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I'd recommend GS after ImageMagick as IM will hugely increase the size of the output due to rasterization!
by baicunko 6y ago
I'd recommend GS after ImageMagick as IM will hugely increase the size of the output due to rasterization!
- miles 6y agoThe above convert command produced credible output only 6KB larger than the input PDF in my limited testing.
- apetresc 6y agoBut that in itself is a tell.
- miles 6y agoThe 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.
- jschwartzi 6y agoAnyone 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.
- baicunko 6y agoWhen 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!!
- derefr 6y agoBut isn't rasterization necessary for this deception to work? Unless there's some magical scanner out there that's outputting vector images.
- eru 6y agoWhether leaving as vector works depends on how much your recipients care to investigate.