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network printer installed on a Windows Vista starts suddenly showing as Offline even when other machines on printer showing offline windows 10 the network can access it fine. I originally thought it would be an IP address issue, but it turned out not to be anything to printer offline windows 8 do with that. In fact, the solution was far simpler - but also slightly strange… It turns out that Windows Vista automatically enables SNMP support for networked printers, and if it can't get a response to a SNMP message then it assumes
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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. My printer (a fairly old Lexmark T640) is one of the ones that doesn't implement it - so of course Vista will never
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get a response to a SNMP message. The result of which is that the printer will start showing as offline at a seemingly random time because Vista has just sent a SNMP message to it, and it hasn't responded. 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. That should be it…but here are a few other tips/observations from people who've commented on this post: This has been found to work on a variety of versions of Windows including Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 You could need to be logged in as an administrator before you can change the SNMP status If you're running Windows 8 then this could be the problem instead (thanks Gompo) If you find that this solves it for a bit but it keeps going offline again then editing the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print and adding a new DWORD called SNMPLegacy with the value 1 and restarting may solve it (thanks Coxy) The issue can be caused even when the printer does support SNMP, but somehow the SNMP communications aren't getting through - for exampl
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"offline" or "status is not available" then the computer and printer are not communicating with each other. If your printer is connected to your network: Make sure the printer is powered on Make sure the computer is connected successfully to the same network as the printer If the IP address assignmentis DHCP, then change to a Static IP. Click here for assistance onhow to assign a static IP address. Configure the TCP/IP port to make sure the IP address of the printer is the same as what is shown in the TCP/IP port. Click here for instruction on how to configure the TCP/IP port. To get the printer IP address, print a configuration report or network configuration report. Disable the SMNP feature. To do this: Go to Control Panel, thenclick on Devices and Printers. Right click over the printer showing offline and click on Printer Properties In Printer Properties, click the Ports tab Make sure your printer port is checked and click Configure Port Towards the bottom of the window, uncheck the box beside SNMP Status Enabled and press OK. Press the X at the top right of the window to exit Printer Properties and try printing a page to verify the printer is online. If the printer shows offline after performing the steps above,reinstall the print driver and go through networkinstallation. Click here to goto network setup. Service Feedback Q1. In regards to this content, did we answer your question or provide the information that you needed? Yes No Please tell us why. I am dissatisfied with the performance or quality of my product I am dissatisfied because my product requires service I followed the directions provided, but my problem was not resolved The content was not what I was looking for There were broken links and/or pictures on the page Q2. Tell us what you think. What could we have done to answer your question better? Please give us your feedback @SamsungSupport Samsung Support Samsung Support USA SamsungService