Process for transmitting and/or storing information

Claim 1

A process for transmitting information, comprising the steps of: (i) embodying said information in a first computer file including a number of bytes, wherein each of the bytes is an array comprising digital values to which a definite meaning is attributed when the digital values are taken together; (ii) generating a coded file by applying a predetermined correspondence rule to each byte in the first computer file, wherein the coded file is comprised of coded bytes and wherein each of the coded bytes is comprised of at least one digital value; (iii) transmitting said coded file by fax modem and receiving said coded file by a fax; (iv) printing the received coded file on a material backing wherein each said coded byte is represented by a grid comprising black and white cells, wherein said black and white cells correspond to digital values 0 and 1 constituting said coded byte; (v) scanning the printed coded file by means of a scanner; (vi) communicating results of said scanning to a decoding computer; and (vii) decoding said results of said scanning into a second computer file including bytes by applying the predetermined correspondence rule in reverse to said results of said scanning, wherein each of said bytes of the second computer file is an array of digital values to which a definite meaning is attributed when the digital values are taken together.