title: Intercepting data sent to a Windows printer (using RedMon)
body: <p>I need to intercept data being sent to a ESC/POS printer on Windows and analyze it. </p>
  
  <p>So I wanted to get the data in plain text, so that I can extract and make sense of information being sent to the printer.</p>
  
  <p>Currently, I have tried using RedMon to get the data stream being sent to the printer port. But the data being sent is in the form of raster graphics i.e. dots to be printed, embedded within ESC/POS commands.</p>
  
  <p>So I was wondering if somebody can suggest me on how can I get the print data in text format so as to be able to extract some information from it.</p>