XPS Team Blog - XML Paper Specification and the Open Packaging Conventions

What is the Platform Update for Windows Vista? The Platform Update for Windows Vista is a set of runtime libraries that makes it easy for developers to target both Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Among the technologies included in the Platform Update...

Now that the Office 2010 Technical Preview is out, we’re happy to announce some great new printing experiences. Print Place The most obvious printing feature is a dramatically redesigned print dialog known as the “Print Place” that is available in Word...

The 97 th General Assembly of Ecma International , held in Budapest in June, approved the Open XML Paper Specification, OpenXPS, as an Ecma Standard: Ecma-388 1st Edition.   This marks a major milestone in the evolution of the XPS format and, like...

Last week Microsoft announced an Additional Qualification (AQ) for the Windows 7 Logo program called Windows ® HD Imaging that requires adoption of the XPS for qualifying printers and applications, and promotes XPS as a key technology in the end-to-end...

If you’re thinking about building document workflows on XPS APIs, the first thing to consider is which framework to start with. . NET Framework Windows SDK for Windows 7 Platforms: Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server...

The XPS team would like to extend our thanks to everyone who came by at AIIM to see what was happening in Windows 7.  We heard a lot of interest in building document workflow solutions on top of the Microsoft .NET and Win32 XPS APIs.  There...

XPS at the AIIM International Exposition and Conference 2009 AIIM 2009 for the Enterprise Content & Information Management industry is being held in Philadelphia this week (March 30 to April 2) alongside On Demand . Windows 7 will be there, along...

Hello from WinHEC!  The XPS team is continuing the Windows 7 roll out of new XPS features at WinHEC 2008 this week.  Since our initial presentation of XPS printing (then called the “NextGen Print Path”) at WinHEC 2004, partner support of XPS...

Last week at PDC and this week at WinHEC we’re talking for the first time about investments we’re making in Windows 7 to better support XPS and OPC. New Win32 APIs for XPS New Win32 APIs for OPC New Win32 API to provide access to the XPS Print Path New...

The problems posting the updated XPS Essentials Pack update are now fixed. Thanks for your patience.

There’s an issue with the downloads for the updated XPS Essentials Pack. Not everyone is getting the update across all languages, we’re looking into it… Thanks for your patience.

This update fixes a problem with the installer where it failed to recognize a newer version of Windows Imaging Component (WIC) that is included in Windows XP SP3. Also included is an update to the latest version of the XPS Print Path, as well as including...

The XPS Essentials Pack installer (available via www.microsoft.com/xps ) does not currently support Service Pack 3 (SP3) of Windows XP. To enable XPS support on Windows XP SP3, you can install the .Net Framework ( link ). An alternative workaround...

We've updated the library of sample documents to include a number of fixes and additional documents. You can find them here . Enjoy!

Ecma has announced the formation of a technical committee (TC46) to work towards the standardization of XPS – great news for everyone that's working on XPS implementations or building solutions based on XPS. More information on adrian’s blog .

Microsoft is proud to announce the release of XPS Essentials Pack v 1.0 for 23 languages. You can download the XPS Essentials Pack from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B8DCFFDD-E3A5-44CC-8021-7649FD37FFEE&displaylang=en ...

The XPS team has prepared a couple new whitepapers which are now available: Maximum Performance from XPS Documents XPSDrv Filter Pipeline Enjoy!

Microsoft has released Version 1.0 of the Print Schema Specification . The updated version is based on feedback from the community and our partners. The Print Schema Specification Version 1.0 provides more specific guidance for use of some features...

Microsoft is proud to announce the release of XPS Essentials Pack v 1.0. You can download the XPS Essentials Pack from: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/viewxps.mspx . XPS Essentials Pack gives you the complete experience of generating and viewing XPS...

Microsoft has updated the existing Print Schema Specification documentation that is currently available on MSDN . The updated documentation, Print Schema Specification Version 0.95 , is based on feedback from the community and our partners. What’s...

The Release Candidate of Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack (XPS Essentials Pack) is now available for download to all our customers. XPS Essentials Pack RC1 is supported for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 for both 32 bit and 64...

The Beta 2 version of the XPS EP Viewer was set to expire on 1/1/2007. An updated Beta 2 version that works after the 1/1/2007 expiration date can be found here .

The XPS v1.0 specification has been released and can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/downloads.mspx . The final release of Windows Vista is compatible with v1.0. After a quick toast of champagne and hand shaking, the final printed spec...

There is a new whitepaper on digital signatures available on MSDN. Check it out .

There were a number of changes to the conformance rule numbers in the Open Packaging Conventions (working draft 1.4) as we posted earlier this month. Below is the mapping of conformance rule numbers (sorted by the new rule numbers) from 0.85 to working...