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
There is already some suspicion on both sides about possible cooperative solutions to potential problems. For example, some in the industry question why the 2007 Office Suite does not automatically install a “save to PDF” option. And there are early, unconfirmed reports about difficulty in sending PostScript Type 1 fonts through the Windows print architecture.
- Companies:
- Quark Inc.
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