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

Printing and Document Features for the Platform Update for Windows Vista

What is the Platform Update for Windows Vista? The Platform Update for Windows Vista is a set of...

Author: xps Date: 09/10/2009

New Office 2010 Printing Functionality

Now that the Office 2010 Technical Preview is out, we’re happy to announce some great new printing...

Author: xps Date: 07/23/2009

Hello Ecma-388 1st Edition

The 97th General Assembly of Ecma International, held in Budapest in June, approved the Open XML...

Author: xps Date: 07/16/2009

Announcing the Windows HD Imaging AQ

Last week Microsoft announced an Additional Qualification (AQ) for the Windows 7 Logo program called...

Author: xps Date: 05/01/2009

Get started with XPS APIs for document workflows

If you’re thinking about building document workflows on XPS APIs, the first thing to consider is...

Author: xps Date: 04/14/2009

Thanks for joining us at AIIM!

The XPS team would like to extend our thanks to everyone who came by at AIIM to see what was...

Author: xps Date: 04/08/2009

XPS & Friends at AIIM

XPS at the AIIM International Exposition and Conference 2009 AIIM 2009 for the Enterprise Content...

Author: xps Date: 03/31/2009

Hello from WinHEC

Hello from WinHEC!  The XPS team is continuing the Windows 7 roll out of new XPS features at...

Author: xps Date: 11/07/2008

XPS & OPC Support in Windows 7

Last week at PDC and this week at WinHEC we’re talking for the first time about investments we’re...

Author: xps Date: 11/06/2008

Now fixed…

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

Author: xps Date: 11/06/2008

Problems downloading the updated XPS Essentials Pack

There’s an issue with the downloads for the updated XPS Essentials Pack. Not everyone is getting the...

Author: xps Date: 11/03/2008

The XPS Essentials Pack has been updated to support Windows XP Service Pack 3

This update fixes a problem with the installer where it failed to recognize a newer version of...

Author: xps Date: 10/29/2008

XPS Essentials Pack on Windows XP SP3

The XPS Essentials Pack installer (available via www.microsoft.com/xps) does not currently support...

Author: xps Date: 08/20/2008

XPS Sample Documents Library 1.0

We've updated the library of sample documents to include a number of fixes and additional documents....

Author: xps Date: 08/15/2007

Ecma forms technical committee for XPS

Ecma has announced the formation of a technical committee (TC46) to work towards the standardization...

Author: xps Date: 07/06/2007

XPS Essentials Pack for 23 additional languages

Microsoft is proud to announce the release of XPS Essentials Pack v 1.0 for 23 languages. You can...

Author: xps Date: 07/06/2007

New XPS Whitepapers

The XPS team has prepared a couple new whitepapers which are now available: Maximum Performance from...

Author: xps Date: 05/24/2007

Microsoft has released Version 1.0 of the Print Schema Specification. The updated version is based...

Author: xps Date: 05/16/2007

Microsoft XML Paper Specifications Essentials Pack v1.0 is released

Microsoft is proud to announce the release of XPS Essentials Pack v 1.0. You can download the XPS...

Author: xps Date: 04/16/2007

Microsoft Releases Print Schema Specification Version 0.95

Microsoft has updated the existing Print Schema Specification documentation that is currently...

Author: xps Date: 02/20/2007

RC1 of the Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essential Pack Released

The Release Candidate of Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack (XPS Essentials Pack) is...

Author: xps Date: 02/01/2007

Updated Beta 2 for XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack

The Beta 2 version of the XPS EP Viewer was set to expire on 1/1/2007. An updated Beta 2 version...

Author: xps Date: 01/23/2007

XPS v1.0 released!

The XPS v1.0 specification has been released and can be found at...

Author: xps Date: 11/16/2006

DigSig Whitepaper Available

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

Author: xps Date: 09/27/2006

OPC Conformance Numbers Mapping

There were a number of changes to the conformance rule numbers in the Open Packaging Conventions...

Author: xps Date: 09/26/2006

XPS v0.95 Available

Get your copy at the XPS download website. This is the XPS specification release candidate. At this...

Author: xps Date: 09/25/2006

XPS 0.95 New Conformance Rule - Relationships Missing Target Parts

The following conformance rule was added to explicitly spell out the behavior when encountering a...

Author: xps Date: 09/18/2006

XPS 0.95 Sideways Text Origin and Advance Width Clarification

The XPS spec was previously unclear about calculations of the origin and incomplete on the...

Author: xps Date: 09/18/2006

XPS 0.95 Clarification on Landscape Printing

We've added the following note to 3.3.4 to help clarify how landscape printing is done and how that...

Author: xps Date: 09/15/2006

XPS 0.95: New Conformance Rules - EXIF Support

By examining the prevalence of EXIF markers in JPEG images, and to a lesser extent, we are requiring...

Author: xps Date: 09/09/2006

XPS 0.95 Signature Policy Correction

The SignatureDefinitions part was incorrectly listed as a part that the signer MAY sign. In XPS 0.95...

Author: xps Date: 09/09/2006

XPS 0.95 Clarification - TrueType Collections

XPS v0.95 includes the clarification that if a fragment is not specified when referencing a Font...

Author: xps Date: 09/09/2006

XPS 0.95 Hairline Strokes

Although the XPS specificaton does not natively support designating certain strokes as hairlines,...

Author: xps Date: 09/08/2006

Glyphs Alpha Bug

It has come to our attention that the .NET 3.0 Framework XPS Viewer has a bug where the alpha...

Author: xps Date: 09/08/2006

XPS 0.95 Superluminous Colors

We have clarified how consumers that do not understand superluminous colors should behave when...

Author: xps Date: 09/08/2006

XPS 0.95 Implementation Limits

The implementation limits recommendations in Table 11-1 for coordinate values and smallest...

Author: xps Date: 09/08/2006

XPS 0.95 Color Blending Conformance Recommendation

Conformance recommendation S11.13 has been clarified as follows in XPS v0.95. If any gradient stops...

Author: xps Date: 09/08/2006

Beta 2 of the XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack released to Web!

Beta 2 of the XML Paper Specification (XPS) Essentials Pack has been released. The Essentials Pack...

Author: xps Date: 09/08/2006

XPS 0.95 ICC Profiles

In section 8.1.8, the XPS specification describes which ICC color profiles must be supported. We...

Author: xps Date: 09/08/2006

XPS 0.95 Conformance Rule Updates

We've been working to improve the conformance rules summarized in Appendix J of the XPS...

Author: xps Date: 09/06/2006

XPS 0.95 Clarification & Recommendation for ZIP Parsing

The following clarifying note and recommendation have been added to section 10.1 of the XPS...

Author: xps Date: 09/06/2006

XPS 0.95 New Conformance Rule: DiscardControl

We have added the following new conformance rule describing the usage of DiscardControl parts. This...

Author: xps Date: 09/05/2006

XPS 0.95 Change: Name Attribute

Version 0.95 of the XPS specification will add the following restriction to the usage of the Name...

Author: xps Date: 09/03/2006

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Release Candidate Available

The Release Candidate for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 was posted today. You can install the...

Author: xps Date: 09/01/2006

Open Packaging Conventions & Open XML Markup Compatibility

As you may already know, the Open Packaging Conventions and Open XML Markup Compatibility...

Author: xps Date: 09/01/2006

XPS 0.95 Change: BleedBox/ContentBox

We are making a change in version 0.95 of the XPS with how bleed boxes and content boxes are...

Author: xps Date: 07/31/2006

OPC Addressing Model Article

An article on the Open Packaging Conventions addressing model is now available on MSDN. Check it...

Author: xps Date: 06/27/2006

XPS at TechEd

If you are at TechEd in Boston next week, do plan to attend the XPS Session: “Windows Vista As a...

Author: xps Date: 06/09/2006

XPS Test Tools

The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) Beta 2 contains several useful tools for working with XPS Documents,...

Author: xps Date: 06/02/2006

XPS v0.9 Changes

Just in time for WinHEC, we have prepared the next release of the XML Paper Specification (v0.9) for...

Author: xps Date: 05/17/2006

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