Abstract: A system for managing a print job is disclosed. Print job data is intercepted prior to being printed by a printer and a print job package is generated including the print job data as intercepted and metadata on the print job data, the print job data as intercepted being extractable from the print job package.

Abstract: A system for managing a print job is disclosed. Print job data is intercepted prior to being printed by a printer and a print job package is generated including the print job data as intercepted and metadata on the print job data, the print job data as intercepted being extractable from the print job package.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a system for printing from a first network to a printer connected to a second network comprising a first server on the first network for receiving a print job, the print job including print code data and user identification data identifying the user on the first network who initiated the print job, the first server configured to transmit the print job over a communication link, a second server on the second network for receiving the print job and user identification data through the communication link, a print server on the second network comprising a database mapping the user identification data of the user on the first network to a user identifier on the second network, and configured to: receive the print job from the second server, receive a request from a printer on the second network to print a print job, the request including an identifier of a user on the second network, identify a received print job associated with the user identifier