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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rupesh Hanumant Khetawat, Pune, IN;
Manish Vinaykumar Pai, Pune, IN;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for print monitoring are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method including monitoring a spool directory associated with a printing system; identifying, for a print job file, a file management call that is made before the print job file is submitted to a printer driver to carry out a print job; blocking the file management call; analyzing the print job file for sensitive data; in response to determining that the print job file does not include sensitive data, re-initiating the file management call for the print job file; and submitting the print job file to a printer driver to carry out a print job.