Instead of sending data to a physical machine, these drivers convert documents into non-editable files that look exactly like they would on a printed page. 📜 The Evolution: Image Writer to XPS
When you select "Print" from any Windows application, these drivers appear as a printer option in the list. Microsoft Office Document Writer Driver
You hit Ctrl + P in an app like Word or even a browser. Instead of sending data to a physical machine,
Instead of ink, the driver uses the XML Paper Specification (XPS) to "draw" your document into a file. Microsoft Office Document Writer Driver
Bundled with Microsoft Office 2003 , this driver was a go-to for turning Word or Excel files into TIFF or MDI (Microsoft Document Imaging) formats. It was famously used to "digitize" files before PDFs became the universal standard.