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Scanned QR Code is not recognized

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp

Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure with the attached printed-and-scanned QR image through the CommandLineDecoder and the WindowsFormsDemo in the Clients folder. Investigate the image preprocessing and binarization path in the core decoder, since the 44-comment thread shows no agreed fix. Done means the scanned sample decodes reliably, with a regression test added.

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Description

Hi,

I am having trouble with decoding the following QR code. The Code has been printed and then scanned again and can then no be read anymore by the ZXing library.
I mostly tried with the CommandLineDecoder and the WindowsFormsDemo from the Clients folder. I tried with all kinds of different settings but none seem to work.
rechnung3

What do I need to do to make this work?

Thanks for your help.

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