XPS/Windows Vista Test
Tools
Windows Vista Application Test Suite-Intermediate Files
For
real-world printer driver testing, Windows Vista Application "Intermediate
Files" (original application files, such as .docx, .xlsx, etc., that
can be edited and opened directly by the application) allow driver options,
such as page size, margin settings, orientation and resolution to be actively
exercised. With the target application loaded and the test driver in place,
ATS-IFs can be sent through the driver just as an end-user would send
a print job.
The Windows Vista ATS-IFs test XPS implementations using native Windows Vista applications. QualityLogic also offers the Windows XP ATS-IFs for testing XPS implementations using Win32 applications.
The content of ATS-IF pages can be changed by selecting different fonts, adding or removing elements, repositioning or resizing images, and so on. This can be useful in setting up specific test scenarios that help isolate a specific problem. Reference print samples of all ATS-IFs are provided for comparison to your test results. (XPS ATS-IFs are not to be confused with XPS ATS Captured Files that are used to test a printer's emulation of a target driver.)
The Intermediate files for each application are organized into three groups, depending on their contents:
Progressive pages - This group contains "real world" pages that range in complexity from simple to complex. The complexity pages for each application begin with a simple text file, and each progressive file adds more complex objects, text, fills, etc., until the final file is a multipage, complex document. These files can help in isolating specific problems by stepping through the complexities of an application.
Robust pages - This group of files contains "real world" pages that strenuously exercise fully the printer or driver, limited only by the capabilities of the application itself. These are pages that a power user of the application might produce.
Mechanical pages - This group contains pages that are not "real world" pages (for example, a page of nothing but fonts and font types), but that do fully exercise the printer or driver.
Deliverables:
- All test files are independently created by QualityLogic. Test files from 15 native Windows Vista applications. The current schedule anticipates the following application files delivered on a Quarterly basis:
- Available now: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Publisher, Access, Expression Graphic Designer, Project, Acrobat 8, IE7, Office 2007 RTM updates, CorelDRAW!X3, QuarkXPress 7.0, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe InDesign CS3
- 2007: , Adobe Illustrator CS3, Expression Graphic Designer RTM Update, Adobe CS3 RTM Update
- Test files in native application files format (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.)
Ordering Information
- Model Number: ATSIFVista
For more information on this and our other testing products, contact us at tools@qualitylogic.com, or call (800) 436-6292 ext. 103 (US toll free) or +1(805) 531-9030 ext. 103.
Windows Vista
ATS-IF
- Applications