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  1. Install the pdftk for the PDF stream, and bbe to do binary replacement (sed for binaries).

    brew install pdftk-java bbe

  2. Decompress the PDF.

    pdftk infile.pdf output uncompressed.pdf uncompress

  3. Remove the watermark.

    bbe -e 's/(WATERMARK)Tm//' uncompressed.pdf > clean.pdf

  4. Compress the PDF.

    pdftk clean.pdf output outfile.pdf compress
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