Patent ID: 7212322

Claim:
A system for preservation of a data record, the system comprising: (a) an input handler for accepting a preservation request to preserve said data record, for accepting input metadata associated with said data record to form a metadata record, and for conversion of said data record and said metadata record to generate a formatted data record; (b) a data processor for accepting said formatted data record, for generating at least one preview image from said formatted data record, and for encoding, from said formatted data record, a print file; (c) a preservation medium for recording said print file; (d) a writer for marking said print file onto said preservation medium to form a human-readable preserved data record; (e) a display for representing said at least one preview image; (f) a storage apparatus for safekeeping of said human-readable preserved data record; (g) a data recovery apparatus for obtaining, from said human-readable preserved data record, said data record and said input metadata record; and wherein said at least one preview image is conditioned by a look-up table.