From: keith_nuttle@yahoo.com   
      
   On 01/15/2026 4:13 PM, VanguardLH wrote:   
   > Looking to scan 8.5 x 14 (legal) paper documents into 8.5 x 11 paper.  I   
   > have Canon's Scan & Stitch, but the halves of each end of the 8.5 x 14   
   > scan don't match up.  The top half (1st scan) is offset from the bottom   
   > half (2nd scan).  What I get after scan and stitch looks like:   
   >   
   >          **********   
   >          **********   
   >          **********        (1st scan, top of legal doc)   
   >          ********** <--.   
   >          ********** <--|__ overlap (same content)   
   >     **********      <--|   
   >     **********      <--'   
   >     **********             (2nd scan, bottom of legal doc)   
   >     **********   
   >     **********   
   >   
   > Canon's tool does not align top with bottom.  Plus it overlaps   
   > (duplicates) some content from top into bottom.  Looking for a free tool   
   > that will scan, and stitch the top and bottom of a legal-sized document   
   > with the top and bottom aligned with each other.   
   >   
   > I did find Hugin (https://hugin.sourceforge.io/), but that seems   
   > oriented to stitching together multiple pics into a panoramic pic.  With   
   > text only, the alignment would be on the overlapping text between the 2   
   > scans of the top and bottom of the legal-sized page.   
   >   
   > Some users noted Arcsoft's Scan-n-Stitch, but it's not free (but maybe   
   > for the Deluxe edition), and looks like Arcsoft dropped it years ago.   
   > Apparently this is bundled with Epson printers, but likely a Lite   
   > version that is free.   
   When I have that situation, I use Irfanview.   You can join images   
   either at the top of the images or on the side.  Older version of   
   Irfanview called this the panorama. current version calls it Merging images.   
      
   I use it for cutting images from books and newspapers.  With Irfanview I   
   can then add source information to the images, and then save it as a PDF   
   file which I find easier to maneuver around in than a JPG.   
      
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