Global Graphics and Software Imaging Announce Compatibility across Print Solutions for Microsoft's XPS Document Format.RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Global Graphics and Software Imaging today announced cross compatibility for their respective XPS (1) See XML Paper Specification. (2) A brand name for certain models of Inspiron laptops from Dell. RIP and XPS printer driver product ranges, delivering support for Microsoft's new print and document format XML Paper Specification An XML-based document format from Microsoft. Providing full page layout capabilities, XML Paper Specification (XPS) also allows digital signatures and digital rights to be applied to the documents. (XPS). This joint initiative on compatibility is designed to deliver high quality output, excellent performance and rapid time to market for Independent Hardware Vendors (IHV's). Global Graphics, experts in scalable RIP technology and page description languages (PDLs), and Software Imaging, the largest independent printer driver developer, are partnering to offer a host-based native XPS rasterization capability within an XPSDrv printer driver. This combined approach will enable those manufacturers of desktop raster-based inkjet and laser devices that require a complete solution to be ready for market when the next version of Microsoft's operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , Windows Vista The current version of Windows for the desktop. It was released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers. Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities. (TM), becomes available. Global Graphics and Software Imaging have worked together to develop a joint solution that is being demonstrated at the Lyra Imaging Symposium in Rancho Mirage California, where both companies' chief technology officers are participating on the Microsoft XPS focused Industry Panel. "Since our XPS Early Adopter program was launched in September 2005 we have released five revisions of our core XPS RIP to support the evolving draft XPS specification", comments Adrian Ford, Global Graphics' chief technology officer. "Our technology enables us to provide a broad range of scalable options, from host-based, to embedded, to high-end server solutions, which address the needs of IHVs' product families. The work we've been doing with Software Imaging ensures the compatibility of our technologies, and allows us to jointly provide solutions for IHVs that deliver quality, performance, flexibility and rapid time to market". "The joint efforts of Software Imaging and Global Graphics, combined with a close working relationship with Microsoft, has allowed us to leverage the best technologies our respective companies have to offer", explained Tony Harris, chief technology officer of Software Imaging. "This XPS RIP Driver solution serves as a welcome addition to our broad range of XPS and Vista compatible technologies, and will enable both companies to bring new and exciting solutions to our customers." The joint demonstration shows an eight-color photo inkjet printer A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. being driven by a native XPS print path. The print path includes an XPS printer driver implementation that uses XPS filter and XPS driver technology from Software Imaging and an XPS RIP from Global Graphics. Global Graphics has provided consultancy and proof of concept development services to Microsoft for XPS for almost three years and developed a prototype XPS RIP which it first demonstrated at WinHEC in April 2005. Successive iterations of its XPS RIP technology have been released to IHV (Independent Hardware Vendor) An organization that makes electronic equipment. It implies a company that specializes in a niche area, such as display adapters or disk controllers, rather than a computer systems manufacturer. Contrast with ISV. partners on its Early Adopter Program in step with Microsoft's on-going development of the XPS specification. Global Graphics XPS RIPs are available for high end print servers, networked embedded printers, desktop embedded scalable solutions and low-end, desktop raster The horizontal lines (scan lines) displayed on a TV or computer monitor. This is the origin of the term "raster graphics," which is the major category that all bitmapped images and video frames fall into (GIF, JPEG, MPEG, etc.). printers. Software Imaging has worked closely with Microsoft on their Windows printing technology since concluding an agreement between the two companies in November 2003, and created a prototype XPS filter pipeline which was also demonstrated at WinHEC in April 2005. Software Imaging provides a comprehensive set of development services which extend the value of the XPS filter pipeline, and the company's CDA (1) (Compact Disc Audio) The compact disc file extension that is seen on the computer in Explorer or some other file manager. CDA files are actually pointers to the locations of the individual tracks on the CD medium. See CD-DA. and Sorcerer (tool) SORCERER - A simple tree parser generator by Terence Parr <parrt@s1.arc.umn.edu>. SORCERER is suitable for translation problems lying between those solved by code generator generators and by full source-to-source translator generators. Driver Development Kits (DDKs) not only support current and legacy Windows operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , but are completely compatible with Vista and XPS. Notes to Editors About Global Graphics Global Graphics (http://www.globalgraphics.com) is the technology expert for open document and print solutions committed to the continuous development of industry standards. It is a leading developer and supplier of sophisticated high performance RIPs, PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. document, workflow and color solutions to Independent Hardware Vendors, Independent Software Vendors, system integrators and resellers. These partners include the world's leading vendors of digital pre-press systems, large-format color printers, color proofing systems, workgroup copiers and printers, desktop inkjet printers and software applications. Customers include: HP, KonicaMinolta, Sharp, Agfa, Kodak and Quark quark (kwôrk): see elementary particles. quark Any of a group of subatomic particles thought to be among the fundamental constituents of matter—more specifically, of protons and neutrons. . Global Graphics is a subsidiary of Global Graphics S.A. (Euronext:GLOG) About Software Imaging Founded in 1989, Software Imaging (http://www.softwareimaging.com) delivers printer driver technology, embedded printing systems, specialty applications and imaging consultancy to customers around the world. Headquartered in Oxford, England, with offices in Japan, Korea, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, the company is at the forefront of global innovation in print software, and has licensed technology to major suppliers of printer and digital copiers. Customers include Canon, Epson, Konica, Lexmark, Microsoft, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba, Xerox and many others. There are over 85 million devices containing Software Imaging technology in use around the world. About XPS The XPS Document format is a paginated, fixed-format, representation of electronic documents and is based on XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and the new graphics architecture that Microsoft is developing alongside Windows Vista. As an open, cross-platform document format, XPS allows users to create, share, print and archive documents. When combined with the new print subsystem, its capabilities as a new page description language mean that it will offer significant improvements in fidelity and increased performance in rich graphics content that users increasingly demand. Trademarks Global Graphics, the smarter alternative, Harlequin Harlequin (här`ləkwĭn, –kĭn): see commedia dell'arte. Harlequin Principal stock character of the Italian commedia dell'arte. , the Harlequin logo, are trademarks of Global Graphics Software Ltd. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other company, brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. |
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