Document scanning passport page for ID credentials (flatbed scanner, not phone app)

[Legoman]

Bit of an odd question. Tried googling in hope of an answer but could find nothing relevant. I've just received my new AU passport and I want to scan the ID page for purpose of keeping on file when needed for points of ID check for bank account applications etc. The problem with doing this is the passport has some sort of built in anti-scanning copy-protection such that when subjected to UV light, all the blue portions (visible by eye under normal ambient light) of the ID page light up bright pink when scanned under the artificial light of a flatbed scanner. Does anyone know how to document scan the new passports to get the correct colours reproduced instead of everything coming out bright pink?

Obviously I'm not going to post the evidence of my own scanning of my own passport to prove what I'm saying, but here's a generic example from a google image search.

From: https://tinyurl.com/2xmv78wx

All the bright pink coloured sections in this generic sample image of an Australian passport from that news article linked above are actually blue when viewed with the naked eye.

 

[RooFlyer]

Does anyone know how to document scan the new passports to get the correct colours reproduced instead of everything coming out bright pink?

Not document scan, but maybe take an image with your phone or even a SLR camera? Not as high res but will have all the essential details.

 

[SYD]

Yes, I’ve never had a problem just using a photo from my iPhone (which I tag as a “Favourite” to make it easy to find and use time after time).

 

[elanshin]

I believe as long as a few important parts are clearly legible photos should be fine. (The machine read lines down the bottom). I had to do US esta again last night and it read it fine off my phone.

 

[Warragul]

Try scanning in black and white. I did this with a RA series and that glow doesn't appear, no issues getting an ESTA.

 

[ausfox]

I used a domestic level HP printer/scanner and had no trouble on new type passports.

 

[Lynda2475]

Slightly OT but a friend got her new passport yesterday and showed me last night. With the move to black and white photo (yet they ask you to supply a colour photo) they have found a new way to age everyone. So unflattering.

 

[ausfox]

The colour images also displayed are no more flattering on my passport.

 

[Legoman]

I ended up scanning it in pink then manually painting all the pink sections to the right shade of blue and cutting out the window sections and making them transparent too using a photo editor. Laborious and time consuming but it's done now and weighed over the 10 year life of the passport, it's okay.