Patent ID: 7379203

Claim:
A method for capturing data during a print process, the method comprising: displaying on a graphical user interface of a template for receiving information being parsed from a spool file, wherein in the template is an image of the consumable business form with at least one of the target zones for printing at least a portion of the information from the spool file thereon; graphically indicating on the graphical user interface a plurality of target zones in the template for printing the information from the spool file thereon; observing a print command issued by an application for a particular printer; reading the spool file written to memory in response to the print command, wherein the spool file is written in an Extended Metafile Format (EMF) which is printer independent; parsing information from the spool file; generating an output file containing the information which has been parsed from the spool file; modifying the output file to conform to the template, wherein the template includes a plurality of target zones to print information which has been parsed from the spool file with information to a specific addressee; and converting the output file that was modified into a final print data stream for the particular printer.