Xerox 8400B User Guide

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PrinterMap User Guide 
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Advanced Configuration Issues 
This section provides a look at advanced details of the PrinterMap discover 
process. These topics include PrinterMap vendor and model support as well as 
configuring PrinterMap SNMP time-out values. 
Supported Vendors and Printer Models 
When the discover process finds a device on the network it determines is a printer, 
it attempts associating that printer with one of the supported printer manufacturers 
(Xerox, HP, Lexmark, etc.). If the discover process makes this association the 
printer is represented in the PrinterMap Topology window with a vendor-specific 
icon. Otherwise the printer is represented with the Generic printer icon. In the case 
of Xerox manufactured printers, PrinterMap attempts associating a particular 
printer with a model-specific icon. If a model-specific icon is not defined for a 
particular printer’s model, the printer is represented  with the Xerox-Generic 
printer icon.  
PrinterMap is shipped with a pre-defined set of supported printer manufacturers or 
vendors. The set of supported vendors cannot be extended by the user. Future 
PrinterMap versions will support an ever increasing number of printer vendors. 
PrinterMap is shipped with a default set of printer models associated with each 
supported vendor. These vendor and model associations are defined in 
PrinterMap’s Mib.ini file. Xerox printer model to icon associations are defined in 
PrinterMap’s Pmap.ini file. The content of both of these files is loaded during 
PrinterMap initialization and are located in the PrinterMap install directory 
([Drive]:\[Install Directory]).  
PrinterMap’s Mib.ini file contains entries mapping each supported vendor to one 
or more supported models (identified by the model’s MIB II System Object 
Identifier). The Mib.ini file is found in the [Drive]:\[Install Directory]\ directory.   
An excerpt from a sample Mib.ini file follows. The excerpt is for the supported 
vendor Xerox. 
[xerox] 
number=5 
// 4512 
valid1=1.3.6.1.4.1.253.8.62.1.2.1.1.1:0 
// 4517 
valid2=1.3.6.1.4.1.253.8.62.1.2.2.1.1:0 
// DocuPrint C55 
valid3=1.3.6.1.4.1.253.8.62.1.2.3.1.1:1 
// Docuprint N24 
valid4=1.3.6.1.4.1.253.8.62.1.3.2.2.1:1 
// DocuPrint N32 
valid5=1.3.6.1.4.1.253.8.62.1.3.2.1.1:1 
Mib.ini File