Comments on: Create high quality PDF like documents in Windows Vista http://www.demogeek.com/2008/12/07/create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista Demonstrated Computer Help Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ben Thompson http://www.demogeek.com/2008/12/07/create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Ben Thompson Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:21:21 +0000 http://www.demogeek.com/2008/12/07/create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista/#comment-296 <a href="http://www.sourcearticle.info/?id=ODI5Njk3LFdpbmRvd3MsNg==" rel="nofollow">sourcearticle.info</a> has a similiar post if anyone's interested sourcearticle.info has a similiar post if anyone’s interested

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]]> By: TheGeek http://www.demogeek.com/2008/12/07/create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-258 TheGeek Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:59:01 +0000 http://www.demogeek.com/2008/12/07/create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista/#comment-258 Brian - I agree with most of your points...I don't think XPS would be a PDF replacement...no way...I always felt that the XPS is another alternative to PDF to create high quality vector based documents. It wouldn't be easier for XPS to catch up with PDF in terms of adoption. On your 6th point, you can download XPS Essentials Pack if you'd prefer a standalone application than the default IE Viewer. Brian – I agree with most of your points…I don’t think XPS would be a PDF replacement…no way…I always felt that the XPS is another alternative to PDF to create high quality vector based documents. It wouldn’t be easier for XPS to catch up with PDF in terms of adoption.

On your 6th point, you can download XPS Essentials Pack if you’d prefer a standalone application than the default IE Viewer.

]]> By: Brian Reich http://www.demogeek.com/2008/12/07/create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Brian Reich Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:22:29 +0000 http://www.demogeek.com/2008/12/07/create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista/#comment-257 Glad to see someone actually mentioning this rather useful feature. Having said that, I do have my own issues with XPS: 1. PDF is the accepted standard, and unless given a very good reason to do so, I don't see people changing their work flow to support a new "portable document format." Other than the fact that it comes with Vista, XPS doesn't offer any improvements over PDF in my opinion. 2. XPS isn't really a "portable document format" at all, since its not the accepted standard. Windows XP users can't support it without installing Office 2007 or downloading the XPS Essentials package you mentioned. Mac and other platforms don't support it at all. 3. Pretty much everyone has Adobe Reader or knows where to get it. You can't count on this with XPS as mentioned above. 4. If you want free PDF support, download <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/" title="Free PDF Creator" rel="nofollow">PDF Creator</a> from SourceForge. 5. These "virtual print drivers" confuse a lot of users. When I upgraded our 300-workstation network at my employer to Office 2003, the support calls came calling in about <em>disappearing print jobs</em> because folks accidently selected the <em>Document Image Writer</em>. The same thing happened with the <em>XPS Document Writer</em> when we upgraded to Office 2007. 6. My final gripe regarding XPS is that Windows supports it through Internet Explorer instead of a separate application. If you have FireFox set as your default browser, you may have a small to moderate headache getting your XPS documents to open automatically in IE. Glad to see someone actually mentioning this rather useful feature. Having said that, I do have my own issues with XPS:

1. PDF is the accepted standard, and unless given a very good reason to do so, I don’t see people changing their work flow to support a new “portable document format.” Other than the fact that it comes with Vista, XPS doesn’t offer any improvements over PDF in my opinion.

2. XPS isn’t really a “portable document format” at all, since its not the accepted standard. Windows XP users can’t support it without installing Office 2007 or downloading the XPS Essentials package you mentioned. Mac and other platforms don’t support it at all.

3. Pretty much everyone has Adobe Reader or knows where to get it. You can’t count on this with XPS as mentioned above.

4. If you want free PDF support, download PDF Creator from SourceForge.

5. These “virtual print drivers” confuse a lot of users. When I upgraded our 300-workstation network at my employer to Office 2003, the support calls came calling in about disappearing print jobs because folks accidently selected the Document Image Writer. The same thing happened with the XPS Document Writer when we upgraded to Office 2007.

6. My final gripe regarding XPS is that Windows supports it through Internet Explorer instead of a separate application. If you have FireFox set as your default browser, you may have a small to moderate headache getting your XPS documents to open automatically in IE.

]]> By: WindowsObserver.com » Windows Vista Google Alerts for 07 December 2008 http://www.demogeek.com/2008/12/07/create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-239 WindowsObserver.com » Windows Vista Google Alerts for 07 December 2008 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:35:33 +0000 http://www.demogeek.com/2008/12/07/create-high-quality-pdf-like-documents-in-windows-vista/#comment-239 [...] Create high quality PDF like documents in Windows Vista By TheGeek For some reason if you don’t like the XPS capability of Windows Vista and never intend to use it then you can use the Rogosoft XPS Removal Tool. XPS Removal Tool can be used to remove the Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) print queue … DemoGeek.com» DemoGeek.com -… - http://www.demogeek.com/ [...] [...] Create high quality PDF like documents in Windows Vista By TheGeek For some reason if you don’t like the XPS capability of Windows Vista and never intend to use it then you can use the Rogosoft XPS Removal Tool. XPS Removal Tool can be used to remove the Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) print queue … DemoGeek.com» DemoGeek.com -… – http://www.demogeek.com/ [...]

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