Enhancements to Printing in Windows Vista

Table 19-1 highlights some of the key improvements to printing in Windows Vista as compared to earlier versions of Windows.

Table 19-1. Enhancements to Printing in Windows Vista

Feature

Description

Integrated support for XPS

Windows Vista includes support for the new XML Paper Specification (XPS), a set of conventions for using XML to describe the content and appearance of paginated documents.

XPS print path

In addition to supporting the legacy Graphics Device Interface (GDI) print path used by earlier versions of Windows, the printing architecture of Windows Vista also includes the new XPS print path that uses XPS as a document format, a Windows spool file format, and a page description language (PDL) for printers. ...

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