Sample scenario: Monitoring the toner levels of your fleet

As the IT personnel of Company ABC, you must organize the printer fleet to monitor them easily. You want to monitor the toner usage of the printers to determine whether the supplies need replacement.

Sample implementation

Create a saved search that retrieves the printers whose supplies have errors or warnings.

Sample rule for your saved search

Parameter:

Supply Status Severity

Operation:

Is Not

Value:

Supplies OK

Create a view that shows the supply status, capacity, and level for each printer.

Sample columns to show in your supplies view

Supply Status

Black Cartridge Capacity

Black Cartridge Level

Cyan Cartridge Capacity

Cyan Cartridge Level

Magenta Cartridge Capacity

Magenta Cartridge Level

Yellow Cartridge Capacity

Yellow Cartridge Level

Run the saved search while using the view.

The information shown in the printer listing view is based on the last audit. Perform an audit and status update to get the current printer status.