Printers & office peripherals · 5 min read

Alert on toner and consumables before they run out

The Printer MIB reports consumable levels as a percentage, which makes a genuinely useful early-warning alert straightforward to set up.

What you'll need

  • At least one printer already added in Linivo over the Printer MIB
1

Set a warning threshold well before empty

A toner-low warning at 100% doesn't help anyone. Set the warning threshold around 15–20% remaining, giving enough lead time to order a replacement before it actually runs dry.

2

Route consumables alerts differently than hardware faults

A low-toner warning and a paper jam aren't the same urgency; route the former to whoever handles office supplies rather than paging the same on-call rotation as a genuine device fault.

3

Group by printer fleet if you manage many

If you're monitoring dozens of printers across a building or campus, group consumable alerts by floor or department so the person who orders supplies for that area gets exactly the alerts relevant to them.