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   VanguardLH to Frank Slootweg   
   Re: Scan and stitch legal-sized docs - r   
   16 Jan 26 10:50:03   
   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Frank Slootweg  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)   
   >>    **********   
   >>    **********   
   >   
   > As I mentioned there [1], the scan function of the Google Drive app is   
   > quite good and handy, because you only have to point at the document   
   > and it 'snaps' to it and 'scans' it, to PDF or JPEG. As this app just   
   > 'grabs' the document and leaves everything outside the document off,   
   > size is irrelevant, so 8.5 x 14 (legal) paper documents should be   
   > fine.   
      
   Hmm, that could work.  I'll experiment.  Found some instructions at:   
      
   https://support.google.com/drive/answer/3145835?hl=en&co=GENIE.P   
   atform%3DAndroid   
      
   Thanks for the info.   
      
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