File extension | .xps |
Category | Document File |
Description | Open XML Paper Specification known as XPS consists of structured XML markup that determnes the layout and visual appearance of each page within the document. The markup language is a subset of XAML which allows it to incorporate vector-graphics in documents. Microsoft developed XPS with the intention of creating an alternative to PDF. |
Actions | XPS to PDF - Convert file now View other document file formats |
Technical Details | An XPS file is a unicode ZIP archive which use the Open Packging Conventions and contain the files which make up the document. The files includes are an XML markup file, text, embedded fonts, raster images, 2D vector graphics and any DRM (Digital Rights Management) information. These contents can be reviewed by opening in an application that supports ZIP files. |
Associated programs | Chrome Firefox Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft XPS Viewer Safari |
Developed by | Microsoft |
MIME type | application/oxps application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument |
Useful links | Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack XPS Viewer Convert XPS file |
Ghostscript is a suite of software based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages.Its main purposes are the rasterization or rendering of such page description language files, for the display or printing of document pages, and the conversion between PostScript and PDF files. How To Convert PostScript (eps/ps) to PDF with Ghostscript on Windows 10. Observe how there’s now a beautiful.pdf available.
From Ghostscript: Ghostscript is a package of software that provides an interpreter for the PostScript (TM) language, with the ability to convert PostScript language files to many raster formats, view them on displays, and print them on printers that don't have PostScript language capability built in, an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files, with the same abilities, the ability to convert PostScript language files to PDF (with some limitations) and vice versa, and a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library) that implement the graphics and filtering (data compression, decompression, or conversion) capabilities that appear as primitive operations in the PostScript language and in PDF.
Hi, I want to convert a PDF file to XPS file. I searched a lot on google but found no free utility for this task. There was one command line utility 'AcroRd32.exe' which can do the conversion but the problem is after converting the PDF to XPS, it prompts the user to save the output XPS file to some location on the disk.
What do you need to know about free software?
Xps Viewer
From Ghostscript:
Ghostscript is a package of software that provides an interpreter for the PostScript (TM) language, with the ability to convert PostScript language files to many raster formats, view them on displays, and print them on printers that don't have PostScript language capability built in, an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files, with the same abilities, the ability to convert PostScript language files to PDF (with some limitations) and vice versa, and a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library) that implement the graphics and filtering (data compression, decompression, or conversion) capabilities that appear as primitive operations in the PostScript language and in PDF.