ADAM		Informative Graphics		Nuance
	Adlib Software		KnowledgeLake		PDFTron
	Cerenade		MadCap Software		QualityLogic
	Directors Desk		NiXPS		SANAtech
	FinerEdge

ADAM is a versatile digital asset management solution that helps manage processes from asset creation to distribution. ADAM streamlines your asset’s lifecycle by letting you store, find and publish all types of assets: pictures, video, sounds, documents, presentations, page layouts, and so on. ADAM integrates seamlessly with your existing enterprise applications, from exchanging product information with ERP systems to integrating with favorite user products like Microsoft Office or Adobe Creative Suite. ADAM includes an intelligent open architecture that provides the ability to customize and continuously develop new applications using the ADAM SDK. ADAM offers a full breadth XPS-functionality including the ability to show thumbnails of XPS files, read and import XPS metadata, and perform smooth conversion of XPS files to Adobe PDF.

For more information about ADAM visit: http://www.adam.be/XPS 
Press release: http://www.adam.be/news/xps 

Express Server

Adlib Software is a leading producer of document conversion, transformation and publishing software. Its products integrate seamlessly with enterprise application software as part of any strategic content management workflow or collectively act as a framework for a standalone solution. Adlib’s Document Transformation Framework has a modular architecture allowing for single feature adoption or an entire end to end document conversion and workflow automation solution.

Adlib is pleased to announce the support of XML Paper Specification (XPS) in the release of Express Server 4.0. As of Release 4.0, Express Server fully supports XPS file types – both inbound and outbound of the document conversion and rendering engine.

In addition to converting files to and from XPS, the engine excels at transforming documents by automatically adding advanced publishing features such as Bookmarks, Headers and Footers, Watermarks, Page Numbers, Indexes and a myriad of other publishing features. Adlib Express Server can merge multiple files together into one comprehensive XPS file or split large documents intelligently into multiple files.

For more information about Express Server visit: http://www.adlibsoftware.com/Products.aspx 
Press release: http://www.adlibsoftware.com/news_xps_support.aspx 

Visual eForms Enterprise Server

Visual eForms Enterprise Server is an electronic portal that offers a web-based interface to complete, validate, incrementally save to local hard disk, save to server, approve, submit, email, route and archive electronic forms and their XML data. Additional features include: Auto-fill, LDAP, Database Lookup, and Active Directory support, Reporting, Routing, Archival, Audit-trail, Server-side Scripting, Custom UI, Custom Messages, Accessibility, Auto-populate External Data Sources, Serial Number Generation and more. Completed forms can be printed and saved in Microsoft XPS format.

The client portion of Enterprise Server runs on popular platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera and Safari.

The server portion of Enterprise Server runs on Windows Server 2003 with IIS and SQL Server.

For more information about Visual eForms Enterprise Server visit: http://www.cerenade.com/global/entserver.shtml 

Directors Desk XPS Edition

Widely recognized as one of the most intuitive and secure platforms for board communications and collaboration, Directors Desk offers a comprehensive set of tools for board books, document management, alerts, secure email, voting, surveys, attendance tracking, and more.

Since 2003, Directors Desk has become the industry leader by relying on Microsoft's powerful software development tools to create the most robust and intuitive solutions for boards available.

Directors Desk XPS Edition, the company's newest offering, empowers corporate boards with Microsoft's latest XPS document format. A fully hosted, turnkey solution, Directors Desk XPS Edition will convert any of your Microsoft Office documents to web-ready XPS format in a matter of seconds, then store them in a high-security, encrypted vault for your directors to review. The system will even fully automate the process of creating paginated board books for distribution, saving countless hours in the Corporate Secretary's office

For more information about Directors Desk XPS Edition visit: http://www.directorsdesk.com 

FinerEdge Publisher

FinerEdge Publisher can be used to automatically author, produce, and deliver customized and personalized product catalogs, reports, manuals, information guides, sales proposals, legal documents and more in XPS format. This database-driven dynamic publishing solution enables the re-use of content and enterprise data from multiple sources while automatically applying variable formats optionally based upon user Web or enterprise application form completion. Plus, a new Web-based Report Writer front-end enables end-users to access, create, and customize reports directly from their Web browsers. Flash demos can be viewed at:

http://www.fineredge.com/demonstrations/FPDemonstrations.htm 

FinerEdge Publisher features an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for dynamic document template creation complete with a WYSIWYG designer. Its point and click Query Facility is capable of simultaneously extracting information from multiple database connections and queries. In addition, FinerEdge Publisher automatically creates both ASP and JSP processes to provide a complete turnkey enterprise application publishing or web-to-print solution.

With FinerEdge Publisher, you can leverage existing enterprise data and content to instantly update all versions of documents with a single click and simultaneously output to PDF, XPS, PostScript, RTF, HTML, XML for B2B data exchange, as well as application direct view and print.

For more information about FinerEdge Publisher visit: http://www.fineredge.com/Products/FinerEdgePublisher.htm 
Press release: http://www.fineredge.com/newscenter/pressrelease.htm 

Brava!

Brava! is a simple, multi-format viewer for office, image and CAD formats, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and XPS. Brava allows users to view virtually any format, add annotations, redact privacy information and then save files to XPS, PDF, TIFF or our own secure CSF with Visual Rights.

Millions of users around the globe trust Brava to provide fast, quality viewing. Brava streamlines business process like approval and review workflows. Brava is integrated to key content management systems, including SharePoint, EMC Documentum, Open Text Livelink ECM and Interwoven WorkSite MP.

Brava is available as a standalone, desktop application or a thin-client, web-served application for large, enterprise-wide deployments. Brava also has a free Reader (no annotation) for basic viewing of XPS, PDF, TIFF and CSF files.

For more information about Brava! visit: http://www.bravaviewer.com 
Press release: http://www.infograph.com/press/igcmsxps.htm 

MYRIAD

MYRIAD is an easy to use multi-format 3D/2D viewer for CAD, image and document formats, including DWG, DGN, SolidWorks, Pro/E, PDF and Microsoft Word, Excel and XPS. Users can quickly view a file (without requiring access to the native software), add annotations, then save files to XPS, PDF, TIFF or our own secure CSF with Visual Rights for convenient distribution to suppliers, customers and more. MYRIAD is available in desktop concurrent or non-concurrent network (fat client) versions.

For more information about MYRIAD visit: http://www.myriadviewer.com 
Press release: http://www.infograph.com/press/myriad3dreader.htm 

Redact-It

The Redact-It Enterprise Server removes sensitive content and privacy information from documents as an effortless part of your business processes. Redact-It creates a PDF, TIFF, XPS or secure CSF rendition of the redacted file, leaving the source file untouched.

Redact individual documents on-demand in an automated workflow process or redact entire folder hierarchies as a batch process. Use complex expressions to automatically redact all instances of a phrase, name, social security number, phone number, account number, monetary amount and more. Or, redact predefined block out zones on common image document types. Redacted content is actually removed in the output file, not just covered, as is hidden document data or metadata.

Redact-It is a simple, server-based application that can be integrated into any content management system.

For more information about Redact-It visit: http://www.redact-it.com 
Press release: http://www.infograph.com/press/redactit.htm 

KnowledgeLake Capture

KnowledgeLake Capture is a high-volume, production level capture system that is tightly integrated with Microsoft SharePoint. KnowledgeLake Capture enables end users in your corporate headquarters and branch offices to scan and index documents, then store them in the appropriate SharePoint Document Library as XPS files.

Available as a server based product also, KnowledgeLake Capture can handle documents from almost any source including multi function device, fax servers or other document repositories. These documents can easily be converted from their native types to XPS for permanent storage in SharePoint. Capture Server also offers users the ability to scan and index documents though a browser, giving users complete flexibility on capturing paper documents.

For more information about KnowledgeLake Capture visit: http://www.knowledgelake.com/capture/ 
Press release: http://www.knowledgelake.com/pressreleases/press_release_Mar_6_07.asp 

KnowledgeLake Print

KnowledgeLake Print allows users to print XPS files directly within SharePoint, without loading the XPS file in the XPS Document Viewer. A Web Service is also available for integration to custom or third-party applications. Since the viewer is not required, users needing hard copies of XPS files do not need to have the .NET 3.0 Framework installed.

For more information about KnowledgeLake Print visit: http://www.knowledgelake.com/imaging/ 
Press release: http://www.knowledgelake.com/pressreleases/press_release_Mar_6_07.asp 

MadCap Blaze

MadCap Blaze is the ideal solution for easily producing very long documents for print—such as books, manuals, and illustrated guides—using cutting-edge, future-proof solutions. Blaze lets users work in a much easier interface, enjoy more flexibility, and leverage the latest breakthroughs in information technology compared to other authoring and publishing solutions.

MadCap Blaze is designed for any writer who needs a cutting edge application for producing very long documents. Authoring and publishing professionals can now enjoy WYSIWYG authoring that combines the simplicity of word processing with the power of XML.

For more information about MadCap Blaze visit: http://www.madcapsoftware.com/products/blaze/ 

MadCap Flare

MadCap Flare is the first native XML content authoring application designed for the single-source, multi-channel publishing demands enterprises face today. Flare empowers technical writers, Help authors and documentation professionals to harness the power and benefits of XML without requiring any knowledge of the XML language or XML programming. For true single-sourcing and same-day publishing, create and/or import existing content from one set of source documents and easily output to multiple formats.

For more information about MadCap Flare visit: http://www.madcapsoftware.com/products/flare/ 

NiXPS

NiXPS v1.0 is a cross platform productivity application that brings advanced XPS manipulation and inspection to both Mac OSX and Windows platforms, a world's first. With the merge and extract tools, XPS page and document manipulations become possible. The extensive merge tool allows to combining pages and documents from different XPS files into one. The extraction tool allows taking out pages and documents. Together with the integrated previewing capabilities both of these tools offer a lot of flexibility to work with different pages and documents in XPS.

The inspection tools allow professionals to inspect and modify all parts of an XPS file in the greatest detail: handle embedded fonts, images, document properties, the XPS structure and even a fully embedded XML editor provides unprecedented level of detail and control over the content and quality of your XPS files.

The search and replace tools allow text changes on XPS files. Ideal for last minute text changes, or filling-in information in the XPS files afterwards.

NiXPS v1.0 is the tool of choice for professionals creating and working with XPS files, and who want to do more than just view their files.

For more information about NiXPS visit: http://www.nixps.com/download.html 
Press release: http://www.nixps.com/news.php?id=20070618 

OmniPage Professional 16

OmniPage Professional 16, the latest version of the world's best selling OCR software, is the most precise way to convert documents & forms, plus PDF and XPS files into your favorite PC applications. Superior accuracy (up to 99%) and formatting combine with easy-to-use workflow technology to automate all your conversion needs. Whether you want to make paper digital, create batches of PDF or XPS files, or collect data from filled electronic forms, OmniPage is up to the task. OmniPage provides the speed, quality and features required to convert, edit, archive and share all your paper, PDF, and XPS documents.

OmniPage Professional 16 is also the first desktop OCR application to provide native support for the new open standard Ecma Open XML file formats used by the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Further, OmniPage Professional 16 is the first OCR application to provide input and export support for the XML Paper Specification, or XPS, an important new ‘electronic paper’ format for scanning, sharing, archiving and indexing documents for search applications.

For more information about OmniPage Professional 16 visit: http://www.nuance.com/omnipage/professional/ 
Press release: http://www.nuance.com/news/pressreleases/2007/20070731_op16.asp 

PDF2XPS

PDFTron's PDF2XPS is an efficient, stand-alone command-line application for converting and publishing PDF files as print and web-ready XPS (XML Paper Specification) documents. DFTron PDF2XPS is also available as a software component (available as a .NET component and a cross-platform C++ library) for embedding into third-party applications.

PDF2XPS enables high-quality conversion from PDF to XPS that maintains the original document quality and preserves hyperlinks, colors and fonts. The resulting self-contained and compact XPS files can be distributed, viewed, edited, stored, printed, and published.

Key Features of PDF2XPS:

• Fast, high-quality conversion from PDF (Portable Document Format) to XPS (XML Paper Specification) that maintains the original document quality and layout and preserves hyperlinks, colors and fonts.

  • Font support: Type1, TrueType, Type3 and Type0/CID Fonts, font subsetting on all supported PDF font types.

  • Color: ICC, DeviceN, Separation, RGB, CMYK, Indexed, etc.

  • Support for encrypted PDF documents (40 and 128 bit RC4, 128 bit AES, Crypt filters).

  • Support for all kinds of patterns, functions, and compression schemes.

  • Support for all annotation types.

  • Support for soft, explicit, and color-key masks.

• The conversion preserves image and data compression resulting in small and efficient XPS documents while fully maintaining the original image quality.

• The conversion process preserves the original document's meta-data as well as other non-graphical information such as bookmark outline, logical structure, and articles to produce XPS documents that directly map to their PDF equivalents.

• Forms, annotations and other PDF structures without XPS equivalents can be optionally exported as private namespace XML elements for further manipulation and processing by XPS consumers.

• Thumbnail generation option for fast navigation through multi-page documents.

• Automatic repair of broken PDF documents.

• Support for all versions of the PDF Language Standard, including PDF 1.7 and Acrobat 8 documents.

For more information about PDF2XPS visit: http://www.pdftron.com/pdf2xps 

QualityLogic XPS eXaminer

QualityLogic XPS eXaminer is a tool for developers and test engineers working with XPS. This essential, timesaving tool allows you to analyze and manipulate XPS documents for testing purposes.

QualityLogic XPS eXaminer provides you with a powerful way to view, validate and edit XPS packages in a single application. There is no need to use a ZIP utility to open up an XPS file in order to inspect its contents. QualityLogic XPS eXaminer performs every function necessary for you to open any XPS file and inspect all of its contents.

For more information about the QualityLogic XPS eXaminer visit: http://www.qualitylogic.com/xps/xps_test_tools/xps_examiner.html 

Press release: http://www.qualitylogic.com/news_room/news_archives/XPS_eXaminer.html 

XPREF

XPREF preflights XPS files and optimizes the code inside the files, streamlining it to eliminate ambiguities that might impact the fidelity of the imaged output results. XPREF further provides workflow automation in its ability to generate JDF files, while allowing for conversion to certified PDF, the predominant file format processed by workflow and imaging systems.

OEM Library - The XPREF OEM Library is for OEMs wishing to integrate XPREF functionality into their own applications

Command-Line-Interface (CLI) - The XPREF Command-Line-Interface is for OEMs wishing to integrate XPREF functionality into their own workflows

Server GUI - The XPREF Server GUI is designed for larger environments where multiple users and/or web access is a requirement.

Desktop GUI - The XPREF Desktop GUI is designed for document creators to verify that the format and content of files produced is sufficient, accurate, and complete for print production and archive.

For more information about the XPREF visit: http://www.qualitylogic.com/workflow/xpref.html 

Press release: http://www.qualitylogic.com/news_room/news_archives/XPREF.html 

XPSViewer

SANAtech XPSViewer provides the ideal standalone end-user application for viewing and printing XPS files across a variety of operating systems and environments. SANAtech XPSViewer supports a continuous document view layout with thumbnail support, accurate vector as well as raster based printing as well as the ability to fetch XPS documents from web sites and web services using http and https. XPSViewer uses SANAtech’s XPSRenderer advanced rendering technology.

For more information about SANAtech XPSViewer visit: http://www.sana-tech.com/xps.html 

Konica Minolta

Toshiba

Xerox

bizhub C550 Multifunctional Product (MFP)

• The Konica Minolta bizhub C550 Multifunctional Product (MFP – print, copy, fax, and scan all in one system) multifunction printer brings you enhanced digital power and productivity – with a new look, style and ease, in a unique "document central" design that's more exciting, more powerful, more accessible and compact. The smallest high-speed color device in its class, the bizhub C550 transforms your workflow with spectacular color quality, faster printing and scanning, simple touch-screen control and new flashing color lights that track device status and alert you to error conditions.

• A Bold New Look for Today’s Office – looks great anywhere, even in the center of your office

• High-Speed Output: 45 PPM Color, 55 PPM B&W

• Emperon Print System for Built-in Productivity

• High-Definition Imaging with Simitri HD Color Polymerized Toner

• InfoLine Design Shows Status at a Glance

• Large Easy-to-Read Color Touch-Screen Display

• The industry's first Biometric Authentication Option that can recognize the vein patterns of an end-user’s finger – more reliable than matching fingerprints

• 6,650-Sheet Maximum Paper Capacity for Long Runs

• OpenAPI Design seamless control interface with third-party softwares

• Custom Finishing Options - so you’ll have exactly the finishing capabilities that suit your workflow

• Powerful PageScope Software give you more ways to manage, monitor, and secure your document management

For more information about Konica Minolta bizhub C550 Multifunctional Products visit: http://www.biz.konicaminolta.com/km/colour/c550/index.html 

Press release: http://kmbs.konicaminolta.us/content/about/news/c550nextgen.html 

magicolor 5550 Color Laser Printer

The Konica Minolta magicolor 5550 is a workhorse printer offering the printing muscle needed not just to keep up with the printing demands of their office, but to stay ahead of them. Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) named the magicolor 5500 their 2007 Pick of the Year as the "Outstanding Mid-Size Workgroup Color Laser Printer".

• Versatile network color laser printer for high productivity, quality, and maximum performance

• Up to 27 color and 31 black & white pages per minute

• 733 MHz Freescale PowerPC MPC7448 processor

• First page out in as fast as 14.2 seconds

• Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000BaseTX), Hi-Speed USB 2.0, and parallel interfaces

• 9600 x 600 dpi-class contone resolution with Photo ART technology

• PostScript 3 and PCL 6 emulations standard

• XPS, PDF, JPEG, and TIFF Direct Print emulations available with optional hard drive

• Camera direct photo printing

• 256 MB DDR SDRAM std. / 1024 MB max.

• 600-sheet input std. / 1,600-sheets max.

• Page size support up to 8.5" x 47.24"

• Windows, Macintosh, and Linux compatible

• Optional compact flash, hard disk drive and USB flash drive direct printing

• 1-year exchange warranty

For more information about the Konica Minolta 5550 Color Laser Printer visit: http://printer.konicaminolta.com/products/color/5550/ 

Press release: http://printer.konicaminolta.com/corporate/pr/2007/01_08_07_magicolor5500series.asp 

magicolor 5570 Color Laser Printer

Ideal for any large workgroup or department that needs affordable, quick-turn, high-volume printing but at the same time requires professional-quality color printing. Loaded with features and options, the Konica Minolta magicolor 5570 addresses the speed, print quality, and paper handling demands of today's dynamic office environments.

• Versatile network color laser printer for high productivity, quality, and maximum performance

• Up to 31 color or 37 black & white pages per minute

• 866 MHz Freescale PowerPC MPC7448 processor

• First page out in as fast as 14 seconds

• Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000BaseTX), Hi-Speed USB 2.0, and parallel interfaces

• 9600 x 600 dpi-class contone resolution with Photo ART technology

• PostScript 3 and PCL 6 emulations standard

• XPS, PDF, JPEG, and TIFF Direct Print emulations available with optional hard drive

• Camera direct photo printing

• 256 MB DDR SDRAM std. / 1024 MB max.

• 600-sheet input std. / 1,600-sheets max.

• Page size support up to 8.5" x 47.24"

• Windows, Macintosh, and Linux compatible

• Optional automatic duplexer and 2-bin staple finisher

• Optional compact flash, hard disk drive and USB flash drive direct printing

• 1-year exchange warranty

For more information about the Konica Minolta magicolor 5570 Color Laser Printers visit: http://printer.konicaminolta.com/products/color/5570/ 

Press release: http://printer.konicaminolta.com/corporate/pr/2007/01_08_07_magicolor5500series.asp 

e-STUDIO Multifunction Peripherals
520/600/720/850/523/603/723/853
352/452/353/453
202L/232/282/203L/233/283

TOSHIBA e-STUDIO multifunction peripherals (MFPs) of monochrome series are Windows Vista-ready print/copy/scan devices. Integration with Windows Vista includes Web Services Print, Web Services Scan, Scan-To-XPS and XPS print capabilities. By supporting the XPS print path, native XPS file can be processed and printed at the MFP. (This feature is supported from firmware version 3.2. Please contact your authorized Toshiba MFP dealer for free firmware upgrade details.)

For more information about TOSHIBA's e-STUDIO MFP products and document solutions visit: http://www.toshibatec.co.jp/e-STUDIO/ 

e-STUDIO Multifunction Peripherals
2500c/3500c/3510c

TOSHIBA e-STUDIO 2500c, 3500c and 3510c are Windows Vista-ready print/copy/scan devices. Integration with Windows Vista includes Web Services Print, Web Services Scan, Scan-To-XPS and XPS print capabilities. By supporting the XPS print path, native XPS file can be processed and printed at the MFP. (This feature is supported from firmware version 3.1. Please contact your authorized Toshiba MFP dealer for free firmware upgrade details.)

For more information about TOSHIBA's e-STUDIO MFP products and document solutions visit: http://www.toshibatec.co.jp/e-STUDIO/ 

e-STUDIO Multifunction Peripherals
281c/351c/451c

TOSHIBA e-STUDIO 281c, 351c and 451c are Windows Vista-ready print/copy/scan devices. Integration with Windows Vista includes Web Services Print, Web Services Scan and Scan-To-XPS capabilities. The Scan-To-XPS feature enhances document usability and user productivity by saving scanned documents directly in XPS format. (This feature is supported from firmware version 3.0. Please contact your authorized Toshiba MFP dealer for free firmware upgrade details.)

For more information about TOSHIBA's e-STUDIO MFP products and document solutions visit: http://www.toshibatec.co.jp/e-STUDIO/ 

WorkCentre 7328, 7335, 7345 multifunction printers

For more information about Xerox WorkCentre 7328, 7335, 7345 series multifunction printers visit: http://www.office.xerox.com/multifunction-printer/color-multifunction/workcentre-7328-7335-7345/enus.html 

Press release: http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx/template/inv_rel_newsroom.jsp?ed_name=NR_2007April17_Color_Multifunction_Systems&app=Newsroom& view=newsrelease&format=article&Xcntry=USA&Xlang=en_US 

	Amyuni		Monotype Imaging		SANAtech
	Artifex		Pagemark		Software Imaging
	Global Graphics		QualityLogic		Zoran

PDF Converter Developer Pro

Amyuni PDF Converter is a virtual printer driver that allows you to create a PDF document from any application running under Windows operating systems. Developers can now implement full PDF and XPS exporting from their applications using only a few lines of code. Available for ActiveX and .NET.

For more information about PDF Converter Developer Pro visit: http://www.amyuni.com/en/developer/pdfconverter/features.html 

Press release: http://www.amyuni.com/presskit/ 

PDF Creator Developer Pro

Amyuni PDF Creator is a lightweight viewer that is easily integrated within the developer’s applications, offering final users a tool to manipulate – view, edit, merge, annotate and more – existing PDF and XPS documents. Available for ActiveX and .NET.

For more information about PDF Creator Developer Pro visit: http://www.amyuni.com/en/developer/pdfcreator/features.html 

Press release: http://www.amyuni.com/presskit/ 

PDF Suite Developer Pro

Amyuni PDF Suite Pro bundles our flagship PDF Converter and PDF Creator technologies into one solid product for software developers. Implement full PDF & XPS creation, conversion and editing capabilities into your applications. Available for ActiveX and .NET.

For more information about PDF Suite Developer Pro visit: http://www.amyuni.com/en/developer/pdfsuite/features.html 

Press release: http://www.amyuni.com/presskit/ 

Ghostxps

Ghostxps is an XPS interpreter that is compatible with the XPS specification. Ghostxps is a cross-platform solution that runs on any major and most minor platforms including embedded real-time operating systems.

Artifex offers the most comprehensive Page Distribution Language (PDL) software solution for the embedded printing and host-based markets. Artifex's Ghostscript offers all major leading PDLs including XPS, Postscript, Portable Document Format (PDF), PCL5e/c, and PCLXL, along with a combination of fonts compatible with most leading printers, award-winning screening technologies, and high-performance font rendering. Millions of users have benefited from its ability to preview documents on the screen or provide high quality raster for hardcopy output. In addition, Artifex's Ghostscript combines the tools, information and technical support needed in order to meet the reliability and performance requirements of its OEM customers.

For more information about Ghostxps visit: http://artifex.com/indexxps.htm 

Harlequin Embedded SDK

A next generation SDK to provide printer and Multi Function Peripheral (MFP) manufacturers with high performance components for Page Description Language (PDL) interpretation and rendering across a wide range of embedded controller architectures and operating systems. The Harlequin Embedded SDK is based on a new iteration of the powerful RIP kernel found at the heart of the Harlequin RIP with significant expansion, modularity and optimization. It provides fast and efficient support for multiple PDL formats, including XPS, PDF, PostScript and in the future PCL, while enabling the peripheral manufacturer to achieve low costs and rapid time to market.

The Harlequin Embedded SDK gives peripheral manufacturer the tools that allow them to engineer competitive differentiation into their product range with fast processing and PDL fidelity. The code-base is designed for portability to commonly used embedded processors and real-time operating systems, and to run in low-memory environments enabling manufacturers to achieve low costs. Global Graphics is uniquely positioned to assist printer/MFP manufacturers who want to best realize the benefits of native XPS printing on an output device without incurring additional cost. This is achievable via Global Graphic' scalable consumption technology that can off-load portions of the PDL processing from the printing device to another process upstream allowing for efficient use of available resources.

For more information about the Harlequin Embedded SDK visit: http://www.globalgraphics.com/products/embedded_rip/index.html 

Press release: http://www.globalgraphics.com/news/ggpress.nsf/ PressReleasesPublishedCurrent/EC46BB83E8BC31AA802572DC0030FA4E 

Harlequin Host Renderer SDK

The Harlequin Host Renderer SDK provides high-quality components to build printer drivers and host-based rendering solutions for a wide variety of raster devices with native support for XPS, PostScript and PDF processing.

The Harlequin Host Renderer SDK can be used by printer and multifunction printer (MFP) manufacturers who develop custom drivers and who need Page Description Language (PDL) technology to support new and emerging PDLs such as XPS. The SDK enables developers to build high-performance solutions that are fully compliant with the Windows Hardware Quality Labs testing requirements for Windows Vista Premium Logo status. Used as a filter within an XPSdrv filter pipeline, the Harlequin Host Renderer can be configured to support a wide range of raster-driven devices including inkjet printers/MFPs and low-end raster laser printers/MFPs. As a renderer the Harlequin Host Renderer can also be linked or loaded into an OEM-provided, host-based tool for printing on premium output devices, such as wide format and digital production printers.

The Harlequin Host Renderer SDK is based on a new iteration of the powerful RIP kernel found at the heart of the Harlequin RIP with significant expansion, modularity and optimization. The Harlequin Host Renderer is part of a new range of SDKs for driver-based, embedded and server-based solutions that share a common architecture based on Global Graphics' next-generation RIP technology

For more information about the Harlequin Host Renderer SDK visit: http://www.globalgraphics.com/products/host_renderer_sdk/index.html 

Press release: http://www.globalgraphics.com/news/ggpress.nsf/ PressReleasesPublishedCurrent/BDA81FF891A21004802572DB004D3F4F 

eDocument Library

Global Graphics' eDocument Library comprises a set of libraries that provide application developers, software print workflow producers, online document services, and corporate IT departments with powerful tools for document format creation and conversion, including XPS, PDF, PostScript, PCL and proprietary formats, as well as comprehensive document manipulation, processing, and viewing capabilities. The power of this new electronic document technology is twofold: its extensible architecture makes it easy to add any number of Page Description Languages (PDLs) and other current and future document formats; plus, comprehensive document manipulation is possible. This is due to the powerful Document Object Model at its centre that provides access to conversion, optimization, and to both page and object level information, providing the ability to add, modify or delete document and object elements. Customers can add their own PDL input or export filters.

For more information about the eDocument Library visit: http://www.globalgraphics.com/products/edoc/index.html 

Press release: http://www.globalgraphics.com/news/ggpress.nsf/ PressReleasesPublishedCurrent/2381C3879A2A34D7802572DB004C2951 
http://www.globalgraphics.com/news/ggpress.nsf/ PressReleasesPublishedCurrent/913302E0689C2C35802572720062883B 

Monotype Imaging XPS Printer Driver Kits

Monotype Imaging's full-featured suite of XPS printer driver kits (PDKs) includes the XPS to XPS PDK for devices containing an embedded XPS RIP, the XPS to Image PDK for raster-based devices and the XPS to PS PDK, for PostScript-compatible devices. Each PDK includes the driver code and tools necessary for creating custom printer drivers supporting monochrome or color devices.

The flexible architecture and extensive common code used in Monotype Imaging PDKs enable manufacturers to rapidly develop families of printer drivers supporting a complete range of devices and operating systems.

Each XPS PDK supports 64 and 32-bit printing on color or monochrome devices. All Monotype Imaging PDKs are compliant with Microsoft's printing architecture and support Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 platforms.

For more information about Monotype Imaging XPS Printer Driver Kits visit: http://monotypeimaging.com/ProductsServices/drivers.aspx 

Press release: http://monotypeimaging.com/aboutus/pr_display.aspx?year=2007&pr=313 

XPS Printer Driver

The Pagemark XPS Printer Driver provides the code and tools to build XPS drivers for printers and multi-function peripherals (MFPs). The driver supports a flexible architecture allowing ease of customization and OEM added value. The XPS Printer Driver is fully compliant with Microsoft's printing architecture and supports Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 platforms.

For more information about the Pagemark XPS Printer Driver visit: http://www.pagemarktechnology.com/home/prods/index.php 

XPS Raster Image Processor

The Pagemark embedded XPS Raster Image Processor interprets and rasterizes XPS documents for output printers, multi-function peripherals (MFPs), and print servers.

For more information about the Pagemark embedded XPS Raster Image Processor visit: http://www.pagemarktechnology.com/home/prods/index.php 

XPS Rendering SDK

The Pagemark XPS Rendering SDK is a multi-platform software development kit that enables XPS document processing inside your application or enterprise workflow. Through an easy to use application interface, XPS documents can be converted to several types of image formats. Additional flexibility is provided by a set of interfaces that give the customer application the ability to access security, XML filtering, page insert/delete and additional functionality.

The Pagemark XPS Rendering SDK provides multi-platform viewing functionality for MAC OS X, Linux, Windows 9x, Windows 2000, XP, and Vista operating systems.

The Pagemark XPS Rendering SDK is ideal for Workflow applications, Print Prepress, document servers, document security solutions, embedded applications and more!

The XPS renderer or Raster Image Processor ("RIP") within the SDK has been fully tested using the QualityLogic XPS Test Suite ensuring high quality and correct raster output.

For more information about the Pagemark XPS Rendering SDK visit: http://www.pagemarktechnology.com/home/prods/index.php 

XPS Application Test Suites

QualityLogic's XPS Application Test Suites (ATS) help you test and debug your XPS implementation to ensure compatibility with leading applications. We offer two ATS products: the 2006 Conversion Path ATS for testing your XPS implementation with Win32 applications; and the XPS Native ATS, which use files created from native Windows Vista applications.

For more information about the XPS Application Test Suites visit: http://www.qualitylogic.com/xps/xps_test_tools/xps_ats.html 

Press release: http://www.qualitylogic.com/news_room/news_archives/XPSv1_tests.html 

XPS Comprehensive Evaluation Test

For complete, in-depth testing, the XPS Comprehensive Evaluation Test (CET) helps you ensure that your implementation can handle the full breadth and diversity of commands and features allowed by the XPS specification when printing an XPS Package.

The XPS CET is a very rigorous test of non-device specific legal behavior of the device, systematically testing interactions between XPS elements and the extreme limits of behavior. This test is critical since rigorous conformance testing is the only way to help ensure application interoperability in the absence of a large number of Windows Vista applications on the market.

The XPS CET provides:

• Rigorous use of all supported XPS elements, including complex usage scenarios

• Use of all supported attributes through the full practical range of supported values

• A wide range of diverse testing for non-markup related elements such as print tickets, package structure, and syntax.

For more information about the XPS Comprehensive Evaluation Test visit: http://www.qualitylogic.com/xps/xps_test_tools/xps_cet.html 

Press release: http://www.qualitylogic.com/news_room/news_archives/XPSv1_tests.html 

XPS Functional Test Suite

For imaging system OEMs developing XPS implementations or licensing third-party XPS implementations, the QualityLogic XPS Functional Test Suite (FTS) is a quick, economical integration test tool. XPS FTS files are designed to exercise the main features of the XPS language against your XPS printer, RIP or other compatible implementation. FTS tests are broad rather than deep, exercising the breadth of the XPS elements and associated attributes using fairly nominal characteristics.

The XPS FTS is specifically designed for:

• Rapid unattended test execution times for original and regression tests

• Absolute minimum number of pages to compare

• Rapid bug isolation

The intent of the FTS is to test the breadth of the XPS markup with typical usage scenarios. This suite will help you rapidly assess baseline conformance to XPS requirements.

For more information about the XPS Functional Test Suite visit: http://www.qualitylogic.com/xps/xps_test_tools/xps_fts.html 

Press release: http://www.qualitylogic.com/news_room/news_archives/XPSv1_tests.html 

HD Photo Functional Test Suite

The HD Photo Functional Test Suite provides a set of HD Photo files that exercise each of the HD Photo container and bitstream syntax elements that influence the behavior of an HD Photo decoder. The HD Photo FTS contains approximately 500 test cases.

For more information about the HD Photo Functional Test Suite visit: http://www.qualitylogic.com/xps/xps_test_tools/hdphoto_fts.html 

Press release: http://www.qualitylogic.com/news_room/news_archives/XPSv1_tests.html 

XPSRenderer

XPSRenderer 1.0 is a multi-platform SDK dynamic library for rendering and printing XPS documents. It supports Windows, Mac OS X as well as most major flavors of Unix operating system.

XPSRenderer is a small footprint library written in C/C++ native code giving the highest level of performance on each platform. The library produces high quality renderings with anti aliasing and bilinear image transformations. Alpha blending, complex color gradients and all XPS embedded images formats such as PNG, JPEG, TIFF are also supported.

XPSRenderer outputs to many raster formats such as PNG, JPEG, Bitmap, TIFF and RGB raw data. It can also output to PDF, SVG and Postscript vector formats. XPSRenderer can print directly to installed printers.

For more information about XPS Renderer visit: http://www.sana-tech.com/xps.html 

XPSViewer Control

XPSViewer Control 1.0 is an ActiveX/COM control that allows software companies to easily embed XPS document viewing and printing into their applications. It is ideal for use in workflow systems, content management, document collaboration, document security, archiving as well as general Enterprise applications.

XPSViewer Control allows loading file system documents as well as fetching documents from URLs using http and https protocol. Https support allows the use of both server as well as client side digital certificates to obtain the highest level of document security.

XPSViewer Control uses SANAtech's high performance XPSRenderer multi-platform rasterizing engine and does not require the .NET Framework.

For more information about XPSViewer Control visit: http://www.sana-tech.com/xps.html 

PrintMagicXPS

PrintMagicXPS is a full featured XPS Raster Image Processor (RIP) designed to provide the full benefits of Microsoft's Windows Vista and XPS document format, all at high speed and high quality. The RIP is supplied in a software development kit (SDK) allowing easy integration into workflow products, software RIPs and premium print path Microsoft premium signable XPSdrv printer drivers. Both 64-bit and 32-bit versions are available.

• Full support of the XPS specification

• Full support for Microsoft's new wide gamut color space, scRGB and HD Photo

• Full support for wide gamut output devices such as displays and printers

• World-beating performance

• Very high quality rendering at speed

• Support of hi-fidelity color accuracy through full 16-bit/channel color rendering/blending

• Support for Microsoft's new WCS color matching as well as ICC 4 profiles

• Downlevel color matching support for Windows XP

• Feeds 16-bit color halftoning products such as ColorCore 3

• Supports any resolution (1440x1440dpi, 600x600 dpi etc) and non-square resolutions (600x400, 1440x720 etc)

• Renders in bands for very low resource requirements

• Includes source code for sample projects – XPS to tiff converter; Example XPSdrv Vista driver

For more information about PrintMagicXPS visit: http://softwareimaging.com/products-services/xps/DS-VistaXPS-v3.01E.pdf 

Press release: http://softwareimaging.com/press-center/press-releases/2007-04-19.html 

IPS XPS

Zoran's IPS XPS software is a complete XPS interpreter solution for printer and multifunction peripheral (MFP) manufacturers. The IPS XPS interpreter offers full compatibility with the XML Paper Specification (XPS), supports all XPS image formats –including JPEG, PNG, TIFF and HDPhoto – and provides extensible PrintTicket and XML namespace support.

For embedded controllers, the IPS XPS interpreter enables an XPS Document container to be sent directly to the printer or MFP without application interaction. This native printing of XPS allows users to save time and resources by printing XPS documents without first having to open those documents, and then having to send those documents through a print driver. The IPS XPS interpreter can be combined with Zoran's other IPS PDL interpreters – IPS PS3, IPS PDF, IPS FIVE and IPS XLC, for complete print functionality with minimal ROM and RAM overhead.

For Windows rendering support, the IPS XPS interpreter can be delivered as an IHV-configurable Windows Dynamically Linked Library (DLL) or as a filter to be used in an XPSDrv pipeline. These can be used by OEMs to implement XPS-to-raster or XPS-to-PDL rendering services that are not provided by Microsoft in Windows Vista.

Both the embedded and the host implementations of the IPS XPS interpreter offer superior performance, while requiring only minimal system resources. Using the same XPS interpreter implementation for both printer drivers and in embedded controllers ensures fidelity of XPS printing across an IHV's product line. Whether using the IPS XPS interpreter in embedded or host environments, developers benefit from having full source code access and full technical support to accelerate their product development.

For more information about IPS XPS visit: http://www.zoran.com/IPS-XPS 

Press release: http://www.zoran.com/Zoran-Launches-Next-Generation-IPS