3. The method of claim 1 wherein electronically obtaining the first page description file comprises: obtaining a digital image file of the printed page by scanning the printed page with a scanner of the multifunction printer and optically recognizing the digital image file, via the multifunction printer, for conversion to the first page description file.
1. A method of editing a printed page, comprising: automatically scanning, via a multifunction printer, the printed page, wherein the printed page includes text and at least one handwritten edit symbol; electronically obtaining, via the multifunction printer, a first page description file, which corresponds to at least the text on the printed page; electronically identifying from the scanned printed page, via optical recognition from the multifunction printer, at least one electronic edit symbol from a first array of electronic edit symbols stored in a memory of the multifunction printer, which corresponds to the at least one handwritten edit symbol; and electronically and automatically modifying, via the multifunction printer and a computer in communication with and in cooperation with the multifunction printer, the first page description file using the at least one electronic edit symbol to create a second page description file that includes the text modified according to the at least one handwritten edit symbol, wherein electronically and automatically modifying the first page description file comprises: retrieving at least one electronic edit instruction from a second edit symbol array stored in the computer; and applying, at the computer, the at least one electronic edit instruction to the first page description file.