scan2pdf: reduce colors and enhance scanned documents

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# ImageMagick utility to sharpen and reduce colors in scanned documents
+#
+
+if [ "$1" == "-h" -o "$1" == "--help" ]; then
+    echo "usage: scan2pdf input.pdf output.pdf"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+INFILE="$1"
+OUTFILE="$2"
+
+
+convert \
+    -density 300 \
+    "$INFILE" \
+    +dither \
+    -colors 64 \
+    -black-threshold 50% \
+    -fuzz 20% -fill white -opaque white \
+    -extent 2550x3300 \
+    -compress zip \
+    "$OUTFILE"
+