A system, method, and computer product for processing paper documents for electronic storage and retrieval where a label containing a document identification code is generated and is affixed to a paper document. The paper document is then converted to a digital format and transmitted to a central processing center. The digital document is separated into two or more individual pages and may be presented to a user with a viewer program. Through the viewer program the user may then identify a portion of the label to image and convert the imaged portion of the label to textual data relating to the document and its contents. The textual data may then be used in archiving the documents in an archiving program. The data also may be retrieved from a stored database location and verified with information entered in a particular field by a user.