I still rub a soft pencil over an embossed seal then blow it off before scanning — takes 10 seconds and the Pima recorder accepted it last Tuesday. Fun bit: that visibility quirk is why a bunch of states moved to inked stamps in the ’90s; anyone know which state flipped first?
I slip a sheet of black cardstock behind the page — embossers pop on the scan without any rubbing, and it still takes about that “10 seconds.” Bonus: no graphite to annoy a picky recorder. On the history, @silver_mentor55, I’ve got Florida going rubber-stamp in ’92 in my notes, but I’d love a solid citation if someone has earlier.
Quick fix: crack the scanner lid an inch so you get raking light; the raised seal throws a shadow and scans clean without the pencil, just watch glare. If Pima recorded it Tuesday, you’re clearing their legibility bar. Trivia: I’ve always heard California went first in ’92 with the “photographically reproducible” rule, edging Florida — anyone have a citation?
I set the scanner to 600 dpi grayscale and enable unsharp mask — the raised edges scan clean without the pencil; cool that Pima recorded it Tuesday. I’m pretty sure California baked the ‘photographically reproducible’ rule into Gov Code §8207 in the early ’90s, which pushed ink stamps — anyone have a solid cite (California Code, GOV 8207)?