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Zoran Corporation
1390 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5305
www.zoran.com
IPS XPS from Zoran Corporation provides compatibility with
Microsoft's XPS Document format as defined by the XML Paper
Specification (formerly code-named "Metro"). The interpreter is
integrated with Zoran's powerful and flexible foundation
technology—IPS—enabling OEMs to develop embedded
controllers and host print drivers for color and monochrome
Benefits
• Enables an XPS Document container to be sent directly to the
printer without application interaction
• Same interpreter can be used both in host print driver and
embedded controller for greatest fidelity across product lines
• Source code availability provides independence and design
flexibility and facilitates value-added customization
• Integrated with Zoran's OneImage™ common display list
technology to support multi-bit and contone monochrome and
color output devices
Description
The XPS Document Format
The XPS Document format is a paginated representation of
electronic paper described in an XML-based format. The XPS
Document format is an open, cross-platform document format that
allows customers to effortlessly create, share, print and archive
paginated documents. This format supports a powerful imaging
model that enables end-users to create graphics-rich documents that
can be shared and viewed on many platforms.
Scalable Software Design
IPS XPS implements an extensible graphics kernel and is designed
for maximum portability to operate with virtually any CPU
architecture, memory configuration and I/O interface.
Zoran provides complete source code for the IPS XPS interpreter
and a full set of engineering documentation to allow OEMs to
customize the interpreter for specific market requirements.
The interpreter is integrated into Zoran's powerful and flexible
foundation technology—IPS—to offer a total solution for high
performance print and multifunction peripheral controllers and host
print drivers. With its layered architecture and application
programming interface (API), IPS reduces time-to-market and
development costs.
Transparent Imaging Model
The image processing model of IPS XPS is based on Zoran's
innovative OneImage common display list technology, extended for
05/07-MMCP
printers and MFPs that directly consume jobs in the XPS
Document format. A host rendering component provides
support for devices which consume raster data. Graphics-rich
XPS Document files were introduced with Windows Vista and
can be created and viewed on multiple operating system
platforms.
Key Features
• Full compatibility with Microsoft XML Paper Specification (XPS)
• Native transparent rendering model to support XPS opacity
• Support for all XPS image formats including JPEG, PNG, TIFF and
HD Photo (formerly known as WMPhoto)
• Supports Monotype Imaging UFST 4.2 (TrueType, CFF, MicroType
and Asian Compression for TrueType) fonts, FreeType 2 fonts and
UTF-8 encoding
• Extensible Print Ticket and XML namespace support
• Can be combined with the other languages in IPS—IPS PS3,
IPS PDFt, IPS FIVE and IPS XLC—for complete print functionality
with minimal ROM and RAM overhead
the rendering rules of the XPS Document format. Sharing rendering
components across interpreters for XPS and legacy page description
languages (PDLs) improves compatibility and reduces the required
memory footprint to add support for direct XPS Document printing.
Windows Rendering Support
IPS XPS can be delivered as an OEM-configurable Windows
Dynamically Linked Library (DLL) or a filter suitable for use in an
XPSDrv filter pipeline. Both components are COM compliant. This
predefined configuration can be used by OEMs to implement XPS-to-
raster rendering services that are not provided by Microsoft in
Windows Vista. Using the same XPS interpreter implementation in
host raster print drivers and in embedded controllers ensures
superior document compatibility across all products in an OEM's
printer and MFP product line.
Extensible Print Ticket and Namespace Support
Standard Windows Print Ticket fields are supported in the IPS XPS
interpreter. OEMs can extend the default set of Print Ticket fields to
support enhancements or added-value options in their products.
The XML Paper Specification provides support for XPS producers
and consumers to extend the basic XPS format by defining custom
namespaces. The interfaces and source code access in IPS XPS
make it possible for OEMs to add their own operators to improve
performance and/or image quality.
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