Comments on: Microsoft XPS http://www.prepressure.com Prepress, printing, PDF, PostScript, Fonts and stuff... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark B http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-150165 Mark B Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:05:22 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-150165 Old article but I just had a few thoughts. "XPS on the other hand has the advantage of being ‘free’ since support for it is build into Windows 7, Vista and Office 2007. Even though there are a lot of free PDF viewers, PDF creation or editing tools such as Acrobat Professional cost a lot of money, especially for large organisations that need thousands of copies. " XPS isn't free to use on the Mac or Linux or probably handhelds for that matter. Lots of organizations have plenty of Macs and you'd have to pay just to even view a XPS file. I'm not sure about editing but I bet its expensive. Also PDF creation is Free on Windows/Mac/Linux. On the Linux/Mac its built-in and on the PC there are tons of Free PDF printers. Finally you don't have to use Acrobat Pro, there are lots of cheap alternatives. Without arguing about the technical merit I wanted just say that as far as cost and availability on multiple platforms its not even a contest. PDF wins by a landslide. Yes you have to "deploy" it, but beyond that there are plenty of good reason to go with it vs jumping to XPS. I'm sure some companies would find it a good fit but I'd hope it doesn't become more widespread. Old article but I just had a few thoughts.

“XPS on the other hand has the advantage of being ‘free’ since support for it is build into Windows 7, Vista and Office 2007. Even though there are a lot of free PDF viewers, PDF creation or editing tools such as Acrobat Professional cost a lot of money, especially for large organisations that need thousands of copies. ”

XPS isn’t free to use on the Mac or Linux or probably handhelds for that matter. Lots of organizations have plenty of Macs and you’d have to pay just to even view a XPS file. I’m not sure about editing but I bet its expensive.

Also PDF creation is Free on Windows/Mac/Linux. On the Linux/Mac its built-in and on the PC there are tons of Free PDF printers.

Finally you don’t have to use Acrobat Pro, there are lots of cheap alternatives.

Without arguing about the technical merit I wanted just say that as far as cost and availability on multiple platforms its not even a contest. PDF wins by a landslide.

Yes you have to “deploy” it, but beyond that there are plenty of good reason to go with it vs jumping to XPS. I’m sure some companies would find it a good fit but I’d hope it doesn’t become more widespread.

]]> By: Mark B http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-150157 Mark B Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:55:06 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-150157 That means Visio is garbage. When I make PDFs on my Mac they retain their hyperlinks. Silly reason to use not to use the most common and easily support format out there. If you are having problems install any of the FREE pdf printers available out there. That means Visio is garbage. When I make PDFs on my Mac they retain their hyperlinks. Silly reason to use not to use the most common and easily support format out there.
If you are having problems install any of the FREE pdf printers available out there.

]]> By: nessa http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-134661 nessa Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:11:25 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-134661 Hi, I'm trying to print xps format for a flyer but the result is not as sharp and good when I print in pdf? Any solution? Thanks Hi,

I’m trying to print xps format for a flyer but the result is not as sharp and good when I print in pdf?

Any solution?

Thanks

]]> By: Beth Snaper http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-91843 Beth Snaper Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:23:09 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-91843 I find XPS very much useful than PDF to publish .But Process Viewer Tool is extremely fruitful application, which is only used for the detection and removal of spyware from your system.Also the process viewer tool is very much helpful for analyzes spyware and identifies what each process is doing. I find XPS very much useful than PDF to publish .But Process Viewer Tool is extremely fruitful application, which is only used for the detection and removal of spyware from your system.Also the process viewer tool is very much helpful for analyzes spyware and identifies what each process is doing.

]]> By: Gregg http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-80919 Gregg Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:54:27 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-80919 Both have free readers for computers but I see no advantage in using xps other than the preloaded default print on a windows system vs download or online PDF creation. Editing either costs $$ - NiXPS Edit for Windows $299, Adobe charges similar $$ for Professional. The only true advantage goes to PDF, I can get a free reader for my iPhone ... an XPS reader will cost me $5 - Both can be found here if you want to spend the cash. http://www.nixps.com/iphone/index.html - but to me it isn't worth the $$. And thats my $0.02 Both have free readers for computers but I see no advantage in using xps other than the preloaded default print on a windows system vs download or online PDF creation.

Editing either costs $$ – NiXPS Edit for Windows $299, Adobe charges similar $$ for Professional. The only true advantage goes to PDF, I can get a free reader for my iPhone … an XPS reader will cost me $5 – Both can be found here if you want to spend the cash. http://www.nixps.com/iphone/index.html – but to me it isn’t worth the $$. And thats my $0.02

]]> By: Derek http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-78773 Derek Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:18:34 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-78773 I was searching for how to convert xps to pdf and found www.k2pdf.com. They seem to do a descent job converting to pdf. For those who can't view xps on their Mac, you may want to give it a try. I don't see any nasty logo or trial watermarks so I assume it is free. I was searching for how to convert xps to pdf and found http://www.k2pdf.com. They seem to do a descent job converting to pdf. For those who can’t view xps on their Mac, you may want to give it a try. I don’t see any nasty logo or trial watermarks so I assume it is free.

]]> By: ymguna http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-78762 ymguna Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:33:36 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-78762 afaik, to view xps document, you dont have to use windows at all. okular can view and print xps in linux. Beside that, i already use xps in my program to ship should-not-be-altered documents to branches office. Yes, my company do use windows. even now it's still run windows xp, with office2003, but as long as you already installed dotnet framework 3, you should able to view and print xps document to any printer you have. afaik, to view xps document, you dont have to use windows at all. okular can view and print xps in linux.
Beside that, i already use xps in my program to ship should-not-be-altered documents to branches office.
Yes, my company do use windows. even now it’s still run windows xp, with office2003, but as long as you already installed dotnet framework 3, you should able to view and print xps document to any printer you have.

]]> By: JPDemers http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-78268 JPDemers Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:02:40 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-78268 Works perfectly -- all you have to do is buy a new computer with Windows 7, buy MS Office, and be sure to use Internet Explorer. And be sure all of your customers and clients do the same. See how easy MicroSchlock makes it for you? Works perfectly — all you have to do is buy a new computer with Windows 7, buy MS Office, and be sure to use Internet Explorer. And be sure all of your customers and clients do the same.

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]]> By: james http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-76387 james Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:41:13 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-76387 all this is great IF, and ONLY IF, You are creating a File and, NOT triin to print from it. .xps may be a better program if, it had the capability to print readily from the file as well as create it. there aren't any programs out there to help put it in a format that can be printed readily even to college students like myself whom want the security of a program to keep information "locked," yet " unlock," when something goes wrong and it needs to be printed out. any help would be appreciated. all this is great IF, and ONLY IF, You are creating a File and, NOT triin to print from it. .xps may be a better program if, it had the capability to print readily from the file as well as create it.
there aren’t any programs out there to help put it in a format that can be printed readily even to college students like myself whom want the security of a program to keep information “locked,” yet ” unlock,” when something goes wrong and it needs to be printed out. any help would be appreciated.

]]> By: GJPhilip http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/xps#comment-74277 GJPhilip Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:06:17 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/technology/the-xps-standard#comment-74277 It doesn't work on Firefox or Chrome, so what does the average Joe do when he gets sent one? You can't save to a spreadsheet from within IE, so it's not a heck of a lot of use, unless you want to start up a new development stream in the middle of your day. It doesn’t work on Firefox or Chrome, so what does the average Joe do when he gets sent one?
You can’t save to a spreadsheet from within IE, so it’s not a heck of a lot of use, unless you want to start up a new development stream in the middle of your day.

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