Socket server capturing print data ??

[mikemessiah]

Would it be possible to make a socket server that listens for a specific port that you will print on ? You then create a tcp ip generic text printer on that port and send the data to your socket server that can then interpret it and store in a database, or do other processing ? I have attempted a few things but not making much headway here. I am assuming its going to be considerably more complex intercepting the data and decoding it. Can anyone give some advice if they have tried something like this. Much appreciated.