Image Positioning - defines how the images are paginated (placed) on each page.

Compact - use the compact option to fit all images as close together as possible in the upper left corner of the document. This option is useful if you want to use the absolute minimum amount of paper so that the unused portions may be used later.

Center - the center option will result in the same number of images per page as the compact option, except the images will be centered on the page and spaced apart so that images do not look crowded. This option is most useful for creating picture albums.

Manual - the manual option allows you to enter a position (upper left corner) on the page for each image to print. Note that since you are identifying a location on the page, only one image will print per page. This option can be useful for locating an image over other (non-blank) media such as greeting cards, etc.

Template - the template option places each image at a predefined location on the page (grid). The template option is an extremely powerful option as it has many uses. The template that is used is the template currently showing on the main screen under "Sample Page". For this reason, the flexibility exists to select bounds that are different in size from the template. Each image is placed at the next available template location (upper left). If an image takes up more than one template location, the template locations "partially occupied" by the image are unusable. For example, if you select 6 x 4 bounds and later change the bounds to 3 x 2, the working template will change to 3 x 2. The 6 x 4 images will then occupy four positions in the template (2 along the width and 2 along the height). Note that now, however, you have the flexibility of filling the remaining (unused) 3 x 2 positions on the page with any size images you like. For example, you could fill the remaining positions with 3 x 2 images, filling all remaining positions on the page. As you can see, adding images at one size while using a template of a different size (especially when you use exact multiples of sizes at 2x, 3x, etc) allows the flexibility to place many images on a page while still retaining alignment for perfect cutting (images will be aligned by the left edge by nature of this algorithm).

Optimize - The optimize option is the same as the center option except that optimize will rearrange images in the queue to optimize the number that will fit on each page. Use this option if paper usage is more important than the order in which images are printed. Note that Qimage will rearrange images (sometimes placing them on different pages) so if you are resizing images using the page editor it may not always be obvious where the current image (that you are resizing) has "gone" after you make the change since it may end up on a different page after being resized.

Freehand - Allows total control over where images are placed on the page.  In this mode, you MUST take manual control and place all images on the page yourself.  You can start with one of the other (automatic) options and switch to freehand placement later to "tweak" your printout manually.  See the Freehand option for more details.