XPS -> PDF

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:22:32 Z

Anyone know of commercial products that will convert from XPS to PDF? Is it still too early to ask this question?

XPS -> PDF

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:35:51 Z

didn't came across such a product which is already finished yet, but maybe you have a look at "GhostXPS" from Artifex -> http://raph.levien.com/XPS%20only.pdf

however there doesn't exist a beta/release yet, as they're still working on - just contact them for more informations.. but maybe it's helpful anyway?

XPS -> PDF

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:01:31 Z

That is good information. I'll watch for a beta version. In a year I expect several products to handle this conversion, but XPS might still be too new.

XPS -> PDF

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:59:47 Z

Conversion of XPS into PDF can easily be done with Adobe Acrobat Pro 8.0. And it works. The other day I downloaded the Microsoft Windows Vista Product Guide as XPS, and the conversion in Acrobat worked well. Don't expect files to get as small as if you saved them as XPS in the first place. I have tried to save smaller files as XPS and PDF and if you save a 2-page document with a couple of images in it, it seems that the sizes of the two documents will be appr. the same.

je

XPS -> PDF

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:03:45 Z

I noticed this too. Strange thing is that the Mac version of that same Acrobat 8 doesn't open xps files...

regards,
nixps

XPS -> PDF

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:51:27 Z

Yes, you don't even see the XPS files in the right way on a Mac, do you. We'll have to wait and see, if there'll be an XPS viewer for the Mac. Personally I doubt that, – and who should develop it?
Adobe is working on the Mars project, which is "an XML friendly implementation of PDF"
– look for more info at their site http://labs.adobe.com. If you wanna play, you can convert the file suffixes on XPS and Mars files to .zip and unzip them to see, what's inside.

It will be exciting to see, what happens, when the office people find out, they can print InDesign, Photoshop and more from Vista with XPS – or with PDF. Will they be confused? Will they stay with PDF files? Or will they be curious to try XPS files with one of the many printers, that will be able to print them?

cheers

XPS -> PDF

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:31:19 Z

Hi,

our company develops and sells a tool that can convert any XPS to a valid PDF file. It's called NiXPS Edit, and you can download it here.

We also license our technology in the form of a library, you can find more info about it here.

We also have a Mac XPS viewer and editor.

Kind regards,
Nick.

XPS -> PDF

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:25:54 Z

Can we use it in a devloper code

XPS -> PDF

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:45:32 Z

Hi,

yes, you can use our technology in your own code, we have API's for C, C++ and C#.
Other langages are possible too.

If you fill out the following form:
http://nixps.com/library_apply.php

You'll receive a link to our SDK, this includes sample code.

Kind regards,
Nick.

XPS -> PDF

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:08:42 Z

I have tried GhostXPS and it works!!!

Download GhostPDL 1.52: http://ghostscript.com/releases/ghostpdl-1.52.tar.bz2
Extract it, then build the entire project: it is simple, just open ghostpdl.sln in Visual Studio 2005, then perform a normal build
After the build you will find gxps.exe here: \ghostpdl-1.52\ghostpdl-1.52\xps\obj
Convert your XPS file to PDF format like this: gxps.exe -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=test.pdf -dNOPAUSE test.xps

I hope it helps.

XPS -> PDF

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:38:58 Z

Don't forget to mention your viewer is $100...

XPS -> PDF

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:50:14 Z

I believe you will find that the XPS document requires that .NET be present on your machine to view it. Therefore it will not work on a Mac.

Open XPS Files in Firefox

If you want to open XPS files with Firefox then download this IE tab extension .

Viewing XPS Files on Windows XP

Microsoft provides a free XPS reader which can be downloaded from MSDN but make sure you have .NET framework installed on your PC! If not you will be asked to download the missing .Net framework.

* If you are installing Microsoft XPS Viewer (which requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0) on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 and do not have previous versions of .NET Framework (1.1 and 2.0) installed, you will be asked to download them during the install process. (45 MB)

** Microsoft XPS Document Writer requires Microsoft Core XML Services 6.0 to be installed on your system. Download size 1.5 - 4.4 MB. For More information on the Microsoft Core XML Services 6.0, click here

Open XPS File in Internet Explorer

Set Internet Explorer as the default program to read xps file!

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XPS -> PDF

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:56:33 Z

Convert XPS to PDF in two ways