1. A system for printing multimedia data, the system comprising: an interface for receiving multimedia data from at least one of a plurality of different types of peripheral devices; a multimedia processing system coupled to the interface to receive the multimedia data, the multimedia processing system for generating an electronic representation and a printable representation of the multimedia data; a formatting module for formatting the printable representation in a predefined format configured for a specific type of peripheral device providing the multimedia data, wherein the formatting module generates the printable representation in a predefined video paper format responsive to receiving the multimedia data from a video recording device, and wherein the formatting module generates the printable representation in an audio paper format responsive to receiving the multimedia data from an audio recording device; a first output device coupled to the formatting module, the first output device for printing the printable representation of the multimedia data to a printable tangible medium; and a second output device coupled to the multimedia processing system, the second output system for electronically outputting the electronic representation of the multimedia data.