[PwrPencil]

Did it break apart the text elements from the background? Did it leave white blanked out areas that don’t match the sharpness of the black text that was lifted up? PDF scans might break up the scan (for compression purposes) but I don’t see how it would be smart enough to lift text and clean it up!

[reegs]

OK... I did another experiment by scanning a print out of the birth certificate. As you can see from the image below, the scanning software DID seperate elements as can be seen by the Illustrator handles. I was able to move these elements including the black type. Moving the type did leave a white area beneath it.