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
XPS is not just a file format; it is also a spool file format and a page description language (PDL) for printers, such as PostScript. That means laser printers and high-resolution RIPs for digital presses and computer-to-plate devices will come to market with an XPS interpretation. Global Graphics announced one at Graph Expo ’07. Like any first-generation technology, XPS comes with a lot of issues that need to be ironed out.
- Companies:
- Quark Inc.
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