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vasilisnikolo
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April 5, 2026
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scanned pdf docs looks different.....

  • April 5, 2026
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Hello.I  have  created    a  scanned  pdf  doc  with my  canon  MP640  printer  for my  police identity  years ago.Appears  the  two  sides of  police idenity doc  and  the  font  arroung is grey(screenshot1)when i open with  adobe reader.Is   this  because  i  scan  the police identity directly  with canon printer?Because  i  take  screenshot  for my new  police identity  and copy paste  to  word  and  after that  i  save it  as  pdf and appears  regurarly  the  white paper  around  this(screenshot 2)

 

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    gary_sc
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    gary_scCommunity Expert
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    April 5, 2026

    Hi, ​@vasilisnikolo, please clarify one issue: I’m seeing one black rectangle in the top screenshot and two in the 2nd screenshot. Are you blacking out those rectangles (for privacy purposes) or is this the “grey” you are referring to. The grey I’m seeing in the images above looks to me like the background in the window that is not your document.

    Basically, I’m not understanding what I’m looking at in your screenshots.

    Karl Heinz Kremer
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    Karl Heinz KremerCommunity Expert
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    April 5, 2026

    Did you create the PDF with the scanner software? It’s possible that it created bad PDF - by his would not be the first time that software from a scanner manufacturer is guilty of that (even though it’s been a while since I last encountered this) 

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