Hi Kevin,
Simple color page counts have been in Printer MIB since v1 (RFC 1759).
The defacto standard method (implemented in quite a few network
printers) is to model the marker as _two_ rows in 'prtMarkerTable':
- set 'prtMarkerCounterUnit' to 'impressions(7)' (single page sides) or
'sheets(8)' (single- or two-sided pages);
- set color process elements:
'prtMarkerProcessColorants' to '1' and 'prtMarkerSpotColorants' to '0'
(monochrome, but not necessarily black ink) or
'prtMarkerProcessColorants' to '1' and 'prtMarkerSpotColorants' to '1'
(highlight color) or
'prtMarkerProcessColorants' to '>=3' and 'prtMarkerSpotColorants to '0'
(full color)
- use 'prtMarkerLifeCount' (non-volatile) and 'prtMarkerPowerOnCount'
(resets on system reboot) to count mono, highlight, or full color.
This works fine for simple color counts.
Cheers,
- Ira (co-editor of Printer MIB v2)
Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
phone: +1-906-494-2434
email: imcdonald at sharplabs.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pwg-announce at pwg.org [mailto:owner-pwg-announce at pwg.org]On
Behalf Of Kevin Mesiab
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:17 AM
To: pwg-announce at pwg.org
Subject: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Printer MIB
I hope this is the correct place to ask this question.
Are there any plans to include a Color Page Count in the Printer MIB?
-Kevin Mesiab
Wilder Technologies
From: owner-pwg-announce at pwg.org [mailto:owner-pwg-announce at pwg.org] On
Behalf Of Harry Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 7:56 AM
To: pwg-announce at pwg.org
Subject: PWG-ANNOUNCE> 2006 Meeting Schedule
The 2006 f2f meeting schedule for PWG has been posted.
http://www.pwg.org/chair/meet06.html
We will be getting details for the January (Vegas) meeting very shortly.
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IBM STSM
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IBM Printing Systems
http://www.ibm.com/printers
303-924-5337
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