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...
Date: 09/10/2009
Now that the Office 2010 Technical Preview is out, we’re happy to announce some great new printing...
Date: 07/23/2009
The 97th General Assembly of Ecma International, held in Budapest in June, approved the Open XML...
Date: 07/16/2009
Last week Microsoft announced an Additional Qualification (AQ) for the Windows 7 Logo program called...
Date: 05/01/2009
If you’re thinking about building document workflows on XPS APIs, the first thing to consider is...
Date: 04/14/2009
The XPS team would like to extend our thanks to everyone who came by at AIIM to see what was...
Date: 04/08/2009
XPS at the AIIM International Exposition and Conference 2009 AIIM 2009 for the Enterprise Content...
Date: 03/31/2009
Hello from WinHEC! The XPS team is continuing the Windows 7 roll out of new XPS features at...
Date: 11/07/2008
Last week at PDC and this week at WinHEC we’re talking for the first time about investments we’re...
Date: 11/06/2008
The problems posting the updated XPS Essentials Pack update are now fixed. Thanks for your...
Date: 11/06/2008
There’s an issue with the downloads for the updated XPS Essentials Pack. Not everyone is getting the...
Date: 11/03/2008
This update fixes a problem with the installer where it failed to recognize a newer version of...
Date: 10/29/2008
The XPS Essentials Pack installer (available via www.microsoft.com/xps) does not currently support...
Date: 08/20/2008
We've updated the library of sample documents to include a number of fixes and additional documents....
Date: 08/15/2007
Ecma has announced the formation of a technical committee (TC46) to work towards the standardization...
Date: 07/06/2007
Microsoft is proud to announce the release of XPS Essentials Pack v 1.0 for 23 languages. You can...
Date: 07/06/2007
The XPS team has prepared a couple new whitepapers which are now available: Maximum Performance from...
Date: 05/24/2007
Microsoft has released Version 1.0 of the Print Schema Specification. The updated version is based...
Date: 05/16/2007
Microsoft is proud to announce the release of XPS Essentials Pack v 1.0. You can download the XPS...
Date: 04/16/2007
Microsoft has updated the existing Print Schema Specification documentation that is currently...
Date: 02/20/2007
The Release Candidate of Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack (XPS Essentials Pack) is...
Date: 02/01/2007
The Beta 2 version of the XPS EP Viewer was set to expire on 1/1/2007. An updated Beta 2 version...
Date: 01/23/2007
The XPS v1.0 specification has been released and can be found at...
Date: 11/16/2006
There is a new whitepaper on digital signatures available on MSDN. Check it out.
Date: 09/27/2006
There were a number of changes to the conformance rule numbers in the Open Packaging Conventions...
Date: 09/26/2006
Get your copy at the XPS download website. This is the XPS specification release candidate. At this...
Date: 09/25/2006
The following conformance rule was added to explicitly spell out the behavior when encountering a...
Date: 09/18/2006
The XPS spec was previously unclear about calculations of the origin and incomplete on the...
Date: 09/18/2006
We've added the following note to 3.3.4 to help clarify how landscape printing is done and how that...
Date: 09/15/2006
By examining the prevalence of EXIF markers in JPEG images, and to a lesser extent, we are requiring...
Date: 09/09/2006
The SignatureDefinitions part was incorrectly listed as a part that the signer MAY sign. In XPS 0.95...
Date: 09/09/2006
XPS v0.95 includes the clarification that if a fragment is not specified when referencing a Font...
Date: 09/09/2006
Although the XPS specificaton does not natively support designating certain strokes as hairlines,...
Date: 09/08/2006
It has come to our attention that the .NET 3.0 Framework XPS Viewer has a bug where the alpha...
Date: 09/08/2006
We have clarified how consumers that do not understand superluminous colors should behave when...
Date: 09/08/2006
The implementation limits recommendations in Table 11-1 for coordinate values and smallest...
Date: 09/08/2006
Conformance recommendation S11.13 has been clarified as follows in XPS v0.95. If any gradient stops...
Date: 09/08/2006
Beta 2 of the XML Paper Specification (XPS) Essentials Pack has been released. The Essentials Pack...
Date: 09/08/2006
In section 8.1.8, the XPS specification describes which ICC color profiles must be supported. We...
Date: 09/08/2006
We've been working to improve the conformance rules summarized in Appendix J of the XPS...
Date: 09/06/2006
The following clarifying note and recommendation have been added to section 10.1 of the XPS...
Date: 09/06/2006
We have added the following new conformance rule describing the usage of DiscardControl parts. This...
Date: 09/05/2006
Version 0.95 of the XPS specification will add the following restriction to the usage of the Name...
Date: 09/03/2006
The Release Candidate for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 was posted today. You can install the...
Date: 09/01/2006
As you may already know, the Open Packaging Conventions and Open XML Markup Compatibility...
Date: 09/01/2006
We are making a change in version 0.95 of the XPS with how bleed boxes and content boxes are...
Date: 07/31/2006
An article on the Open Packaging Conventions addressing model is now available on MSDN. Check it...
Date: 06/27/2006
If you are at TechEd in Boston next week, do plan to attend the XPS Session: “Windows Vista As a...
Date: 06/09/2006
The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) Beta 2 contains several useful tools for working with XPS Documents,...
Date: 06/02/2006
Just in time for WinHEC, we have prepared the next release of the XML Paper Specification (v0.9) for...
Date: 05/17/2006