printereid
Printereid is a term used in discussions of printer identity and fleet management to denote a unique identifier assigned to a printer device. It is not a formal, universally adopted standard, but several vendors and standards bodies describe concepts that resemble printerids for device management, accounting, and security auditing. The idea is to give each printer a persistent, tamper-resistant identity that survives firmware updates and relocation across networks.
In practice, a printereid could be embedded in the device firmware, stored on a secure element, or
Typical uses include inventory and asset management, driver and firmware provisioning, access control, usage accounting, and
However, there are challenges. There is no universal spec for printing devices that defines a printereid format