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Do not scan printers

Article ID: 11933
Last updated: 27 Jan, 2009
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Posted: 22 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 27 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.

Do not scan printers

This script is Copyright (C) 2003 by Michel Arboi

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Plugin ID11933
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Description:

Synopsis :

The remote host appears to be a printer and will not be scanned.

Description :

The remote host appears to be a network printer or multi-function
device. Such devices often react very poorly when scanned - some
crash, others print a number of pages. To avoid problems, has
marked the remote host as Dead and will not scan it.

Solution :

If you are not concerned about such behavior, enable the Scan Network
Printers setting under the Do not scan fragile devices advanced
settings block and re-run the scan.

Risk factor :

None
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