Adobe PDF vs. Microsoft XPS
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
• Ask the manufacturer of your PostScript device to inform you when Adobe ships the new printer driver. Once it is available, install it and repeat the last test.
• Install the tools for file conversion, such as Save to PDF, and repeat the test with the original PostScript driver. Open an XPS file with Acrobat 8 for Windows, save it to PDF, and repeat the test. IPG
- Companies:
- Quark Inc.
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