Archival information storage on optical medium in human and machine readable format

A method of storing a document having a width and a length, and which exist s as information in an electronic file at a selected resolution, the method comprising:

• placing an optical recording medium in communication with a scanner, said optical recording medium having a laser writeable layer, said scanner having at least one variable intensity laser beam which engages said writeable layer;
• reading said information in electronic file into said scanner;
• and
• writing a visual record in said writeable layer at a de-magnification factor by controlling said intensity of said at least one laser beam and relative position of said at least one laser beam on said writeable layer in response to said electronic file, said at least one laser beam directly altering reflectivity of said writeable layer when said visual record is written.