Scraping output meant for a printer from old software/systems for "ETL" purposes has been very useful. A few of the uses I can think of during my career: - App

Scraping output meant for a printer from old software/systems for "ETL" purposes has been very useful. A few of the uses I can think of during my career: - Apple II-based database used by a choir teacher to track the school music library - MS-DOS accounting software payroll reports to generate W-2 forms - Patient records from a pediatric office - Receipt printer on a gas station pump controller - Customer transactions and balances from a home heating propane supplier - Customer transactions from unattended fueling site controllers You might think this only applies to old software, but often "printing" to a Generic/text-only printer in Windows gives good results.