WfH Device Properties

A WfH device will display less device information compared to a DM Agent-managed device.

There are four nodes displayed for a WfH device.

Main Properties.
Status Details.
Counters.
Work from Home.

The WfH device information is obtained via polling. If there are changes in the device's information, the data will be displayed in the next polling cycle.

Information retrieved from USB-connected WfH devices is limited to the following only:

  • Properties: Manufacturer, Model, Serial Number, Installed Memory, Comment

  • Status Details: System Status, Printer Status

  • Counters: Total, Printer Black, Printer Color Full

 


Main Properties

The table below lists the device information retrieved from a WfH device.

  WfH Device Properties
Display Name Device Address
Model Name* Vendor Name
Serial Number* MAC Address
Location Installed Memory*

Comment*

Manufacturer*

The Display Name is the WfH Client machine’s “<Hostname>.<DomainName>”, while the Address is WfH Client machine’s “<Hostname>.<DomainName>.WfH".

The USB-connected Work from Home devices only display the properties with an asterisk (*).


Status Details

Displays the Printer Status and the Toner Level Status only.

For Printer Status, System and Printer information are the only status shown. When more than one status has occurred at the same time, the status with higher priority is displayed.

System

Icon Description
No reply
Service Call
Waiting for Supply
Out of toner/ink
Paper jam
Out of paper
ADF paper jam
Maintenance
Fax transmission error
Cover is open
Other error
Access attack detection
Available

Printer

Icon Description
No reply
Out of toner/ink
Paper jam
Out of paper
Cover is open
Other error

Offline

Warm-up

In use

Toner/ink low

Paper low

Caution

Low energy mode-waiting
Available

For Toner Level Status, a list of examples below shows how the remaining toner levels are represented in the Status Details node.

Example toner status Explanation
The Black (K) toner cartridge has 80 - 100%.
The Cyan (C) toner cartridge has 60 - 80% remaining.

The empty box indicates that a minimum of 20% of the cyan toner has been used.

The Magenta (M) toner cartridge has 40 - 60% remaining.

The empty boxes indicate that a minimum of 40% of the magenta toner has been used.

The Yellow (Y) toner cartridge has 20 - 40% remaining.

The empty boxes indicate that a minimum of 60% of the yellow toner has been used.

The Black (K) toner cartridge has 0 - 20% remaining.

The empty boxes indicate that a minimum of 80% of the black toner has been used.

Running out of toner/ink.
Out of toner/ink.
Unknown Remaining toner is unknown.
OK The toner level cannot be obtained for the device, but it’s not low or empty.

Counters

The table below lists the counters retrieved from a WfH device.

  Device Counters
Total Printer Black
Printer Color Full Fax Black
Fax Color Copy Black
Copy Color Full Fax Send
Duplex A3/DLT
Total Color Total Mono
Scanner Send Color Scanner Send Mono

Work from Home

Information about Work from Home node is described below.

Item Description
Computer Name Displays the name of the computer where the WfH Client service is running. The name is read-only.
User Displays the user name of the user associated with the device. The user name is read-only.
WfH State Allows you to view and set the state of the device.

To know more about the WfH device state, go to Change WfH Device State.