cups-snmp(8)							    Apple Inc.							      cups-snmp(8)

NAME

       snmp - cups snmp backend

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp ip-address-or-hostname
       lpinfo -v --include-schemes snmp

DESCRIPTION

       The  CUPS  SNMP	backend provides legacy discovery and identification of network printers using SNMPv1. When used for discovery through the
       scheduler, the backend will list all printers that respond to a broadcast SNMPv1 query with the "public" community name. Additional queries
       are  then  sent	to  printers  that  respond in order to determine the correct device URI, make and model, and other information needed for
       printing.

       In the first form, the SNMP backend is run directly by the user to look up the device URI and other information when you have an IP address
       or hostname. This can be used for programs that need to configure print queues where the user has supplied an address but nothing else.

       In  the	second form, the SNMP backend is run indirectly using the lpinfo(8) command. The output provides all printers detected via SNMP on
       the configured broadcast addresses. Note: no broadcast addresses are configured by default.

MIBS

       The CUPS SNMP backend uses the information from the Host, Printer, and Port Monitor MIBs along with some vendor private MIBs  and  intelli-
       gent port probes to determine the correct device URI and make and model for each printer.

CONFIGURATION

       The  SNMP  backend  reads the /etc/cups/snmp.conf configuration file, if present, to set the default broadcast address, community name, and
       logging level. The configuration file is documented in cups-snmp.conf(5). The DebugLevel value can be overridden using the CUPS_DEBUG_LEVEL
       environment variable and the MaxRunTime value can be overridden using the CUPS_MAX_RUN_TIME environment variable.

SEE ALSO

       backend(7), cups-snmp.conf(5), cupsd(8), cupsd.conf(5), filter(7), lpinfo(8),
       http://localhost:631/help

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.

23 April 2012							       CUPS							      cups-snmp(8)