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7.6

Emulate JetDirect box & capture output to txt file

Asked by kdmackey in Linux Printing, Operating Systems Miscellaneous

Tags: emulate, jetdirect

Original question as submitted to EE:
I have a situation where we are receiving print jobs directly to several JetDirect Printer servers.  We need to capture the printjob as plain text (printing to dot matrix printers) and process the jobs through a document management system.  The developers of the software app are not helping by saying they don't want to modify their server.

I'm hoping that there's some way that we can capture the print job and ftp the file somewhere based on what "printer" it printed to....

My question is almost identical...   host software application cannot be modified yet data needs to be captured and pre/post processed before printing (eg. need redirect to file/ftp/etc).

I have physical access to the JETDIRECT BOX and the two printers that are attached (one is an HP laserjet and one is an epson line printer).

CURRENT SITUATION:

legacy host application with no ability to change LPR/PORT/IP/ETC port printing settings

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LEGACY HOST APP----> JETDIRECT BOX /--- HP Laserjet
---------------------------------------------------\--- EPSON LinePrinter (parallel)

DESIRED SITUATION:

no change to legacy host application

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LEGACY HOST APP ----> LINUX HOST w/ JETDIRECT emulation PORT 9100 capture ---> redirect to file
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Thanks.
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