May 2008 - Posts

Type writing
31 May 08 01:39 AM

"The Japanese multinational Brother sold 12,000 electronic typewriters last year in the UK, which is its biggest market in Europe." Source: BBC Read More...

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Timing is everything (or Actino Software XPS Toolkit)
30 May 08 08:34 PM

LOL . When I wrote this post about EskoArtwork & Enfocus yesterday I wasn't expecting to see an announcement today that Enfocus is introducing XPS support at drupa . According to the press release, Enfocus Switch will support XPS conversion using Read More...

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Filed under: XPS, newsround, print

Enfocus, Gradual and EskoArtwork
30 May 08 03:56 AM

EskoArtwork recently announced the acquisition of Gradual Software with the merging of Gradual staff, technology and assets into the Enfocus part of EskoArtwork. It must be an interesting move for many of the individuals involved since some of the people Read More...

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Filed under: XPS, industry

drupa and XPS
30 May 08 02:05 AM

It's drupa time! For those not familiar with the event, it's a rather large trade show for the printing industry that happens once every four years in Germany. One of my favorite drupa highlights is the drupa song (I think some of the team are still recovering Read More...

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Microsoft Contributes Web Services Protocol to Broaden Interoperability
29 May 08 09:42 PM

As part of its customer-focused commitment to interoperability, of which XPS is one part, Microsoft has contributed its Web services protocol specification for consumer scanning peripherals (WS-Scan), to the Printer Working Group ( http://www.pwg.org/ Read More...

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Filed under: off topic, Standards

Printing Green with XPS
28 May 08 05:51 AM

My email signature varies, but typically it looks something like this: Don't need to print this? If you need simple, secure, electronic paper then try XPS . It's my take on the more common urge to 'please consider the environment before printing this Read More...

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Filed under: XPS, print

TC46 Web Site Update
28 May 08 01:47 AM

Martin, chair of TC46, and the Ecma team in Geneva have updated the TC46 section of the Ecma web site. As well as details about the activities of the TC, the site now provides a formal feedback channel and details of active participants. The meeting section Read More...

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Filed under: XPS, TC46, Standards

NiXPS Two and a half
23 May 08 01:57 AM

NiXPS announce version 2.5 of NiXPS Edit and NiXPS View and have also posted a presentation on improving your digital workflow with XPS . No letter soup... indeed! [H is learning fractions at the moment, so apologies for the post title] Read More...

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Filed under: XPS, newsround, interop

XPS and the Office Interoperability Announcement
21 May 08 09:13 PM

Earlier today, the Office team announced that Microsoft will expand the range of formats supported in the Office suite. In addition to the range of formats already supported in the product, support for XPS, PDF, ODF and ISO/IEC 29500 (OOXML) will be added. Read More...

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Filed under: XPS, newsround, interop, Standards

XPS viewing for WIndows, Mac, Linux and OpenSolaris
21 May 08 02:27 AM

I mentioned SANAtech and the cross-platform support they had for XPS in a post last year. They also have an XPS Viewer available that supports Mac OS X, Linux and OpenSolaris, in addition to Windows. More details from www.sana-tech.com/xps.html Read More...

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Filed under: XPS, interop

Ultimate XPS Support
15 May 08 07:27 PM

Ultimate Technologies have announced support for XPS imposition in a the Ultimate XPS Imposition Engine which will be used across their product range. In a quote from the press release, David Watson President and CEO had this to say: "...in office Read More...

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Filed under: XPS, interop

XPS Plus
14 May 08 04:03 AM

You learn something new everyday... ...someone just pointed me to www.xpsplus.com , a site that provides information on XPS and XPS solutions. xpsplus.com joins xpsreview.com , which has been covering XPS for a while, but I hadn't noticed xpsplus before Read More...

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Filed under: newsround