It's a standard TCP/IP printer hooked to the offsite printer via the internet.
----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Quilhot <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:14 PM Subject: Re: [NF] is it possible to capture output to printer on a network. How is the networked printer attached to the network? Rick Q [email protected] On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]>wrote: > we have a difficult situation. > > The only way we have of taking data from one system to another is to print > reports to a printer, scan them, and import them into a new system. There > are a 100,000 + records. > > We have no access to any of the setup or controls of the printing computer > and the computer is not a windows system. We have no access to the > database. > > Is there a way to capture the data between the network cable and the > network printer with some black box or laptop or something? In other words > I want to emulate a laser printer with a black box and capture the output to > a print file, then I can convert that to plain text. I want the computer to > think it's printing to a physical printer instead of a black box. > > Any ideas? > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadazp2kw6mhrnc98dcm5_goxjep5xhq4hhcpcm76n9tgzko...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
