A method of generating a printed interactive document is provided. The document comprises graphical information for a user and a plurality of tags. Each tag contains coded data identifying the document and a location of that tag on the document. The method comprises the steps of: (a) allocating and recording a document identity in a computer system; (b) determining a page description for the document in the computer system, said page description comprising a description of graphical information and a description of an interactive element which includes a zone of the interactive element on the document; (c) associating the document identity with the page description in the computer system; and (d) sending at least part of the page description and the document identity to a printer networked with the computer system. The method enables the printer to generate the tags and print the document onto a substrate.