[chbot] My Vaccine Pass QR code - too small to read?

Helmut Walle helmut.walle at gmail.com
Sat Nov 27 07:08:38 GMT 2021


Thanks, Stuart - works just fine on a mid-range Samsung phone , even in the dim evening light on
a cloudy day like today. :)

And is it really 23mm? On my 100% copy it looks more like an inch.

Kind regards,

Helmut.

On 27/11/2021 19:16, Stuart Brown wrote:
> The app is freely
> available: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.govt.health.covidpassverifier
> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.govt.health.covidpassverifier>
> or https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/nz-pass-verifier/id1590019881
> <https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/nz-pass-verifier/id1590019881> 
> On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 at 18:50, Andrew Errington <erringtona at gmail.com
> <mailto:erringtona at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     All PDFs are editable.
> 
>     Indeed mine is printed at about 23 mm square, but it is scannable (but I don't have an app
>     that recognises it).
> 
>     Andrew
> 
> 
> 
>     On Sat, 27 Nov 2021, 18:46 Charles Manning, <cdhmanning at gmail.com
>     <mailto:cdhmanning at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         The purpose seems to be to tick the box of having a Vax Passport. Therefore it is
>         successful.
> 
>         Apparently it is an editable PDF: Change it to Micky Mouse if you want.
> 
> 
>         On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 6:43 PM william fleete <fleetwil at gmail.com
>         <mailto:fleetwil at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>             I tried scanning the code on mine. It doesn’t know what to do with it. Just says no
>             usable data.
> 
>             On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 at 18:15, Robin Gilks <gb7ipd at gmail.com
>             <mailto:gb7ipd at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>                 Has anyone else downloaded their pass? Got mine but after printing the QR code
>                 is only about 23mm square and it's a much higher density than say the scan
>                 posters that shops have. As far as I can see it would need to be at least 200mm
>                 square for the code to be read, as the size of the elements of the code are of
>                 the same order as the pixel density of my laser printer.
> 
>                 Even 500% mag on a pdf reader and my phone (iPhoneX) can't decode it.
> 
>                 Looks like a fail to me!
> 
> 
>                 -- 
>                 Robin Gilks
> 
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