how can i get details off a faded receipt?

brightonman123

i have a paypoint receipt, that's faded (thermo type printing)- is there any way of recovering what was printed on it?

many thanks!

TiTheRev

Is it still legible enough to photocopy on a dark setting?

culpepper

you could try scanning it and then enhancing the different colours one at a time in a photo editing program.
If there is anything left of one colour of ink, it may become readable that way.
It would be trial and error.
Put a black paper behind the receipt when you scan it and try one without the black behind too so you have lots of different options for enhancing it.

robt_2

Do you actually need what is on it - why not just ring up the relevant company and ask to confirm that the payment has gone through. Or is it for your own records for something else eg a business petty cash etc?

brightonman123

some liquid (unknown) spilt on it, just the paypoint watermark is visible..

no idea what it is for!