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News Release from: Software Imaging | Subject: Printmagic XPS XPS renderer for RIPs
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 February 2007
RIP Renderer Supports Windows Vista
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With the launch of Microsoft Windows Vista, Software Imaging has announced the availability of production-ready Printmagic XPS technology for software and driver developers of Windows Vista projects.
With the launch of Microsoft Windows Vista, Software Imaging has announced the availability of production-ready Printmagic XPS technology for software and driver developers of Windows Vista projects Printmagic XPS fully supports the new Windows Vista premium print path and for the first time brings hi-fidelity colour-accurate printing benefits to users, said Software Imaging
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 8 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Printmagic XPS is an XPS renderer or Raster Image Processor (RIP) which supports the features of the XPS 1.0 specification used by Windows Vista.
With support of Windows Vista features, such as a wide gamut (the new scRGB colour space), wide gamut output to print devices and a fully accurate 16-bit per channel workflow to the device.
It is also said that Printmagic XPS provides a level of accuracy and fidelity not supported by other systems.
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Software Imaging's specialist expertise in driving printing devices means that color fidelity is delivered to end-users with extremely high performance while using Windows Vista's new document workflow model.
That means that end-users do not need to compromise their print quality to achieve high print speeds.
"We're extremely excited by the performance PrintMagicXPS achieves," commented Tony Harris, chief technology officer for Software Imaging.
"Printer OEMs can quickly create printing systems that combine their intellectual property with a fast XPS renderer.
With Printmagic XPS OEMs can easily provide the performance required to meet current and future market needs." Jon Williams, group product manager for Software Imaging, added: "Printmagic XPS enables users to benefit from the new colour support featured in Windows Vista.
Preserving colour accuracy from camera RAW through to physical output has always been a goal.
Windows Vista's printing infrastructure has the potential to preserve accurate wide gamut colour right through to XPS output.
Printmagic XPS's unique ability to render wide gamut output accurately to devices turns this potential in to a reality." Printmagic XPS's Microsoft Windows Vista Premium signing requirements are integral parts of the design of Printmagic XPS, alongside full support for Microsoft's XPS 1.0 specification, colour matching on Windows Vista, wide gamut colour spaces, including scRGB HDR, wide gamut output colour spaces, third-party colour matching modules and down-level colour matching for Windows XP.
The system is said to be capable of rendering to any required output resolution - 600 dots per inch (dpi), 720dpi and 1,200dpi, for instance, as well as eight-bit, or 16-bit per channel colour depths, in addition to any required number of bands.
Printmagic XPS is provided in a software development kit (SDK) that is claimed to make it easy for customers to evaluate the technology and integrate quickly in to their systems.
The Printmagic XPS SDK includes sample solutions with source code that demonstrates how to integrate Printmagic XPS in to software projects.
The samples show working examples of Printmagic XPS's support for hi-fidelity 16-bit rendering.
Geoff Soord, group development manager for Software Imaging, said: "We have many years experience in delivering quality products in software development kits.
The Printmagic XPS SDK represents the culmination of this experience in a brand new toolkit that puts the emphasis on productivity, ease of use and getting systems implemented quickly.".
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