Printer node

A Printer node represents a discovered printer.

Printer node lifecycle

The following section describes the scenarios in which a Printer node is created, updated, or removed.

Creation/update

Printer nodes are created and updated in exactly the same way as Network Device nodes.

Removal

Printer nodes are removed in exactly the same way as Network Device nodes.

Printer node attributes

The attributes on a Printer node are as described in the following tables:

UI Name Attribute Name and Type	Description
Name name : string	Name of printer.
Type type : string	Type of printer.
Model model : string	Model of printer.
Vendor vendor : string	Vendor of printer.
System Name sysname : string	System name.
System Object ID sysobjectid : string	System object id.
Serial ID serial : string	Serial id.
Product ID product_id : string	Product id.
OS Type os_type : string	Operating system type.
OS Class os_class : string	Operating system class.
OS Version os_version : string	Operating system version.
OS Vendor os_vendor : string	Operating system vendor.
Firmware Version firmware_version : string	Firmware version.
Testing Status testing_status : string	Device testing status.
Capability IDs __capability_ids : list:int	Capability type ids of device.
Capability capability_types : list:string	Capability types of device.
Not displayed in UI __all_ip_addrs : list:string	Internal attribute to aid searching Devices by IP address.
Not displayed in UI __all_dns_names : list:string	Internal attribute to aid searching Devices by name.
Not displayed in UI age_count : int	The number of consecutive successful (positive) or failed (negative) accesses, from any endpoint.
Not displayed in UI last_update_success : date	The time at which a scan was last successfully associated with this Printer.
Not displayed in UI last_update_failure : date	The time at which a scan associated with this Printer failed.
Not displayed in UI last_access_response : string	Response from last attempt to access Printer.
Not displayed in UI no_response_count : int	Number of no responses since last success.
Not displayed in UI access_failure_count : int	Number of access failures since last success.
Not displayed in UI new_endpoint_identity_count : int	Number of access where endpoint reports different device.
Last successful CMDB sync last_cmdb_sync_success : date	The time at which this Printer was last successfully synchronized into the CMDB.
Last failed CMDB sync last_cmdb_sync_failure : date	The time at which an attempt to synchronize this Printer into the CMDB failed.
CMDB sync duration last_cmdb_sync_duration : float	The time in seconds spent performing the last CMDB synchronization of this Printer.
CMDB CI count last_cmdb_sync_ci_count : int	The number of CIs corresponding to this Printer at the last CMDB synchronization.
CMDB Relationship count last_cmdb_sync_rel_count : int	The number of relationships between CIs corresponding to this Printer at the last CMDB synchronization.
Scope scope : string	Distinguish overlapping address spaces.
Key key : string	Globally unique key.
Name name : string	Primary name.
Short Name short_name : string	Short name.
Description description : string	Description of the element.
URL url : string	URL for information about the element.
Business Continuity Critical business_continuity_critical : boolean	If true, element is critical to operation of the business.
Supported by 3rd Party third_party_support : boolean	True if the element is supported by a third party.
Synonyms synonyms : list:string	Other names for the element.

Printer node relationships

The relationships on a Printer node are as described in the following tables: