The Network Printers application displays data collected
from network printers that have been deployed in your enterprise.
Only information about network-based printers is displayed in this
application. To view information about printers installed locally
on specific computers, see the Image Devices tab
in the Computers application.
Data displayed in the Network Printers application can vary, depending
on which discovery tool was used to collect the data. Some of the
data fields in the application might be empty. An empty field indicates
that the discovery tool did not collect the data or that administrators
did not map the data for import into the database.
Parameters specified by your administrator in the Manufacturer
Conversion administrative application determine how manufacturer names
are displayed.
You use the Network Printers application to perform the following
actions:
- View data collected by a discovery tool about network printers
deployed in your enterprise. This application cannot create network
printer records or edit them.
- Delete network printer records.
- View information about authorized assets that are linked to a
network printer by the reconciliation process. You can also view discrepancies
that the reconciliation process found between the authorized asset
and the deployed printer.
- Use the data that is collected about network printers to create
authorized IT asset records in the Assets application.
- Launch in context to other IBM® Tivoli® products that provide
additional information related to network printers. This optional
feature is available only if both products install the IBM Tivoli Data
Integration Services and Context Menu Service and
register launch points with the Context Menu Service.
The launch-in-context function is a dynamic feature. If it is implemented,
launch-in-context options might be available in the Select
Action menu, or additional Go To options
might be available on some fields.