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Re:Xerox scanners/photocopiers randomly alter numbers in sca... by watt on Monday November 15, 2021 @02:41AM (#29224825)
It just doesn't matter - the only thing that matters is if the text (information) that's being imaged is readable for person receiving it.

Apps like Office Lens will undistort the pic and it just looks good enough. (App knows you are taking a picture of A4 page, so it knows how to make it look straight + white.)

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Re:Xerox scanners/photocopiers randomly alter numbers in sca... by ClumsyPilot on Monday November 15, 2021 @12:48PM (#29230149)
Sometimes it does matter - a particularly small font, a colour document, watermarks, etc. Can render it unsuitable.
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