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9<h1 class="title">cups-snmp(8)</h1>
10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
11snmp - cups snmp backend
12<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
ad29aeab 13<b>/usr/libexec/cups/backend/snmp
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14</b><i>ip-address-or-hostname
15</i><br>
16<b>lpinfo -v --include-schemes snmp
17</b><h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
18The CUPS SNMP backend provides legacy discovery and identification of network
19printers using SNMPv1. When used for discovery through the scheduler, the
20backend will list all printers that respond to a broadcast SNMPv1 query with the
21"public" community name. Additional queries are then sent to printers that
22respond in order to determine the correct device URI, make and model, and other
23information needed for printing.
24<p>In the first form, the SNMP backend is run directly by the user to look up the
25device URI and other information when you have an IP address or hostname. This
26can be used for programs that need to configure print queues where the user has
27supplied an address but nothing else.
28<p>In the second form, the SNMP backend is run indirectly using the <a href='man-lpinfo.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>lpinfo(8)</a>
29command. The output provides all printers detected via SNMP on the configured
30broadcast addresses. <b>Note</b>: no broadcast addresses are configured by
31default.
32<h2 class="title"><a name="MIBS">Mibs</a></h2>
33The CUPS SNMP backend uses the information from the Host, Printer, and Port
34Monitor MIBs along with some vendor private MIBs and intelligent port probes to
35determine the correct device URI and make and model for each printer.
36<h2 class="title"><a name="CONFIGURATION">Configuration</a></h2>
ad29aeab 37The SNMP backend reads the /private/etc/cups/snmp.conf configuration file, if
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38present, to set the default broadcast address, community name, and logging
39level. The configuration file is documented in <a href='man-cups-snmp.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>cups-snmp.conf(5)</a>. The
40DebugLevel value can be overridden using the CUPS_DEBUG_LEVEL environment
41variable and the MaxRunTime value can be overridden using the CUPS_MAX_RUN_TIME
42environment variable.
43<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
44<a href='man-backend.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>backend(7)</a>, <a href='man-cups-snmp.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>cups-snmp.conf(5)</a>, <a href='man-cupsd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>cupsd(8)</a>, <a href='man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>cupsd.conf(5)</a>,
45<a href='man-filter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>filter(7)</a>, <a href='man-lpinfo.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>lpinfo(8)</a>,
46<br>
47<a href='http://localhost:631/help'>http://localhost:631/help</a>
48<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
49Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.
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