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PrintMagicXPS 1.1 Makes Printing Quality XPS Documents Even Quicker

Users of Software Imaging's latest release of PrintMagicXPS benefit from enhanced performance and output quality

Oxford, United Kingdom – April 19, 2007 – Software Imaging has announced that it is now shipping the latest release of its leading XPS raster image processor (RIP), PrintMagicXPS, to software developers and printer OEMs worldwide. PrintMagicXPS provides a level of accuracy and fidelity not supported by other solutions and is made available in a software development kit (SDK) which enables fast XPSDrv print driver creation for Windows Vista.

This new release, PrintMagicXPS 1.1, further enhances both quality and performance when printing XPS documents and does so with minimal resources. This makes it ideal for both XPS workflow applications and printing applications such as Microsoft Vista premium-signed XPSDrv drivers and standalone host-based XPS RIP solutions.

New features in version 1.1 include:

  • Advanced optimizations to provide even greater performance
  • A further reduction in system memory requirements
  • Enhanced anti-aliasing to allow even better quality
  • The ability to accurately render a wider range of XPS documents than alternative solutions

The new optimizations built into PrintMagicXPS 1.1 are designed to provide further improvements in system performance, even when rendering particularly large and complex XPS documents. For example, PrintMagicXPS allows documents that are generated by the Microsoft Document Writer to be printed even in cases where those documents are too large or complex for the Microsoft Vista viewer to display or print.

Quality and performance are further enhanced through advanced anti-aliasing algorithms, while the reduced memory requirements provide even greater system performance, allowing for a better overall end-user experience.

For PrintMagicXPS users there is no need to compromise speed for quality.

"PrintMagicXPS has already proven itself to be a world-beating, high performance RIP and I believe that it will remain the fastest RIP on the market for the foreseeable future," Jon Williams, Group Product Manager for Software Imaging. "This new release allows our OEM customers to truly set the standard for quality and performance in their Vista-based products, be they premium-signed printer drivers, host-based RIPs, or print workflow applications."

PrintMagicXPS features include:

Full support for…

  • Microsoft's XPS 1.0 specification
  • Color matching on Windows Vista
  • Wide gamut color spaces, including scRGB HDR
  • Wide gamut output color spaces
  • Third-party Color Matching Modules (CMMs)
  • Down-level color matching for Windows XP and Windows 2000

Rendering to…

  • Any required output resolution (600dpi, 720dpi, 1200dpi, etc.)
  • Non-square resolutions (720x1440dpi, 600x400dpi, etc.)
  • 8- or 16-bit/channel color depths for maximum accuracy
  • Any required number of bands

PrintMagicXPS is delivered in a powerful Software Development Kit (SDK) that makes it easy to integrate the PrintMagicXPS RIP quickly into solutions. The PrintMagicXPS SDK includes sample solutions with source code that demonstrates how easy it is to integrate PrintMagicXPS into software projects. These samples show working examples of PrintMagicXPS's support for hi-fidelity 16-bit rendering.

PrintMagicXPS SDK Highlights

The PrintMagicXPS SDK features…

  • Easy to implement PrintMagicXPS XPS RIP rendering library
  • Comprehensive Doxygen generated documentation for the PrintMagicXPS library
  • Annual support contracts including software updates

Along with full source code projects for…

  • XPS rasterizing command line based RIP
  • Microsoft Windows Vista XPSDrv printer driver

The PrintMagicXPS Software Development Toolkit for application and driver integration is available for license today.

For more information visit softwareimaging.com/xps

About Software Imaging

Software Imaging is well respected as one of the most influential and reliable technology providers in the print and imaging industry.

For over twenty years the company has been at the forefront of global graphics innovation in print and imaging software, delivering significant time-to-market and cost advantages to customers through its Printer Driver Technologies, Embedded Systems and Specialty Applications. Software Imaging is the Microsoft development partner for Unidrv and with the launch of Windows Vista continues to work with Microsoft on the new XPS document format.

Headquartered in the UK with offices worldwide, Software Imaging licenses technology to the world's largest suppliers of printers, digital copiers, and print-related services.

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