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		sidewndr46 on May 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What we can deduce from a leaked PDF Printers have done this since the 1980s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code

scarmig on May 4, 2022 [–]

That's the watermark, which is well known. Low resolution scans of the original document can counteract them (...I think...), so I'm brainstorming (dystopian) alternatives.

sidewndr46 on May 4, 2022 | [–]

I misunderstood the intent it seems.

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