can nagios monitor printer ?

[Sebastian Ries]

Hi

> I hava an USB printer attached with the server where nagios is running. 
> Can nagios monitor a H/W connected at the USB port ?
> Please let me know.

What you can do is check cups queues.
These will get offline if the printer is not reachable

http://monitoringexchange.org/inventory/Check-Plugins/Software/Misc/check_cups_queue

Regards
Sebastian

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