1. A computer-implemented method of generating a printable representation for an electronically stored multimedia document storing multimedia information, the multimedia information comprising information of at least a first type and information of a second type, the method comprising: accessing layout information specifying how the multimedia information stored by the multimedia document is to be printed on a paper medium; and automatically generating the printable representation for the multimedia information stored in the multimedia document based upon the layout information, the printable representation for the multimedia document comprising a printable representation for information of the first type and a printable representation for information of the second type, the printable representation of the multimedia document capable of being printed on a paper medium.