(4)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The level of severity of this alert table entry.  The printer
        determines the severity level assigned to each entry into the
        table."
    ::= { prtAlertEntry 2 }

prtAlertTrainingLevel OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   unknown(2),
                   untrained(3),
                   trained(4),
                   fieldService(5),
                   management(6)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The level of training required to handle this alert. The
        training level is an enumeration that is determined and
        assigned by the printer manufacturer based on the information
        or the training required to handle this alert.  The printer
        will break alerts into these different training levels.  It is
        the responsibility of the management application in the system
        to determine how a particular alert is handled and how and to
        whom that alert is routed.  The following are the four
        training levels of alerts:

               Field Service - Alerts that typically require advanced
                      training and technical knowledge of the printer



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 87]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                      and its sub-units. An example of a technical
                      person would be a manufacture's Field Service
                      representative, or other person formally
                      trained by the manufacturer or similar
                      representative.
               Trained - Alerts that require an intermediate or moderate
                      level of knowledge of the printer and its
                      sub-units. A typical examples of alerts that
                      a trained operator can handle is replacing
                      toner cartridges.
               Untrained - Alerts that can be fixed without prior
                      training either because the action to correct
                      the alert is obvious or the printer can help the
                      untrained person fix the problem. A typical
                      example of such an alert is reloading paper
                      trays and emptying output bins on a low end
                      printer.
               Management - Alerts that have to do with overall
                      operation of and configuration of the printer.
                      Examples of management events are configuration
                      change of sub-units."
    ::= { prtAlertEntry 3 }

prtAlertGroup OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 1 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   hostResourcesMIBStorageTable(3),
                   hostResourcesMIBDeviceTable(4),
                   generalPrinter(5),
                   cover(6),
                   localization(7),
                   input(8),
                   output(9),
                   marker(10),
                   markerSupplies(11),
                   markerColorant(12),
                   mediaPath(13),
                   channel(14),
                   interpreter(15),
                   consoleDisplayBuffer(16),
                   consoleLights(17)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The type of sub-unit within the printer model that this alert
        is related.  Input, output, and markers are examples of



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 88]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


        printer model groups, i.e., examples of types of sub-units.

        Whereever possible, these enumerations match the
        sub-identifier that identifies the relevant table in the
        printmib."
    ::= { prtAlertEntry 4 }

prtAlertGroupIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An index of the row within the principle table in the
        group identified by prtAlertGroup that represents the
        sub-unit of the printer that caused this alert.  The
        combination of the Group and the GroupIndex defines
        exactly which printer sub-unit caused the alert.; for
        example, Input #3, Output #2, and Marker #1.

        Every object in this MIB is indexed with hrDeviceIndex and
        optionally, another index variable.  If this other index
        variable is present in the table that generated the alert, it
        will be used as the value for this object.  Otherwise, this
        value shall be -1."
    ::= { prtAlertEntry 5 }

prtAlertLocation OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The sub-unit location that is defined by the printer
        manufacturer to further refine the location of this alert
        within the designated sub-unit.  The location is used in
        conjunction with the Group and GroupIndex values; for
        example, there is an alert in Input #2 at location number 7."
    ::= { prtAlertEntry 6 }

prtAlertCode OBJECT-TYPE
    -- This value is a type 2 enumeration
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                   other(1),
                   unknown(2),
                        -- codes common to serveral groups
                   coverOpen(3),
                   coverClosed(4),
                   interlockOpen(5),
                   interlockClosed(6),



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 89]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                   configurationChange(7),
                   jam(8),
                        -- general Printer group
                   doorOpen(501),
                   doorClosed(502),
                   powerUp(503),
                   powerDown(504),
                        -- Input Group
                   inputMediaTrayMissing(801),
                   inputMediaSizeChange(802),
                   inputMediaWeightChange(803),
                   inputMediaTypeChange(804),
                   inputMediaColorChange(805),
                   inputMediaFormPartsChange(806),
                   inputMediaSupplyLow(807),
                   inputMediaSupplyEmpty(808),
                        -- Output Group
                   outputMediaTrayMissing(901),
                   outputMediaTrayAlmostFull(902),
                   outputMediaTrayFull(903),
                        -- Marker group
                   markerFuserUnderTemperature(1001),
                   markerFuserOverTemperature(1002),
                        -- Marker Supplies group
                   markerTonerEmpty(1101),
                   markerInkEmpty(1102),
                   markerPrintRibbonEmpty(1103),
                   markerTonerAlmostEmpty(1104),
                   markerInkAlmostEmpty(1105),
                   markerPrintRibbonAlmostEmpty(1106),
                   markerWasteTonerReceptacleAlmostFull(1107),
                   markerWasteInkReceptacleAlmostFull(1108),
                   markerWasteTonerReceptacleFull(1109),
                   markerWasteInkReceptacleFull(1110),
                   markerOpcLifeAlmostOver(1111),
                   markerOpcLifeOver(1112),
                   markerDeveloperAlmostEmpty(1113),
                   markerDeveloperEmpty(1114),
                        -- Media Path Device Group
                   mediaPathMediaTrayMissing(1301),
                   mediaPathMediaTrayAlmostFull(1302),
                   mediaPathMediaTrayFull(1303),
                        -- interpreter Group
                   interpreterMemoryIncrease(1501),
                   interpreterMemoryDecrease(1502),
                   interpreterCartridgeAdded(1503),
                   interpreterCartridgeDeleted(1504),
                   interpreterResourceAdded(1505),



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 90]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                   interpreterResourceDeleted(1506),
                   interpreterResourceUnavailable(1507)
               }
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The code that describes the type of alert for this entry in
        the table.  There are different codes for each
        sub-unit type: for example, Media Supply Low and Media
        Supply Empty are Aler codes for the Input sub-unit."
    ::= { prtAlertEntry 7}

prtAlertDescription OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A description of this alert entry in the localization
        specified by prtGeneralCurrentLocalization.  The description is
        provided by the printer to further elaborate on the enumerated
        alert or provide information in the case where the code is
        classified ask `other' or `unknown'.  The printer is required
        to return a description string but the string may be a null
        string."
    ::= { prtAlertEntry 8 }

printerV1Alert OBJECT-IDENTITY
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of the enterprise-specific oid in a SNMPv1 trap sent
        signalling a critical event in the prtAlertTable."
    ::= { prtAlert 2 }

printerV2AlertPrefix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printerV1Alert 0 }

printerV2Alert NOTIFICATION-TYPE
    OBJECTS { prtAlertIndex, prtAlertSeverityLevel, prtAlertGroup,
              prtAlertGroupIndex, prtAlertLocation, prtAlertCode }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This trap is sent whenever a critical event is added to the
        prtAlertTable."
    ::= { printerV2AlertPrefix 1 }

-- Note that the SNMPv2 to SNMPv1 translation rules dictate that the
-- preceding structure will result in SNMPv1 traps of the following
-- form:
--



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 91]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


-- printerAlert TRAP-TYPE
--     ENTERPRISE printerV1Alert
--     VARIABLES { prtAlertIndex, prtAlertSeverityLevel, prtAlertGroup,
--                 prtAlertGroupIndex, prtAlertLocation, prtAlertCode }
--     DESCRIPTION
--        "This trap is sent whenever a critical event is added to the
--        prtAlertTable."
--     ::= 1



-- The Alert Time Group
--
-- This group is optional.  However, to claim conformance to this
-- group, it is necessary to implement every object in the group.

prtAlertTime OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     TimeTicks
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of sysUpTime at the time that this alert was
        generated."
    ::= { prtAlertEntry 9 }


-- Conformance Information

prtMIBConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { printmib 2 }

-- compliance statements
prtMIBCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The compliance statement for agents that implement the
        printer MIB."
    MODULE -- this module
    MANDATORY-GROUPS { prtGeneralGroup, prtInputGroup, prtOutputGroup,
                       prtMarkerGroup, prtMediaPathGroup,
                       prtChannelGroup, prtInterpreterGroup,
                       prtConsoleGroup, prtAlertTableGroup }

        OBJECT      prtGeneralReset
        SYNTAX      INTEGER {
                        notResetting(3),
                        resetToNVRAM(5)
                    }
        DESCRIPTION



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 92]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


            "It is conformant to implement just these two states in
            this object.  Any additional states are optional."

        OBJECT      prtConsoleOnTime
        MIN-ACCESS  read-only
        DESCRIPTION
            "It is conformant to implement this object as read-only."

        OBJECT      prtConsoleOffTime
        MIN-ACCESS  read-only
        DESCRIPTION
            "It is conformant to implement this object as read-only."

    -- the prtResponsiblePartyGroup, prtExtendedInputGroup,
    -- prtInputMediaGroup, prtExtendedOutputGroup,
    -- prtOutputDimensionsGroup, prtOutputFeaturesGroup,
    -- prtMarkerSuppliesGroup, prtMarkerColorantGroup,
    -- and the prtAlertTimeGroup are completely optional.
    ::= { prtMIBConformance 1 }

prtMIBGroups      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { prtMIBConformance 2 }

prtGeneralGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtGeneralConfigChanges, prtGeneralCurrentLocalization,
              prtGeneralReset, prtCoverDescription, prtCoverStatus,
              prtLocalizationLanguage, prtLocalizationCountry,
              prtLocalizationCharacterSet, prtStorageRefIndex,
              prtDeviceRefIndex }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The general printer group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 1 }

prtResponsiblePartyGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtGeneralCurrentOperator, prtGeneralServicePerson }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The responsible party group contains contact information for
        humans responsible for the printer."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 2 }

prtInputGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtInputDefaultIndex, prtInputType, prtInputDimUnit,
              prtInputMediaDimFeedDirDeclared,
              prtInputMediaDimXFeedDirDeclared,
              prtInputMediaDimFeedDirChosen,
              prtInputMediaDimXFeedDirChosen, prtInputCapacityUnit,
              prtInputMaxCapacity, prtInputCurrentLevel,



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 93]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


              prtInputStatus, prtInputMediaName }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The input group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 3 }

prtExtendedInputGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtInputName, prtInputVendorName, prtInputModel,
              prtInputVersion, prtInputSerialNumber,
              prtInputDescription, prtInputSecurity }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The extended input group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 4 }

prtInputMediaGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtInputMediaWeight, prtInputMediaType,
              prtInputMediaColor, prtInputMediaFormParts }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The input media group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 5 }

prtOutputGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtOutputDefaultIndex, prtOutputType,
              prtOutputCapacityUnit, prtOutputMaxCapacity,
              prtOutputRemainingCapacity,  prtOutputStatus }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The output group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 6 }

prtExtendedOutputGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtOutputName, prtOutputVendorName, prtOutputModel,
              prtOutputVersion, prtOutputSerialNumber,
              prtOutputDescription, prtOutputSecurity }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The extended output group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 7 }

prtOutputDimensionsGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtOutputDimUnit, prtOutputMaxDimFeedDir,
              prtOutputMaxDimXFeedDir, prtOutputMinDimFeedDir,
              prtOutputMinDimXFeedDir }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The output dimensions group"



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 94]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    ::= { prtMIBGroups 8 }

prtOutputFeaturesGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtOutputStackingOrder,
              prtOutputPageDeliveryOrientation, prtOutputBursting,
              prtOutputDecollating, prtOutputPageCollated,
              prtOutputOffsetStacking }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The output features group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 9 }

prtMarkerGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtMarkerDefaultIndex, prtMarkerMarkTech,
              prtMarkerCounterUnit, prtMarkerLifeCount,
              prtMarkerPowerOnCount, prtMarkerProcessColorants,
              prtMarkerSpotColorants, prtMarkerAddressabilityUnit,
              prtMarkerAddressabilityFeedDir,
              prtMarkerAddressabilityXFeedDir, prtMarkerNorthMargin,
              prtMarkerSouthMargin, prtMarkerWestMargin,
              prtMarkerEastMargin, prtMarkerStatus }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The marker group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 10 }

prtMarkerSuppliesGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtMarkerSuppliesMarkerIndex,
              prtMarkerSuppliesColorantIndex, prtMarkerSuppliesClass,
              prtMarkerSuppliesType, prtMarkerSuppliesDescription,
              prtMarkerSuppliesSupplyUnit,
              prtMarkerSuppliesMaxCapacity, prtMarkerSuppliesLevel }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The marker supplies group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 11 }

prtMarkerColorantGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtMarkerColorantMarkerIndex, prtMarkerColorantRole,
              prtMarkerColorantValue, prtMarkerColorantTonality }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The marker colorant group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 12 }

prtMediaPathGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtMediaPathDefaultIndex, prtMediaPathMaxSpeedPrintUnit,
              prtMediaPathMediaSizeUnit, prtMediaPathMaxSpeed,



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 95]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


              prtMediaPathMaxMediaFeedDir,
              prtMediaPathMaxMediaXFeedDir,
              prtMediaPathMinMediaFeedDir,
              prtMediaPathMinMediaXFeedDir, prtMediaPathType,
              prtMediaPathDescription, prtMediaPathStatus}
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The media path group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 13 }

prtChannelGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtChannelType, prtChannelProtocolVersion,
              prtChannelCurrentJobCntlLangIndex,
              prtChannelDefaultPageDescLangIndex, prtChannelState,
              prtChannelIfIndex, prtChannelStatus }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The channel group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 14 }

prtInterpreterGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtInterpreterLangFamily, prtInterpreterLangLevel,
              prtInterpreterLangVersion, prtInterpreterDescription,
              prtInterpreterVersion, prtInterpreterDefaultOrientation,
              prtInterpreterFeedAddressability,
              prtInterpreterXFeedAddressability,
              prtInterpreterDefaultCharSetIn,
              prtInterpreterDefaultCharSetOut, prtInterpreterTwoWay }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The interpreter group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 15 }

prtConsoleGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtConsoleLocalization, prtConsoleNumberOfDisplayLines,
              prtConsoleNumberOfDisplayChars, prtConsoleDisable,
              prtConsoleDisplayBufferText, prtConsoleOnTime,
              prtConsoleOffTime, prtConsoleColor,
              prtConsoleDescription }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The console group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 16 }

prtAlertTableGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtAlertSeverityLevel, prtAlertTrainingLevel,
              prtAlertGroup, prtAlertGroupIndex, prtAlertLocation,
              prtAlertCode, prtAlertDescription }



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 96]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The alert table group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 17 }

prtAlertTimeGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS { prtAlertTime }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The alert time group."
    ::= { prtMIBGroups 18 }


END





































Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 97]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


Appendix A - Glossary of Terms

   Addressability -- on the marker, the number of distinctly setable
   marking units (pels) per unit of addressability unit; for example,
   300 dots per inch is expressed as 300 per 1000 Thousandths Of Inches
   and 4 dots per millimeter is 4 per 1000 Micrometers. Addressability
   is not resolution because marks that are one addressability position
   apart may not be independently resolvable by the eye due to factors
   such as gain in the area of marks so they overlap or nearly touch.

   Alert -- a reportable event for which there is an entry in the alert
   table

   Bin -- an output sub-unit which may or may not be removable

   Bursting -- the process by which continuous media is separated into
   individual sheets, typically by bursting along pre-formed
   perforations.

   Channel -- A term used to describe a single source of data which is
   presented to a printer.  The model that we use in describing a
   printer allows for an arbitrary number of channels.  Multiple
   channels can exist on the same physical port.  This is commonly done
   over EtherNet ports where EtherTalk, TCP/IP, and SPX/IPX protocols
   can be supplying different data streams simultaneously to a single
   printer on the same physical port.

   Collation -- in multiple copy output, placing the pages from separate
   copies into separte output bins

   Control Language - a data syntax or language for controlling the
   printer through the print data channel.

   Critical Alert -- an alert triggered by an event which leads to a
   state in which printing is no longer possible; the printer is stopped

   Decollating -- the process by which the individual parts within a
   multi-part form are separated and sorted into separate stacks for
   each part.

   Description -- information about the configuration and capabilities
   of the printer and its various sub-units

   DPA - ISO 10175 Document Printing Application standard.  A standard
   for a client server protocol for a print system, including (1)
   submitting print jobs to and (2) managing print jobs in a spooler

   Event - a state change in the printer



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 98]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   Group -- a collection of objects that represent a type of sub-unit of
   the printer

   IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.  See STD 2, RFC 1700.

   Idempotent -- Idempotence is the property of an operation that
   results in the same state no matter how many times it is executed (at
   least once).  This is a property that is shared by true databases in
   which operations on data items only change the state of the data item
   and do not have other side effects.  Because the SNMP data model is
   that of operations on a database, SNMP MIB objects should be assumed
   to be idempotent.  If a MIB object is defined in a non-idempotent
   way, the this data model can break in subtle ways when faced with
   packet loss, multiple managers, and other common conditions.

   In order to fulfill the common need for actions to result from SNMP
   Set operations, SNMP MIB objects can be modeled such that the change
   in state from one state to another has the side effect of causing an
   action.  It is important to note that with this model, an SNMP
   operation that sets a value equal to its current value will cause no
   action.  This retains the idempotence of a single command, while
   allowing actions to be initiated by SNMP SET requests.

   For example, a switch like the foot switch that changes from high
   beams to low beams is not idempotent. If the command is received
   multiple times the result may be different than if the command was
   received a single time.  In the SNMP world preferred commands would
   be "set lights to high beam" and "set lights to low beam".  These
   commands yield predictable results when executed perhaps multiple
   times.  A command like "press foot toggle switch", is not idempotent
   because when executed an unknown number of times, it yields an
   indeterminate result.

   Input -- a tray or bin from which instances of the media are obtained
   and fed into the Media Path

   Interpreter - the embodiment of an algorithm that processes a data
   stream consisting of a Page Description Language (PDL) and/or a
   Control Language.

   Localization -- the specification of human language, country, and
   character set needed to present information to people in their native
   languages.

   Management Application (a.k.a. Manager) -- a program which queries
   and controls one or more managed nodes





Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                   [Page 99]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   Management Station -- a physical computer on which one or more
   management applications can run

   Media Path -- the mechanisms that transport instances of the media
   from an input, through the marker, possibly through media buffers and
   duplexing pathways, out to the output with optional finishing
   applied.  The inputs and outputs are not part of the Media Path.

   MIB - Management Information Base - the specification for a set of
   management objects to be managed using SNMP or other management
   protocol; also an instance of the data for such a set

   Non-critical Alert -- an alert triggered by a reportable event which
   does not lead to a state in which printing is no longer possible;
   such an alert may lead to a state from which printing may no longer
   be possible in the future, such as the low toner state or the alert
   may be pure informational, such as a configuration change at the
   printer.

   Object - a data item that has a name, a syntax, and a value.  usage).

   Output -- a bin or stacker which accepts instances of media that have
   been processed by a printer

   Page Description Language (PDL) - a data syntax or language for the
   electronic representation of a document as a sequence of page images.

   Printer -- a physical device that takes media from an input source,
   produces marks on that media according to some page description or
   page control language and puts the result in some output destination,
   possibly with finishing applied.

   Printing -- the entire process of producing a printed document from
   gen- eration of the file to be printed, choosing printing properties,
   selection of a printer, routing, queuing, resource management,
   scheduling, and finally printing including notifying the user

   Reportable event -- an event that is deemed of interest to a
   management station watching the printer

   Status -- information regarding the current operating state of the
   printer and its various sub-units. This is an abstraction of the
   exact physical condition of the printer.

   Sub-mechanism -- a distinguishable part of a sub-unit

   Sub-unit -- a part of the printer which may be a physical part, such
   as one of the input sources or a logical part such as an interpreter.



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 100]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   Tray -- an input sub-unit which is typically removable

   Visible state -- that portion of the state of the printer that can be
   examined by a management application

Appendix B - Media Size Names from ISO/IEC 10175 Document Printing
             Architecture

   For the convenience of management application developers, this
   appendix lists the standardized media size names from ISO/IEC 10175
   Document Printing Application (DPA). Management applications that
   present a dialogue for choosing or displaying media size are
   encouraged to present relevant names from this list to avoid
   requiring the user to remember the physical dimensions used to
   describe the size of the media. A printer implementing the Printer
   MIB has no knowledge of these names, however; all media sizes in the
   MIB are given in terms of media dimensions as the values of
   prtInputChosenMediaDimFeedDir and prtInputChosen-MediaDimXFeedDir.

String name               Description
other
unknown
na-letter or letter     North American letter
                          size: 8.5 by 11 inches
na-legal or legal       North American legal
                          size:  8.5 by 14 inches
na-10x13-envelope       North American 10x13 envelope
                           size:  10 by 13 inches
na-9x12-envelope        North American 9x12 envelope
                           size:  9 by 12 inches
na-number-10-envelope   North American number 10 business envelope
                           size:  4.125 by 9.5 inches
na-7x9-envelope         North American 7x9
                           size:  7 by 9 inches
na-9x11-envelope        North American 9x11
                           size: 9 by 11 inches
na-10x14-envelope       North American 10x14 envelope
                           size: 10 by 14 inches
na-number-9-envelope    North American number 9 business envelope
na-6x9-envelope         North American 6x9 envelope
                           size:  6 by 9 inches
na-10x15-envelope       North American 10x15 envelope
                           size: 10 by 15 inches
a                       engineering A size 8.5 inches by 11 inches
b                       engineering B size 11 inches by 17 inches
c                       engineering C size 17 inches by 22 inches
d                       engineering D size 22 inches by 34 inches
e                       engineering E size 34 inches by 44 inches



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 101]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


iso-a0                  ISO A0  size:  841 mm by 1189 mm
iso-a1                  ISO A1  size:  594 mm by  841 mm
iso-a2                  ISO A2  size:  420 mm by  594 mm
iso-a3                  ISO A3  size:  297 mm by  420 mm
iso-a4                  ISO A4  size:  210 mm by  297 mm
iso-a5                  ISO A5  size:  148 mm by  210 mm
iso-a6                  ISO A6  size:  105 mm by  148 mm
iso-a7                  ISO A7  size:   74 mm by  105 mm
iso-a8                  ISO A8  size:   52 mm by   74 mm
iso-a9                  ISO A9  size:   37 mm by   52 mm
iso-a10                 ISO A10 size:   26 mm by   37 mm
iso-b0                  ISO B0  size: 1000 mm by 1414 mm
iso-b1                  ISO B1  size:  707 mm by 1000 mm
iso-b2                  ISO B2  size:  500 mm by  707 mm
iso-b3                  ISO B3  size:  353 mm by  500 mm
iso-b4                  ISO B4  size:  250 mm by  353 mm
iso-b5                  ISO B5  size:  176 mm by  250 mm
iso-b6                  ISO B6  size:  125 mm by  176 mm
iso-b7                  ISO B7  size:   88 mm by  125 mm
iso-b8                  ISO B8  size:   62 mm by   88 mm
iso-b9                  ISO B9  size:   44 mm by   62 mm
iso-b10                 ISO B10 size:   31 mm by   44 mm
iso-c0                  ISO C0 size:   917 mm by 1297 mm
iso-c1                  ISO C1 size:   648 mm by  917 mm
iso-c2                  ISO C2 size:   458 mm by  648 mm
iso-c3                  ISO C3 size:   324 mm by  458 mm
iso-c4                  ISO C4 size:   229 mm by  324 mm
iso-c5                  ISO C5 size:   162 mm by  229 mm
iso-c6                  ISO C6 size:   114 mm by  162 mm
iso-c7                  ISO C7 size:    81 mm by  114 mm
iso-c8                  ISO C8 size:    57 mm by   81 mm
iso-designated          ISO Designated Long
                            size:  110 mm by 220 mm
jis-b0                  JIS B0  size  1030 mm by 1456 mm
jis-b1                  JIS B1  size   728 mm by 1030 mm
jis-b2                  JIS B2  size   515 mm by  728 mm
jis-b3                  JIS B3  size   364 mm by  515 mm
jis-b4                  JIS B4  size   257 mm by  364 mm
jis-b5                  JIS B5  size   182 mm by  257 mm
jis-b6                  JIS B6  size   128 mm by  182 mm
jis-b7                  JIS B7  size    91 mm by  128 mm
jis-b8                  JIS B8  size    64 mm by   91 mm
jis-b9                  JIS B9  size    45 mm by   64 mm
jis-b10                 JIS B10 size    32 mm by   45 mm







Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 102]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


Appendix C - Media Names

   For the convenience of management application developers, this
   appendix lists the standardized media names from ISO/IEC 10175
   Document Printing Application (DPA). Management applications that
   present a dialogue for choosing media may wish to use these names as
   an alternative to separately specifying, size, color, and/or type.
   Using standard media names will mean that a single management
   application dealing with printers from different vendors and under
   different system mangers will tend to use the same names for the same
   media. If selection of media by name is used, the attributes (size,
   type or color) implied by the name must be explicitly mapped to the
   appropriate object (prtInputDeclared-MediaDimFeedDir,
   prtInputDeclaredMediaDimXFeedDir, prtInputMediaType and
   prtInputMediaColor) in the MIB. The object prtInputMediaName is
   intended for display to an operator and is purely descriptive. The
   value in prtInputMediaName is not interpreted by the printer so using
   a standard name for this value will not change any of the other media
   attributes nor will it cause an alert if the media in the input sub-
   unit does not match the name.

  Simple Name                 Descriptor Text

  other
  unknown
  iso-a4-white        Specifies the ISO A4 white medium with
                        size: 210 mm by 297 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a4-coloured     Specifies the ISO A4 coloured medium with
                        size: 210 mm by 297 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a4-transparent  Specifies the ISO A4 transparent medium with
                        size: 210 mm by 297 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a3-white        Specifies the ISO A3 white medium with
                        size: 297 mm by 420 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a3-coloured     Specifies the ISO A3 coloured medium with
                        size: 297 mm by 420 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a5-white        Specifies the ISO A5 white medium with
                        size: 148 mm by 210 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a5-coloured     Specifies the ISO A5 coloured medium with
                        size: 148 mm by 210 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b4-white        Specifies the ISO B4 white medium with
                        size: 250 mm by 353 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b4-coloured     Specifies the ISO B4 coloured medium with
                        size: 250 mm by 353 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b5-white        Specifies the ISO B5 white medium with
                        size: 176 mm by 250 mm as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b5-coloured     Specifies the ISO B5 coloured medium with
                        size: 176 mm by 250 mm as defined in ISO 216
  jis-b4-white        Specifies the JIS B4 white medium with



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 103]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                        size: 257 mm by 364 mm as defined in JIS P0138
  jis-b4-coloured     Specifies the JIS B4 coloured medium with
                        size: 257 mm by 364 mm as defined in JIS P0138
  jis-b5-white        Specifies the JIS B5 white medium with
                        size: 182 mm by 257 mm as defined in JIS P0138
  jis-b5-coloured     Specifies the JIS B5 coloured medium with
                        size: 182 mm by 257 mm as defined in JIS P0138

  The following standard values are defined for North American media:

  na-letter-white    Specifies the North American letter white
                        medium with size: 8.5 inches by 11 inches
  na-letter-coloured Specifies the North American letter coloured
                        medium with size: 8.5 inches by 11 inches
  na-letter-transparent
                     Specifies the North American letter transparent
                        medium with size: 8.5 inches by 11 inches
  na-legal-white     Specifies the North American legal white
                        medium with size: 8.5 inches by 14 inches
  na-legal-coloured  Specifies the North American legal coloured
                        medium with size: 8.5 inches by 14 inches

  The following standard values are defined for envelopes:

  iso-b5-envelope    Specifies the ISO B5 envelope medium
                        with size: 176 mm by 250 mm
                        as defined in ISO 216 and ISO 269
  iso-b4-envelope    Specifies the ISO B4 envelope medium
                        with size: 250 mm by 353 mm
                        as defined in ISO 216
  iso-c4-envelope    Specifies the ISO C4 envelope medium
                        with size: 229 mm by 324 mm
                        as defined in ISO 216 and ISO 269
  iso-c5-envelope    Specifies the ISO C5 envelope medium
                        with size: 162 mm by 229 mm
                        as defined in ISO 269
  iso-designated-long-envelope
                     Specifies the ISO Designated Long envelope medium
                        with size: 110 mm by 220 mm
                        as defined in ISO 269

  na-10x13-envelope  Specifies the North American 10x13 envelope medium
                        with size: 10 inches by 13 inches
  na-9x12-envelope   Specifies the North American 9x12 envelope medium
                        with size: 9 inches by 12 inches
  na-number-10-envelope
                     Specifies the North American number 10 business
                     envelope medium



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 104]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


                        with size: 4.125 inches by 9.5 inches
  na-7x9-envelope    Specifies the North American 7x9 inch envelope

  na-9x11-envelope   Specifies the North American 9x11 inch envelope

  na-10x14-envelope  Specifies the North American 10x14 inch envelope

  na-number-9-envelope
                     Specifies the North American number 9 business
                     envelope
  na-6x9-envelope    Specifies the North American 6x9 inch envelope

  na-10x15-envelope  Specifies the North American 10x15 inch envelope


  The following standard values are defined for the less commonly used
  media (white-only):

  iso-a0-white  Specifies the ISO A0 white medium
                  with size:  841 mm by 1189 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a1-white  Specifies the ISO A1 white medium
                  with size:  594 mm by 841 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a2-white  Specifies the ISO A2 white medium
                  with size:  420 mm by 594 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a6-white  Specifies the ISO A6 white medium
                  with size:  105 mm by 148 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a7-white  Specifies the ISO A7 white medium
                  with size:  74 mm by 105 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a8-white  Specifies the ISO A8 white medium
                  with size:  52 mm by 74 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-a9-white  Specifies the ISO A9 white medium
                  with size:  39 mm by 52 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-10-white  Specifies the ISO A10 white medium
                  with size:  26 mm by 37 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b0-white  Specifies the ISO B0 white medium
                  with size: 1000 mm by 1414 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b1-white  Specifies the ISO B1 white medium
                  with size:  707 mm by 1000 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 105]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


  iso-b2-white  Specifies the ISO B2 white medium
                  with size:  500 mm by 707 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b3-white  Specifies the ISO B3 white medium
                  with size:  353 mm by 500 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b6-white  Specifies the ISO B6 white medium
                  with size:  125 mm by 176 mm i
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b7-white  Specifies the ISO B7 white medium
                  with size:  88 mm by 125 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b8-white  Specifies the ISO B8 white medium
                  with size:  62 mm by 88 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b9-white  Specifies the ISO B9 white medium
                  with size:  44 mm by 62 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216
  iso-b10-white Specifies the ISO B10 white medium
                  with size:  31 mm by 44 mm
                  as defined in ISO 216

  jis-b0-white  Specifies the JIS B0 white medium with size:
                  1030 mm by 1456 mm
  jis-b1-white  Specifies the JIS B1 white medium with size:
                  728 mm by 1030 mm
  jis-b2-white  Specifies the JIS B2 white medium with size:
                  515 mm by 728 mm
  jis-b3-white  Specifies the JIS B3 white medium with size:
                  364 mm by 515 mm
  jis-b6-white  Specifies the JIS B6 white medium with size:
                  257 mm by 364 mm
  jis-b7-white  Specifies the JIS B7 white medium with size:
                  182 mm by 257 mm
  jis-b8-white  Specifies the JIS B8 white medium with size:
                  128 mm by 182 mm
  jis-b9-white  Specifies the JIS B9 white medium with size:
                  91 mm by 128 mm
  jis-b10-white Specifies the JIS B10 white medium with size:
                  64 mm by 91 mm

  The following standard values are defined for engineering media:
       a        Specifies the engineering A size medium with size:
                  8.5 inches by 11 inches
       b        Specifies the engineering B size medium with size:
                  11 inches by 17 inches
       c        Specifies the engineering C size medium with size:
                  17 inches by 22 inches



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 106]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


       d        Specifies the engineering D size medium with size:
                  22 inches by 34 inches
       e        Specifies the engineering E size medium with size:
                  34 inches by 44 inches

Appendix D - Roles of Users

Background

   The need for Role Models stemmed in large part from the need to
   understand the importance any given managed object under
   consideration for inclusion in the specification.  Many times the
   presence or nature of a particular proposed object would be debated
   within the group; the debate would typically end when one or more
   persons would describe the potential usage for the object, usually in
   terms of a "live" person operating in some target environment.

   Steve Zilles (Adobe) first mentioned that he had considered this
   general problem and had come up with a short list of categories by
   which the group can evaluate the relative utility of a proposed
   object.  The list Steve described was:

    - User

    - Trained Operator

    - Service

   Upon further examination of the overall problem I found it useful to
   expand the list of categories, as well as attempt to define a basic
   set of "requirements areas" that can help define the basic nature of
   each category.

   Every concept needs a name, and this concept is no different.  For
   lack of better alternatives, I refer to these categories as "Role
   Models" in this document.  This name was chosen in light of the fact
   that many times we try to find a "person" (or similar entity) for
   which the use of a proposed object is targeted.  (I resisted the
   temptation to use the term "Usage Models," as I felt the term was too
   generic in nature.)

   In presenting the initial list of Role Models, the initial set of
   "requirements areas" are presented, followed by the set of Role Model
   definitions.  Finally, a simple matrix is presented in which Role
   Models and requirements areas are cross-compared.

   It should be emphasized at this point that all of this is proposed as
   initial information for further discussion.  No doubt major changes



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 107]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   will be proposed by members of the group as time goes on.

Proposed Print System Requirements Areas

   Surrounding printers and printing systems, the following list of
   "requirement areas" is proposed as a "check list" of needs for the
   various Role Models:

  Printer job state - Determine the status of a job without a printer.
  Printer capabilities - Determine the current capabilities of a
     printer, for example, the available media sizes, two-sided
     printing, a particular type of interpreter, etc.
  Printer job submission - Submit a print job to a printer.
  Printer job removal - Remove a job from a printer.
  Notification of events - Receive notification of the existence of a
     defined printer event.  An event can be of many types, including
     warnings, errors, job stage completion (e.g., "job done"), etc.
  Printer configuration - Query the current configuration of a
     printer.
  Printer consumables - Determine the current state of any and all
     consumables within a printer.
  Print job identification - Determine the identification of a job
     within a printer.
  Internal printer status - Determine the current status of the
     printer.
  Printer identification - Determine the identify of a printer.
  Printer location - Determine the physical location of a printer.
  Local system configuration - Determine various aspects of the
     current configuration of the local system involved with the
     operation of a printer.

   These "requirements" cover a large spectrum of requirements
   surrounding the operation of a printer in a network environment.
   This list is by no means complete, but serves as a starting point for
   assessing major requirements of the various Role Models described
   below.

Proposed Role Models

   Following is a proposed list of "Role Models" to be used in
   evaluating the requirements for any given object defined within the
   Printer MIB.  Note that the keyword enclosed in parentheses
   represents an abbreviation for the particular Role Model in the
   matrix described later in this document.

  User  (USER) - A person or application that submits print jobs to
     the printer; typically viewed as the "end user" within the overall
     printing environment.



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 108]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


  Operator  (OP) - A person responsible for maintaining a printer on a
     day-to-day basis, including such tasks as filling empty media
     trays, emptying full output trays, replacing toner cartridges,
     etc.
  Technician  (TECH) - A person responsible for repairing a
     malfunctioning printer, performing routine preventive maintenance,
     and other tasks that typically require advanced training on the
     printer internals.  An example of a "technician" would be a
     manufacturer's Field Service representative, or other person
     formally trained by the manufacturer or similar representative.
  System Manager  (MGR) - A person responsible for configuration and
     troubleshooting of components involved in the overall printing
     environment, including printers, print queues and network
     connectivity issues.  This person is typically responsible for
     ensuring the overall operational integrity of the print system
     components, and is typically viewed as the central point of
     coordination among all other Role Models.
  Help Desk  (HELP) - A person responsible for supporting Users in
     their printing needs, including training Users and troubleshooting
     Users' printing problems.
  Asset Manager  (AM) - A person responsible for managing an
     organizations printing system assets (primarily printers).  Such a
     person needs to be able to identify and track the location of
     printing assets on an ongoing basis.
  Capacity Planner  (CP) - A person responsible for tracking the usage
     of printing resources on an ongoing basis.  An optional related
     activity might be to acquire printing resource utilization
     information for the purposes of charging Users for resources used.
  Installer  (INST) - A person or application responsible for
     installing or configuring printing system components on a local
     system.

   The purpose of these Role Models is to evaluate the relative merit of
   any given managed object.  Whenever a managed object is proposed for
   inclusion into the specification, discussion on its expected value
   should be geared around which Role Models benefit from its presence
   and operation.

Matrix of Requirement Areas and Role Models

   To better understand the relationship between the set of defined
   "Requirements Areas" and the various "Role Models," the following
   matrix is offered.

   It is important to recognize that many of the requirements areas will
   appear to be applicable to many of the Role Models.  However, when
   considering the actual context of a requirement area, it is very
   important to realize that often the actual context of a requirement



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 109]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


   is such the Role Model can change.

   For example, it is obvious that a "System Manager" must be able to
   submit print jobs to a printer; however, when submitting a print job
   a person identified as a "System Manager" is actually operating in
   the context of a "User" in this case; hence, the requirement to
   submit a print job is not listed as a requirement for a System
   Manager.

   Conversely, while a "User" must be able to remove a job previously
   submitted to a printer, an "Operator" is often expected to be able to
   remove any print job from any printer; hence, print job removal is a
   (subtly different) requirement for both "User" and an "Operator" Role
   Models.

   That being said, I'm sure you'll find some inconsistencies in the
   following matrix, depending on your particular interpretations of the
   various requirements areas.

                       Role Models
   Requirement Area         USER  OP  TECH  MGR  HELP AM  CP  INST
Print job status             xx   xx   xx    xx   xx
Printer capabilities         xx              xx   xx
Print job submission         xx
Print job removal            xx   xx
Notification of events            xx   xx
Printer configuration                        xx                xx
Printer consumables               xx                      xx
Print job identification          xx         xx   xx      xx
Internal printer status           xx   xx    xx
Printer identification            xx         xx   xx  xx  xx   xx
Printer location                                          xx
Local system configuration                   xx                xx


















Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 110]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


Appendix E - Participants

   The following people attended at least one meeting of the Printer
   Working Group meeting; many attended most meetings.

              Azmy Abouased - Compaq
              Avi Basu - HP
              Kerry Bott - Intel
              Michael Bringmann - QMS
              Ted Brunner - Tektronix
              Jeff Case - SNMP Inc.
              Rong Chang - IBM
              Andy Davidson - Tektronix
              Jack Demcak - Jadtech
              Andria Demetroulakos - Digital Products
              Mike Evans - ESI
              Richard Everman - uci.edu
              Neal Fischer - Fujitsu
              Joseph Flick - HP
              Rod Gerhart - Ricoh
              Christine Gressley - University of Illinois
              Joel Gyllenskog - HP
              Tom Hastings - Xerox Corporation
              Tim Hathaway - Pacific Data
              Mark Held - CMU
              Bob Herriot - SUN
              Jeff Johnson - Cisco
              Jeff Johnson - Microsoft
              Theodore Kearley - QMS
              Barry Kelman - Microsoft
              Charles Kimber - Dataproducts
              Andrew Knutsen - SCO
              Peter Leunig - Leunig GmbH
              Harry Lewis - IBM Pennant Systems
              Bill Lott - QMS
              Mike MacKay - Xerox
              Jay Martin - Underscore
              Mike Mayes - Brother
              Kevin McBride - Underscore
              Stan McConnell - XEROX
              Gaylord Miyata - Underscore
              Michael Moore - Ricoh
              Rudy Nedved - CMU Computer Science Dept.
              Pete Neergaard - CMU
              Bill Norton - merit.edu
              Ron Norton - Printronix
              Roman Orzol - Okidata
              Alan Perelman - Emulex



Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 111]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


              Noga Prat - Intel
              Dave Roach - Unisys
              Marshall Rose - Dover Beach Consulting
              John Saperia - BGS Systems Inc.
              Mike Scanlon - FTP Software
              Avi Schlank - Canon
              Ron Smith - TI
              Larry Stein - Farpoint
              Koji Tashiro - NEC Technologies
              Jody Terrill - Extended Systems
              Chris Thomas - Intel Products
              Mike Timperman - Lexmark
              Randy Turner - QMS
              Bill Wagner - Digital Products
              Steve Waldbusser - CMU
              Tim Wells - Microsoft
              Craig Whittle - Compaq
              Don Wright - Lexmark
              Lloyd Young - Lexmark International Inc.
              Steve Zilles - Adobe
              Jim Zuber - Genoa






























Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 112]

RFC 1759                      Printer MIB                     March 1995


Security Considerations

   Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

Authors' Addresses

   Ronald L. Smith
   Texas Instruments

   Phone: (817) 774-6151
   EMail: rlsmith@nb.ppd.ti.com


   F.D. Wright
   Lexmark International

   Phone: (606) 232-4808
   EMail: don@lexmark.com


   Thomas N. Hastings
   Xerox Corporation

   Phone:  (310) 333-6413
   EMail:  hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com


   Stephen N. Zilles
   Adobe Systems, Inc.

   Phone: (415) 962-4766
   EMail: szilles@mv.us.adobe.com


   Joel Gyllenskog
   Hewlett-Packard Company

   Phone: (208) 396-4515
   EMail: jgyllens@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com












Smith, Wright, Hastings, Zilles & Gyllenskog                  [Page 113]





RFC Search. Copyright ©1999 by Dodoland Co.
Web design ©1999 by WebYou.com


Selected Books:


Buy this book!



    
Buy this book!



    
Buy this book!



    
Buy this book!



    
Buy this book!