A noob question. Do we need to so many steps or can the hash be simple removed by printing the pdf to another pdf and sharibg the printed pdf? Granted the quali

A noob question. Do we need to so many steps or can the hash be simple removed by printing the pdf to another pdf and sharibg the printed pdf? Granted the quality might suffer and size might increase, but if that works that looks like a simple option. If that doesn't work, any way to integrate all these steps and make it possible through pandoc?