hi,
I'm using npadmin which is very powerful you can get it at
npadmin.sourceforge.net. Unfortunately I was not able to compile the
latest release on SOLARIS, if you try and succeed, please give me a
hint...
cheers
~christoph
User Papowell schrieb:
>
> > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 9 10:30:37 2001
> > Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 10:13:38 -0500
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > From: Rick Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: LPRng: Printer administration software
> >
> > It seems that my printer manufacturers, HP and Lexmark, have decided to
> > reduce the amount of resources they have to throw at developing and
> > maintaining cross-platform printer administration software (eg. Markvision
> > and JetAdmin) by rewriting everything in Java.
> >
> > To the inevitable Java drawbacks of poor performance and conflicting Java
> > versions, they have added poor user interface and lack of
> > functionality. And you still have to configure and maintain one for each
> > different manufacturer.
> >
> > Has anyone developed a nice printer administration tool with a decent user
> > interface and functionality, which uses standard and/or private SNMP MIBs
> > to monitor and change printer characteristics?
> >
> > Just wishing.
> >
> > -Rick
> >
> >
> > |Rick Cochran phone: 607-255-7618|
> > |Network and Computing Systems, Cornell CIT FAX: 607-255-8521|
> > |730 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]|
>
> The problem is that the printer manufacturers do not release
> their configuration information or MIBS or special entries
> such as that needed to do 'factory level' configuration.
>
> I have thrown in the towel on this. Instead, I suggest that
> folks simply keep a CDROM with all of the software handy and
> learn to suffer.
>
> I have a LapTop with a pull-out hard drive just for this purpose.
>
> Patrick ("running configuration software") Powell
>
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