How to Sign a PDF Document Without a Printer

Printing a document just to sign it, only to scan it back into a PDF, is a massive waste of time and paper. Here is the modern way to do it.

Creating your Digital Signature

The best way to get a clean signature is to sign a piece of white paper with a black pen, take a high-quality photo of it, and then use a background removal tool (or save it as a PNG with transparency).

Adding it to your PDF

Many modern browser-based PDF editors allow you to 'stamp' an image onto a PDF. Since these tools run locally, your signature file never leaves your computer, protecting you from identity theft.