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

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...

Beta 2 of the XML Paper Specification (XPS) Essentials Pack has been released. The Essentials Pack contains XPS technologies that are based on the Win32 API. This pack is supported on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000 (latest service pack...

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 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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Although the XPS specificaton does not natively support designating certain strokes as hairlines, feedback has shown that the specification should provide a recommendation regarding how producers and consumers that need these features can include the...

Beta 1 of the XML Paper Specification (XPS) Essentials Pack has been released. The Essentials Pack contains XPS technologies that are based on the Win32 API. This pack is supported on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000 SP4. This beta...

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

The following clarifying note and recommendation have been added to section 10.1 of the XPS specification in regard different methods of parsing the ZIP-based package that is the foundation of the XPS Document. Note: Consumers can choose to parse...

No doubt you've seen that in version 0.8 of the XML Paper Specification , we pulled support for annotations for V1. This was not an easy decision to make. We've been asked about this a number of times, so we wanted to talk a little about what led to our...

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...

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.

So we've finalized the content for v0.85 of both XPS and the Open Packaging Conventions. We're working on the publication process now. In the meanwhile, here's the delta of XPS changes since the previous post... Chapter 2. Parts and Relationships ...

The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) Beta 2 contains several useful tools for working with XPS Documents, including: isXPS: Tool to validate various conformance requirements of produced XPS Documents. Still called by its former name, isReach , in this release...

Welcome to the blog for the team developing the XML Paper Specification and the Open Packaging Conventions! The official site for XPS and XPS-related topics is located at http://www.microsoft.com/xps . We on the XPS Team intend to use this forum to...

We've heard feedback that the XPS Digital Signature Policy is unnessarily vague. We've made changes to this policy to be very clear about what must or may be signed. Feedback , as always, is welcome. Change is as follows: An XPS Document MUST be...

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 .

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

We've added the following note to 3.3.4 to help clarify how landscape printing is done and how that interacts with PrintTicket settings. Note: Fixed pages intended for landscape-orientation printing must be produced differently than those intended...

Get your copy at the XPS download website . This is the XPS specification release candidate. At this moment, we anticipate only formatting changes and the addition of an index for 1.0. Check in with us at xpsinfo@microsoft.com if you have questions.

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 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...