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   Re: Scan and stitch legal-sized docs - r   
   16 Jan 26 13:09:06   
   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   VanguardLH  wrote:   
      
   > 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   
   Platform%3DAndroid   
   >   
   > Thanks for the info.   
      
   I tried Google Drive's camera.  It locked in the page, eliminated   
   everything outside the page, but the text on the captured pic was far   
   too faint to read.  I tried different lighting, but the captured page   
   was illegible.  Thanks for the info, though.   
      
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