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Not being very Tech savvy,and wanting to help !. I have a question. Can I scan let's say 9 or 12 cards at a time front and back and when it comes time to crop, can they the be put into the set, or must I scan each card. I hope that made sense. Any hrlp would be great. Wayne !!!

I have been scanning for a long time now. Over time, I have found that 4 cards on the scanner surface at once is the best. Usually 4 cards are cropped perfectly by the scanner software. I went with 9 cards for awhile, reduced to 6, then reduced to 5. 9, 6 and 5 were all cutting off one side or another on one or more cards in the scan. It seems that 4 cards scans perfect on the Canon LIDE line of scanners.

To answer your question directly, yes.  You can scan them all at once and then crop out the card you need when loading them in the database.  Time consuming but works.  In ref to gb24's reply; you'll have to play around with your scanner to find out how and when it will separate each card on the scan bed.  I've noticed with my Canon it depends on the gap/space I leave between each card.  Too close together and it reads them as one object.  I arrange mine pushed up against two edges on the scanner bed to keep them straight.  I can typically do 5 cards at once and the scanner separates them out into individual images/objects.