Overview:
This document details the scheduled task associated with each Fleet Management agent.
Native Agent Tasks:
Discovery & Enrollment
No scheduled tasks for device discovery and enrollment can be created.
Refresh Printer Information
The Native Agent reports its Printer Information once a day. The time of day cannot be changed.
Polling
The Native Agent does not poll for pending tasks.
Note:
Tasks for printers managed by Native Agents are sent to the printer via an IoT connection.
Fleet Agent Tasks:
Discovery & Enrollment
A reoccurring schedule can be configured to execute after the initial Device Discovery and Enrollment following the activation of the Fleet Agent.
| Interval | Day/Date | Time |
|---|
Never | - | - |
Daily | Every Day | Specific time |
Weekly | Day of the week | Specific time |
Monthly | Last day of the month | Specific time |
Specific date (1st through 28th) | Specific time | |
Refresh Printer Information
A Refresh Printer Information task can be sent to printers managed by a Fleet on the following intervals.
- 15 minutes
- 30 minutes (default setting)
- 1 hour
- 2 hours
- 6 hours
- 12 hours
Note:
The Refresh Printer Information task will only update the printer’s displayed information if there has been a change to the printer’s:
- page counts, or
- alert status
Polling
The Fleet Agent does not poll for pending tasks.
Note:
Tasks for printers managed by Fleet Agents are sent to the Fleet Agent via an IoT connection. The Fleet Agent then sends the tasks to the appropriate printers.
Printer Agent Tasks:
Discovery & Enrollment
No scheduled tasks for device discovery and enrollment can be created.
Refresh Printer Information
A Refresh Printer Information task is automatically place on the task queue to each enrolled and communicating printer once a day. The Printer Agent will execute the task on its next task polling interval. The time of day cannot be changed.
Polling
Printer Agents periodically poll the Fleet Management services for pending tasks. The polling interval can be set from 30 seconds to 1440 minutes (24 hours) in 1-minute steps. The default is 5 minutes.
Still Need Help?
Have the following available when calling Lexmark Technical Support;
- Printer model(s)
- Printer serial number
LEGACY ID: FA1317