scf37

Simulate a scanned PDF with ImageMagick

1. Download and install Ghostscript and ImageMagick + Convert Module
2. Execute the following command in the console (change the filename)

$ convert -density 200 INPUT.pdf -rotate 0.3 +noise Multiplicative -format pdf  -quality 85 -compress JPEG -colorspace gray OUTPUT.pdf

Description of the options

• -density: set the input DPI to 200
• -rotate: set Page rotation to 0.3 degrees