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Simulate a scanned PDF with ImageMagick
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convert -density 300 INPUT-FILENAME -resample 200 +noise Multiplicative -quality 85 -compose divide -linear-stretch 5%x0% -rotate 0.3 -compress jpeg OUTPUT-FILENAME
:: -density set the input DPI to 300
:: -resample set the output DPI to 200
:: +noise add noise to the PDF (other Noise-Options: https://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#noise)
:: -quality set JPEG Quality to 85%
:: -compose set the type of image composition (other Compose-Options: https://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#compose)
:: -linear-stretch (https://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#linear-stretch)
:: -rotate set Page rotation to 0.3 degrees
:: -compress set compress to jpeg (other Compress-Options: https://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#compress)
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