A processor is provided with a first set of digital information that includes a first, resolution-independent structures representation of a document. This first representation is one from which various image collection (e.g., sets of page images) can be obtained, each such image in each such collection having a characteristic resolution. From the first set of digital information, the processor produces a second set of digital information that includes a second, resolution-dependent structured representation of the document. The second structured representation is a lossless representation of a particular one of the image collections obtainable from the first structured representation, and it includes a set of tokens and a set of positions. The second set of digital information is produced by extracting the tokens from the first structured representation, and by determining the positions from the first structured representation. Each extracted token includes pixel data representing a subimage of the particular image collection. Each position is a position of a token subimage in the particular image collection. At least one of the token subimages contains multiple pixels and occurs at more than one position in the image collection. The second set of digital information thus produced can be made available for further use (e.g., distribution. transmission, storage, subsequent reconversion into page images). Applications of the invention include high-speed printing and Internet (World Wide Web) document display.
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