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Re:Show HN: Make Your PDF Look Scanned by miles on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @06:45PM (#23161014)
The above convert command produced credible output only 6KB larger than the input PDF in my limited testing.
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Re:Show HN: Make Your PDF Look Scanned by baicunko on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:24AM (#23164049)
When I tested using only IM I was getting 3x file size. I will further test your command to see how this improves the current situation, thanks!!
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Re:Show HN: Make Your PDF Look Scanned by apetresc on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:09PM (#23161224)
But that in itself is a tell.
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Re:Show HN: Make Your PDF Look Scanned by jschwartzi on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:14PM (#23161268)
Anyone unsophisticated enough to require you to print and handwrite a signature is also unsophisticated enough to not realize that the PDF size is a tell.
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Re:Show HN: Make Your PDF Look Scanned by miles on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:13PM (#23161259)
The whole purpose is to make a new PDF that looks like it was scanned. The file size differing from the original is a feature, not a bug.
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