Microsoft’s XPS document standard sounds and looks a lot like Adobe’s industry-standard PDF format. But will it perform as well in the printing workflow? Two camps are already forming. Fans of XPS say it is better than PDF because the fonts ar

By Howie Fenton

CHANGE MAY be good or it may be bad, but it is nearly always disruptive.

In a production workflow, that generally means that when procedures change, mistakes increase, resulting in heightened inspection vigilance. Ultimately, though, the goal is to complete the process better, faster or cheaper.

Such a change is about to occur in digital printing and prepress as the adoption rates of Windows Vista and Office Suite 2007 swell, because Vista and Office 2007 create and print files differently than other systems.

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Howie Fenton is an independent consultant who focuses on analyzing/benchmarking the performance of printing operations. Fenton helps companies use metrics, best practices and workflow strategies to streamline operations. Call (720) 872-6339 or email howie@howiefentonconsulting.com

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