> 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.
> 

Talking out of my a$$ here, as usual....

Can you put some sort of switch/router in-line with the TCP/IP traffic, and it 
acts as simply a 'pass thru' machine?

Then as the traffic comes through for the print job, route (a copy) it to a 
machine/device that will create a file you can then manipulate??

Wireshark might be a possibility w/o being as intrusive (that's what it's for), 
but parsing those log files could be a challenge fer sure...



Thanks,
 
Matthew Jarvis || Business Systems Analyst
IT Department
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center
1460 G Street, Springfield, OR  97477 || Ph: 541-744-6092 || Fax: 541-744-6145
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