I am going to be connecting 2 machines together through the parallel port. The purpose of this is to capture output from machine A to a file on machine B. The software on machine A only supports outputing the information in this manner (i.e. to a printer / parallel port), which is why it is being setup this way. I need some software that runs on machine B that monitors the parallel port activity. Upon activity it needs to capture the data and save it to a file, with some ability to configure the filename, how it is captured, etc. (if possible). The capture software also needs to emulate an HP Laser-Jet printer. After the data is captured and saved to a file, it will then be imported into a database for further analysis. Does anyone have any software suggestions for monitoring the parallel port and capturing the data to a file?

Thanks in advance for your input,
Jody Wood