It's ALL in the software!!!
If you have a photo managing program (I use Adobe Photo Deluxe) - all you do is scan and drag stuff where you want it... resize it to make it fit...

Now... it is Alan B's ebay scans tht I like....
He gets that "random" look going that is interesting and makes me really look in fear I'll miss something

But almost unfailingly!!... I scan at 100%/ 150 dpi. BUT I reduce to 75 dpi BEFORE trying to load it here... or Greg's server yells. By reducing resolution, the scan is still "decent" enough to see, but much smaller (and manageable)in both "real" and "virtual" space.