Printer Showing Offline Suddenly But Printer Shows Ready Status on Webpage
Windows Servers automatically enables SNMP support
for networked printers, and if it can’t get a response to a SNMP message
then it assumes the printer is offline. SNMP stands for Simple Network
Management Protocol and is a way of getting information from network
devices (such as routers, servers and printers), mainly for the purposes
of finding out if there are any problems with the devices. A number of
networked printers implement SNMP, and will respond to SNMP queries with
information, but some don’t.and will
never get a response to a SNMP message.
Thankfully there is a simple way to fix this – and it just involves telling Vista not to try and communicate with the printer via SNMP. Simply right-click on the printer in the Printers window, choose the Ports tab, and select Configure Port. At the bottom you will see a checkbox saying something like SNMP Status Enable. Untick that, and the printer should start showing as online again.
Thankfully there is a simple way to fix this – and it just involves telling Vista not to try and communicate with the printer via SNMP. Simply right-click on the printer in the Printers window, choose the Ports tab, and select Configure Port. At the bottom you will see a checkbox saying something like SNMP Status Enable. Untick that, and the printer should start showing as online again.
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