ID Card Front & Back on One Page

About the ID Card Front & Back on One Page

Make a photocopy-style page of an ID card without a photocopier: photograph the front and the back (or choose a PDF, such as a downloaded e-Aadhaar), and both sides are straightened, cropped and placed on one A4 or US Letter page at the card’s true size, 85.60 × 53.98 mm (the ID-1 format of ISO/IEC 7810 used by Aadhaar, PAN, driving licences, voter IDs, bank cards and most other ID cards).

The card’s edges are found automatically, and you can drag the corners exactly onto the card — a photo taken at an angle comes out rectangular. Adjust brightness and contrast, cover part of a side (for example the first eight digits of an Aadhaar number), put several copies on one sheet with cut lines, add a note such as what the copy is for, and download a PDF or a JPG with a pass, or after unlocking the result. The photos never leave your device. Without a pass, the free preview shows the finished page and both straightened sides marked “MySmartCoPilot preview · not for use”.

Common uses

• Attaching ID proof to applications for bank accounts, SIM cards, rental agreements, admissions and jobs.
• Sending a single-page copy of both sides of a card by e-mail or upload instead of two photos.
• Printing several copies to cut out, without a trip to a photocopy shop.
• Sharing an Aadhaar copy with most of the number covered.

True size, and how to print it

ID-1 cards measure 85.60 × 53.98 mm with corners rounded to a radius of about 3 mm (ISO/IEC 7810). The PDF is built at that size, so a printout at 100% is the same size as the card — useful when a form asks for a “true copy”. Printers set to Fit to page or Shrink to fit scale the page; choose Actual size or 100% in the print dialog. The JPG is made at 300 dpi and marked as 300 dpi in the file, so photo apps that print at actual size keep the true size too.

Covering the Aadhaar number

UIDAI’s My Aadhaar page offers a Masked Aadhaar download, in which only the last 4 digits of the Aadhaar number are visible. To make a copy of your card like that, tick Cover part of this side and drag the black box over the first eight digits on each side that shows the number. The box is painted into the image before the PDF is made, so the covered digits are not in the file at all — not even under a removable layer.

The box is placed by hand: check the preview before you download, and turn the card before or after placing it — the box turns with the card. Some organisations need the full number for verification; ask what they accept.

The QR code on an Aadhaar holds the holder’s details too — name, gender, date of birth, address and photograph, as UIDAI’s QR code page lists — and covering the digits leaves it readable. If the copy needs only one side, add just that side.

Getting a good photo

• Put the card on a dark, plain surface that contrasts with it — automatic edge finding works best that way.
• Hold the phone straight above the card, fill most of the frame, and avoid glare from lamps or windows (tilt the card slightly if the laminate shines).
• Photograph each side separately. Angled photos are fine: the four corners are used to straighten the card.

Limitations

• The card outline is found by looking for straight edges; on a busy background, with a hand covering a corner or in poor light it may miss, and you drag the corners by hand.
• Very small or blurry photos print blurry: the card should be at least about 1,000 pixels wide in the photo for a sharp 300 dpi copy.
• A password-protected PDF (such as an e-Aadhaar) asks for its password; it is used only to open the file on your device.
• The note is printed as an image, so it can’t be selected as text in the PDF.

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