Add a new Printer
Here you can add new Printers to PSM. To do this, you have 3 possibilities:
Query Printer:
You can type in an IP Address or IP Hostname and click on Query. PSM will issue an SNMP Query to the Printer to detect as much Information as possible. If the Query was not successful you will see the Status information just below the "Query Printer" Button. If the Query was successful, PSM will fill in all the detected values below. It will also select the proper Profile, if the Device Model found by the SNMP Query matches one of the Models found in the Database.
You can also select the Profile manually, but be careful, with this. If the Model is selected incorrectly, wrong Orders can occur, or no order at all.
If you are sure, you can click on "Save". Please note that a Counter Profile can not be predefined during the Import. You will have to choose a Counter Profile manually, if you need to have Statistics for the Printer.
Import Printer
If you have a lot of Printers, you probably already have a Database where you have already stored the Information needed. In this Case we suggest to use the provided Excel Template, and move the Information into that Excel Sheet. After you have done that, you will have to store that Excel Sheet as a CSV (; delimited) File, and you can select that File to import it directly into the Database.
The File will be parsed and all valid Printers will be added right away. If some of the Entries are incomplete, PSM will present those Entries in an additional Screen, and allow you to manually correct the missing Information. Please note that a Counter Profile can not be predefined during the Import. You will have to choose a Counter Profile manually, if you need to have Statistics for the Printer.
Some Information about the Fields used in the Template:
The First Line contains the Header Information and cannot be changed.
Only the IP Address / Hostname and the Serial number Fields are mandatory, but we recommend, to Enter as much information as possible. If you don't specify a Printer Profile/Model, you will be forced to choose a Model from the List during the Import. To make sure you got the correct Profile/Model, you can check on the available Models in the Profile Administration.
Here is your Template (right-click and "save as..").
Specify everything on your own:
This method is useful, if you want to specify a Printer which is for example not installed yet, eg if you buy new printers, and know already, that Model, IP Address/Hostname, Contact Person it will have. Be careful with the Model Selection! If the Model is selected incorrectly, wrong Orders can occur, or no order at all.
Things to take care of:
PSM verifies, it the Printer already exists in the Database and issues an Error Message if it is. However: it cannot verify, if the same Printer is specified twice: once using the IP Address, and once with the Hostname. Therefore take care that you have not specified the same Printer twice!
If you wanna know more details about the Parameters you can check here.