XPS Printing Features

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Important

The modern print platform is Windows' preferred means of communicating with printers. We recommend that you use Microsoft's IPP inbox class driver, along with Print Support Apps (PSA), to customize the print experience in Windows 10 and 11 for printer device development.

For more information, see Modern print platform and the Print support app design guide.

The XPS print path and the XPSDrv printer drivers offer the following advantages over the GDI-based printer drivers in the GDI print path:

Improved Color Printing

High-Fidelity Print Output

Improved End-User Experience

Improved Spooling and Rendering

Extensible Architecture