29. The system of claim 20 wherein the characteristic of each of the plurality of pixels substantially comprises a color of a plurality of colors.
20. A system for segregating handwritten information from typographic information on a document, the system comprising: a memory operative to store an electronic document image of a document, the electronic document image comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a characteristic of a plurality of characteristics; an interface coupled with the memory and operative to receive the electronic document image; and a processor coupled with the interface and operative to receive, via the interface, the electronic document image of the document, identify a first, a second, and a third most frequently occurring characteristic of the plurality of pixels, wherein the pixels of the plurality of pixels comprising the first most frequently occurring characteristic of the plurality of characteristics represent a background of the document, determine typographic information of the document, wherein the typographic information is represented by the pixels of the plurality of pixels of the electronic document image which comprise the second most frequently occurring characteristic of the plurality of characteristics, determine handwritten information of the document, wherein the handwritten information is represented by the pixels of the plurality of pixels of the electronic document image which comprise the third most frequently occurring characteristic of the plurality of characteristics, and derive a first representation of the handwritten information and a second representation of the typographic information.