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I printed, signed, scanned, and emailed Ameritrade. My scan was so good that it got rejected. They told me that digital signature is not accepted.


This has happened to me in the past. Now I always make sure to damage the paper and avoid putting it in the scanner straight. Bend a corner, wrinkle it a little, and select the image mode on the scanner to avoid the background looking too clean.


Add some fake coffee mug stains and lens flare :D


http://legacy.hanno-rein.de/hanno-rein.de/archives/349

For Latex documents, but same concept and a fun little add on.




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