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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 04/08/2009
XPS & Friends at AIIM
XPS at the AIIM International Exposition and Conference 2009 AIIM 2009 for the Enterprise Content...
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...
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...
Date: 11/06/2008
Now fixed…
The problems posting the updated XPS Essentials Pack update are now fixed. Thanks for your...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Date: 07/06/2007
New XPS Whitepapers
The XPS team has prepared a couple new whitepapers which are now available: Maximum Performance from...
Date: 05/24/2007
Print Schema Specification Version 1.0 Released
Microsoft has released Version 1.0 of the Print Schema Specification. The updated version is based...
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...
Date: 04/16/2007
Microsoft Releases Print Schema Specification Version 0.95
Microsoft has updated the existing Print Schema Specification documentation that is currently...
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...
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...
Date: 01/23/2007
XPS v1.0 released!
The XPS v1.0 specification has been released and can be found at...
Date: 11/16/2006
DigSig Whitepaper Available
There is a new whitepaper on digital signatures available on MSDN. Check it out.
Date: 09/27/2006
OPC Conformance Numbers Mapping
There were a number of changes to the conformance rule numbers in the Open Packaging Conventions...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 09/09/2006
XPS 0.95 Hairline Strokes
Although the XPS specificaton does not natively support designating certain strokes as hairlines,...
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...
Date: 09/08/2006
XPS 0.95 Superluminous Colors
We have clarified how consumers that do not understand superluminous colors should behave when...
Date: 09/08/2006
XPS 0.95 Implementation Limits
The implementation limits recommendations in Table 11-1 for coordinate values and smallest...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 07/31/2006
OPC Addressing Model Article
An article on the Open Packaging Conventions addressing model is now available on MSDN. Check it...
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...
Date: 06/09/2006
XPS Test Tools
The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) Beta 2 contains several useful tools for working with XPS Documents,...
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...
Date: 05/17/2006