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Shades:
There is the problem, there is very little available and most of these option carry a hefty pricetag.

VueScan:
http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html

PaperPort:
http://www.nuance.com/imaging/products/paperport.asp
Years ago I got an older version (six, I believe) from this software for free on a PC magazine and that worked well with my scanner, YMMV though.

QQScan2Disc:
http://www.topshareware.com/QQScan2Disc-download-61878.htm

SilverFast:
http://www.silverfast.com/

Scanitto:
http://www.masterslabs.com/en/scanitto-pro.html

More alternatives:
http://www.scanhelp.com/


Here is some freeware that may do the trick as well:
FreeKapture:
http://www.freewarefiles.com/FreeKapture_program_32165.html

Scan & Sorteer:
http://www.retsoft.nl/producten.php

EDIT:
Added freeware options

dspelley:
I've done this many times using the Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor. Elements uses my scanner's Twain software to scan multiple prints I put on the glass into one Photoshop Elements image.

Once the image with the multiple prints is scanned into the Editor, from the Editor menu choose "Image - Divide Scanned Photos." Elements looks for the borders of the individual photos and separates them into individual files that can be edited or saved. I usually have my individual photos lined up pretty well, but I think it will auto-straighten them if they are tilted a bit.

Darwin:
FWIW, I own a licence for PaperPort Pro 11 but use Vista's built-in scanning engine with a four or five year old (or older?) HP ScanJet 3970. Vista tags my scans and places them in a folder of my choosing and I then use PaperPort's amazing SET tools to tweak them... It's not a cheap solution by any stetch, but it works well for me.

mouser:
if you have tons of normal sized photographs, you may be better off spending your money on a dedicated mini photo scanner.

4wd:
Assuming the photos are all the same 6x4, (etc), size:

Wouldn't the most efficient way be to scan three at a time and then slice'n'dice with a macro in a paint program?

Or, actually, since it's basically for archival why not just leave as composite scans of three pictures?

EDIT: eg. Use the GIMP with this script.  Basically the same as dspelley mentions above but a fair bit cheaper ;)

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