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0 pointsbaicunko6y ago0 comments

I'd recommend GS after ImageMagick as IM will hugely increase the size of the output due to rasterization!

0 pointsbaicunko6y ago0 comments

I'd recommend GS after ImageMagick as IM will hugely increase the size of the output due to rasterization!

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miles6y ago· 4 in thread

The above convert command produced credible output only 6KB larger than the input PDF in my limited testing.

baicunkoOP6y ago

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!!

apetresc6y ago

But that in itself is a tell.

jschwartzi6y ago

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.

miles6y ago

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.

derefr6y ago· 1 in thread

But isn't rasterization necessary for this deception to work? Unless there's some magical scanner out there that's outputting vector images.

eru6y ago

Whether leaving as vector works depends on how much your recipients care to investigate.

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