1. A method of printing simple data within a complex datastream, the method comprising: receiving the complex datastream for processing, wherein the complex datastream includes simple data in a non-complex page description language (PDL) format and a copy of the simple data in a complex PDL format; processing the complex datastream to embed at least one control structure in the complex datastream, wherein the at least one control structure indicates to a raster image processor a location of the simple data in the non-complex PDL format; determining if the raster image processor recognizes the at least one control structure in the complex datastream; and processing the complex datastream by the raster image processor to generate a printable format by: converting the simple data in the non-complex PDL format to the printable format responsive to the raster image processor recognizing the at least one control structure; and converting the simple data in the complex PDL format to the printable format responsive to the raster image processor not recognizing the at least one control structure.