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I'm installing drivers for a network printer, and during the installation process, I'm presented with these options:
Many printers will be unable to use XPS files to print a document without the addition of an extra driver, a software tool that acts a bit like a translator between an operating system (such as Windows) and a hardware device. Feb 25, 2014 However when using the XPS driver version (which should give finer gradation of colour), this is not the case. I have been told by Canon that this is because the driver in Photoshop is the basic one, and that I should find the XPS driver on the Adobe site and download it.
There was also a driver package I could have downloaded from the manufacturer's website that would have installed an XPS driver.
What's the difference between these drivers?
Which one should I use for my installation?
Can I just check all of them?
mic84Which one should I use for my installation?
Can I just check all of them?
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What Is The Difference Between Canon Mp And Xps Drivers
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What's the difference between these drivers?
PCL6
(or Printer Command Language, Level 6), PS
(or PostScript) and PPD
(or PostScript Printer Description) are all ways a printer can 'communicate' with your PC via it's driver and define how the page will be 'drawn' by the printer (text or otherwise).Which one should I use for my installation? Should I just check all of them? Kyocera ecosys fs 4200dn drivers.
You'll have to refer to the manual for the specific printer you are installing to see which driver to specifically use when printing; although installing all of them won't hurt anything, you'll just need to be sure to choose the correct driver when using the printer.
XPS
or the XML Paper Specification is an 'open' driver standard made famous via Microsoft's XPS
print driver. It's another way to communicate to the printer (if the printer understands XPS).If you install the Microsoft XPS viewer (and subsequent XPS drivers), it will give you a 'virtual printer' that you can then print to a file (as it would be printed on paper). You can view the
.xps
files with an XPS viewer and physically print them later. Anecdotally, I use XPS on my Windows machines when I might want a printout of some important information that I can physically print later (without having to waste paper or if my network printer is offline at the moment).It should also be noted that vendors often times have one suite of software for an entire line of hardware with different capabilities; this is why you'll see driver packages like this that will have a slew of options even if your specific device only supports one or two of them.
In the end, you should be able to select 'all' and Windows and the printer can determine which driver would be the best to use (or at a minimum you can uninstall the incorrect driver).
Hope that helps.
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What Is Printer Xps
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Install the XPS Printer Driver
Follow the steps below to install the XPS driver in Windows 7.
If the driver pre-installed in Windows (hereinafter called pre-installed driver) and the Canon-made driver have already been installed in your computer, let's uninstall of them. Follow the procedures below to uninstall them.
Uninstall the existing printer driver
- Disconnect the USB cable from the printer.
- In Devices and Printers, right-click the icon for your printer, then select 'Remove device.'
- Click the 'Print server properties' button at the top of the screen, then select the 'Drivers' tab. 'Print server properties' can be displayed at the top of the dialog as shown below by clicking any device icon in Printers and Faxes.
- Select the applicable model, then click 'Remove.'
- In the Remove Driver And Package window, click 'Remove driver and driver package.'
Install the XPS Driver
The PIXMA Pro9000 is used as an example for the XPS printer driver installation in the Windows 7 environment.
The PIXMA Pro9000 is used as an example for the XPS printer driver installation in the Windows 7 environment.
- Install the printer driver before installing the XPS driver.
(1) Download the printer driver from our Web site. Select Windows 7 as the Operating System, and, depending on your version of Windows 7, select either the 32 or 64 bit version.
(2) Double-click the downloaded file to begin the installation and follow the on-screen instructions.
(3) In the Installation Complete window, click 'Complete'. - Install XPS printer driver.
(1) Download the Windows 7 XPS driver from our Web site. Depending on your version of Windows 7, use either the 32 or 64 bit version.
(2) Double-click the downloaded file to begin the installation.
(3) When the Program Compatibility Assistant window is displayed after the installation, click 'This program install correctly.'
e.g.3) The window displayed after installing the XPS printer driver for the Pro9000