From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   "Alan K."  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   > How many are you doing?   
      
   Around 240 pages, all legal size.  Once scanned and stitched together   
   properly, I'd keep them as a PDF file.   
      
   I used to have a legal sized SCSI scanner a couple decades ago.  Made   
   the choice back them to discard it.  Took up a humungous amount of space   
   on my desk, slow, low res.  I took a quick look, but doesn't seem any   
   legal-sized scanners are sold now.  If software could properly stitch   
   multiple scans together, I would need to even bother thinking about a   
   legal-sized scanner.   
      
   Sorry, what I meant to ask is how to stitch together 14x8.5 legal size   
   paper to save in PDF files.  I don't need to print them.   
      
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