On a Windows Vista-based computer, an XML Paper Specification (XPS) printer driver is installed for an XPS printer. However, when you use the XPS printer to print an XPS document, the XPS document is not correctly printed.

This problem is more likely to occur when the XPS printer driver does not include any filters.

XML Paper Specification: A document storage and viewing specification developed by Microsoft. It is aimed to be a complete XML-based (more specifically XAML-based) specification for a printer page description language based on a completely new print path, a color-managed device independent and resolution independent vector-based document format which encapsulates an exact representation of the actual printed output and support for advanced printing features such as gradients, transparencies, CMYK color space, named colors, printer calibration, print schemas etc.

Consider the following scenario:

• On a Windows Vista-based computer, you try to print a document to an XML Paper Specification (.xps) print queue.
  Note: The document does not have to be an .xps document.
• The computer is put into standby.

In this scenario, after you resume the computer from standby, the print job is removed from the print queue, and the document does not print.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you print a large document. However, printing the first page of a large document is delayed when the XPSDocument filter is used.

Microsoft has released a cumulative update for the XML Paper Specification (XPS) in Windows Vista. This update rollup resolves some reliability issues in the XPS component in Windows Vista. After you install this update rollup, you can achieve better reliability in various scenarios. The update rollup contains the following changes:

• Printer forms functionality improvement
• Printable area improvement
• Reliability improvement

Consider the following scenario. You try to print an .xps document in Windows Vista or in Windows XP by using the Microsoft XPS Document Writer. Or, you try to print to a Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) printer. In this scenario, you receive the following error message in the Web browser while the printer is spooling:

An error occurred in the application you were using

You can try the following:

Restart the application
Click the “More Information” button below for details about this error.

Consider the following scenario:

• You have a Windows Vista-based computer that has an XPS printer driver installed.
• On this computer, you print a slide presentation from Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, from Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, or from Microsoft PowerPoint 2002.

In this scenario, certain colors in graphics objects in the slide presentation may not be printed as expected.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, consider the following scenario:

• An XPS document is open in the Microsoft XPS Document Writer or in the Microsoft XPS Viewer.
• You use a text editor such as WordPad to change the document.
• You use the XPS Document Writer to print to a new XPS document, and you use the same XPS document file name.

In this scenario, the changes to the new XPS document are not saved. And, there is no error message.

Note: The XPS technology is included with Windows Vista. However, the XPS Viewer and the XPS Document Writer can be installed in Windows XP. Therefore, this behavior occurs in Windows XP when Internet Explorer 6 is installed together with the XPS Viewer or the XPS Document Writer.

Consider the following scenario:

• You use Windows Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based computer to print an image to the Windows XPS Document Writer.
• The image in question is an Adobe RGB profile-embedded TIFF image.

In this scenario, the colors may be incorrect. Specifically, the output-image color map may not match the expected color map.

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