Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of arranging a plurality of digital images on a page for printing is provided, which includes defining a current packing area on the page, identifying a largest size image of available images that will fit within the current packing area, defining a first arrangement of the identified largest size image in the current packing area, defining a second arrangement of the identified largest size in the current packing area, comparing the first arrangement to the second arrangement, and selecting one of the arrangements based on the comparison.

Abstract: A raster type printer that utilizes a display list and crossing queues to represent the primitive objects of a page image formed of dots on an array of pixels logically organized in a sequence of adjacent swaths each swath having a first boundary that is adjacent a prior in sequence swath, if any, and a second boundary that is adjacent a next in sequence swath, if any, wherein the display list contains for each swath a swath data list that includes object records for each primitive object included in the swath, wherein an object record for a primitive object is comprised of (1) an encoded description of the primitive object if the primitive object does not cross the first boundary of the swath, or (2) a crossing queue flag if the primitive object crosses the first boundary of the swath, and wherein the records in each swath data list correspond to a predetermined sequence of primitive objects on a page image.