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Have a Canon PixmaPro 9000, Question About XPS Print Drivers

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Posted by Paul DeCesare on July 17, 2010 at 4:54 PM
For Windows 7 64-bit, Canon has two different drivers to download, the "standard" printer driver, and the XPS version. Anyone know if that's the better one to use? The Canon description doesn't say a whole lot other than it's a 16-bit driver AND they recommend using it with Canon EasyPrint. Obviously I'm interested in a 16-bit driver, but can it be leveraged with Photoshop CS5's printing engine, or do I have to use the Canon printing software thingamajig?

Thanks...
Posted by David Bostedo on July 18, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Paul - I use the XPS 16-bit driver in Vista, and there's nothing weird about it that locks you into any particular software. It seems to work fine with CS4 and Qimage on my machine. I haven''t found a print where I've definitely seen a difference between 8 and 16 bit printing, but I also haven't had any problems with the XPS version.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on July 19, 2010 at 3:23 AM
Perfect! That's what I needed to know. Thanks!