yes it tried that but the only sources i found wanted credit card numbers first and my company was not keen to have their cards used. One of your users has a copy but when i tried to message him i got an error back saying his inbox was full on this site.
What type of information are you interested in? I think that a mark will give a lot of useful information.
Perhaps the execution of code/recipe, count and all other means could be remedied.
We have around our plant a few Markem printers. You will definitely spend a lot of money on what you get (it seems like anyways). I never saw anything about Ethernet communication, but I don't really look. I never saw anything.