<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>scan</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>13</revnumber><date>2025-08-12 12:26:50</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>12</revnumber><date>2025-08-12 07:26:37</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>11</revnumber><date>2024-05-20 14:12:33</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>10</revnumber><date>2024-05-20 14:08:33</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>9</revnumber><date>2024-05-20 14:08:09</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>8</revnumber><date>2024-05-20 14:07:38</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>7</revnumber><date>2015-04-28 06:41:57</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>6</revnumber><date>2013-04-25 14:12:00</date><authorinitials>frankm</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2013-02-21 17:11:38</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2013-02-21 15:34:57</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2013-02-21 15:25:28</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2013-02-21 15:25:19</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2013-02-21 15:19:04</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Scan</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para>H52: <ulink url="https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/public/scan/public/scanner_h52#">Scanner</ulink> at the Windows computer. </para></listitem><listitem><para>Copy machines on Floor 'J' and 'K' (you need a copy machine code - not for students). </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>Remove background</title><para>To remove the background color 'white' (or similar to white): In Thinlinc, please save the image, open the file manager, and choose 'Remove background'. </para><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/public/scan?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=removebackground.png"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>removebackground.png</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> </para><para>This is especially useful for scanned signatures to paste to a document. </para></section><section><title>PDF / TIFF</title><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><screen><![CDATA[# PDF > TIFF
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convert source.tiff new.pdf]]></screen></listitem></itemizedlist><section><title>Android: Create PDF from picture</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para>App: Google Drive </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9308884?hl=de&amp;co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid"/> </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section></section></article>