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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2017
Emerge Print Management, Llc, Tampa, FL (US);
Daniel Doyle, Sr., Bellair, FL (US);
Patrick Adesso, Tampa, FL (US);
Jill Castillenti, Dade City, FL (US);
Gideon Hecht, Tampa, FL (US);
Brian Lauman, Clearwater, FL (US);
Scott Robinson, Tampa, FL (US);
Daniel Doyle, Jr., Bellair, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring a locally attached printer using the locally attached printer's Ethernet interface. A USB device is installed between a computer and a locally attached printer and additional connects to the printer via an Ethernet interface. The USB device uses SNMP (or other network protocols) to manage the printer via the Ethernet interface. The system may then report the management information to a central server.