On 9/21/11 9:52 AM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: >> 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...
Yes, he wants a machine-in-the-middle packet capture/forward setup. Linux box with 2 ethernet cards. http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/Ethernet Paul _______________________________________________ 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.
