A system and method capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session, the session consisting of handwritten annotations made by a user by way of a writing implement on a plurality of pages. The method includes the steps of receiving, in the computer system and via the writing implement, an indication of the start of the note-taking session, data indicative of said handwritten annotations made by said user on said plurality of pages, and an indication of the end of the note-taking session, maintaining a retrievable record of the received data for the note-taking session, and printing a note-taking session end page indicates a start time and an end time of the note-taking session in response to receive the indication of the end of the note-taking session.