1. A computerized system for preserving and managing an audit trail associated with printing of a sensitive document, the system comprising: a. a printing device disposed on a local area network; b. a network-connected appliance disposed on the local area network and communicatively coupled to the printing device, the network-connected appliance configured to receive, via the local area network, a request from a client computer, directly accessible by an end user, the client computer comprising at least a processor and a memory and being separate and distinct from the network-connected appliance, for printing of the sensitive document, to log information related to the received printing request and to release the sensitive document to the printing device for printing; and c. a server disposed outside of the local area network and configured to receive from the network-connected appliance the logged information related to the printing request and to aggregate and store the logged information on a storage device for subsequent search and retrieval.