Patent ID: 7038805
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for electronic archiving of a data stream output by a computer in a printer-specific data format that contains at least one of graphic information and text information, comprising the steps of: distinguishing form data from variable data in the data stream while said data is in a printer data format; converting the data stream from the printer specific format into a data format based on pixels; differently processing said form data and said variable data in the data stream based on pixels by a raster control, wherein said form data re-occurs a plurality of times in interrelated data sets; storing a form dataset of identical form data only once within a predetermined data group, said form data being based on pixels; storing all allocated variable data of all datasets of the data group, said variable data being based on pixels; wherein said form data is used for a plurality of different documents.