I have been using this technique (scanning half at a time) for quite awhile with good success. I do however find a slight misalignment problem that I have to tweak by transforming the image edges. A little practice as to the best way to do this usually solves the problem but it still is a little time consuming.
renomike wrote:
Scan it one half at a time, and stich it back together. I have done it several times. Works great. The broken and missing edge pieces are easy to fix. You can also take it in to Kinkos or Office Depot, and have it color copied, and use that as your work piece, so you don't do any more damage to the original picture while handling it.
I've been restoring family photos for about 15 years.
Mike