XPS fayli nima

XPS file is a zipped archive file with collection of XML files having text messages, embedded fonts, images, digital signatures, and DRM etc. The zipped packing process to create OXPS is also called Open Packaging Conventions.

What Is an XPS File?

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What to Know

• An XML file is an XML Paper Specification file.
• Open one with XPS Viewer (it’s included in Windows) or NiXPS View.
• Convert to PDF, JPG, DOCX, and others with Zamzar or PDFaid.com.

This article explains what XPS files are, how to open one, and which programs are able to convert one to a more familiar format like PDF or JPG.

What Is an XPS File?

An .XPS file is an XML Paper Specification file that describes the structure and content of a document, including the layout and appearance. XPS files can be one page or several.

XPS files were first implemented as a replacement for the EMF format, and are a bit like Microsoft’s version of PDFs, but based instead on the XML format. Because of the structure of XPS files, their description of a document does not change based on the operating system or printer and is consistent across all platforms.

XPS files share a document with others so that what you see on the page is the same as what they’ll see when they use an XPS viewer program. Make an XPS file in Windows by “printing” to Microsoft XPS Document Writer when asked which printer to use.

Some XPS files may instead be related to Action Replay files used with some video games, but Microsoft’s format is much more common.

How to Open XPS Files

The quickest way to open XPS files in Windows is to use XPS Viewer, which is included with Windows Vista and newer versions of Windows. You can install the XPS Essentials Pack to open XPS files on Windows XP.

XPS Viewer sets permissions for the XPS file as well as digitally signs the document. Windows 10 and Windows 8 can also use Microsoft’s Reader app to open XPS files.

Open XPS files on a Mac with Pagemark, NiXPS View or Edit and the Pagemark XPS Viewer plug-in for Firefox and Safari web browsers.

Linux users can use Pagemark’s programs to open XPS files, too.

Action Replay game files that use the XPS file extension can be opened with PS2 Save Builder.

Because you might need different programs to open different XPS files, see How to Change the Default Program for a Specific File Extension in Windows if it’s automatically opening in a program that you don’t want to use it with.

How to Convert an XPS File

One of the fastest ways to convert an XPS file to PDF, JPG, PNG, or some other image-based format is to upload the file to Zamzar. After the file is loaded on that website, select from a handful of formats to convert the XPS file to, and then download the new file back to your computer.

UnitePDF saves XPS to PDF online. Drag the file onto the page or click Choose File, and then select the convert button when you’re ready to download the PDF.

The website PDFaid.com lets you convert an XPS file directly to a Word document in either the DOC or DOCX format. Just upload the XPS file and choose the conversion format. Download the converted right there from the website.

The Able2Extract program does the same but isn’t free. It does, however, let you convert an XPS file to an Excel document, which could be really handy depending on what you’re planning to use the file for.

Microsoft’s XpsConverter converts an XPS file to OXPS.

With Action Replay files, just rename it from whatever.xps to whatever.sps if you want your file to open in programs that support the Sharkport Saved Game file format (.SPS files). You might also be able to convert it to MD, CBS, PSU, and other similar formats with the PS2 Save Builder program mentioned above.

More Information on the XPS Format

The XPS format is Microsoft’s attempt at the PDF format. However, PDF is much, much more popular than XPS, which is why you’ve probably encountered way more PDFs in the form of digital bank statements, product manuals, and an output option in lots of document and ebook readers/creators.

Sending someone an XPS file might make them think that it’s malware if they aren’t familiar with the extension. Also, because mobile devices and Mac computers don’t include a built-in XPS viewer (and most do have built-in PDF support), you’re more likely to make someone spend time looking around for an XPS viewer than you would a PDF reader.

The document writer in Windows 8 and newer versions of Windows defaults to using the .OXPS file extension instead of .XPS. This is why you can’t open OXPS files in Windows 7 and older versions of Windows.

XPS fayli nima?

.Xps fayl kengaytmasi bo’lgan fayl XML qog’oz spetsifikatsiyasi hujjatning tuzilishi va mazmuni, shu jumladan maketi va tashqi ko’rinishini tavsiflovchi fayl. XPS fayllari bitta sahifali yoki bir nechta bo’lishi mumkin.

XPS fayllari dastlab EMF formatining o’rnini bosuvchi sifatida amalga oshirilgan va Microsoft-ning PDF-versiyasiga o’xshash, ammo uning o’rniga XML asoslanadi. XPS fayllari tuzilishi tufayli ularning hujjat tavsifi operatsion tizim yoki printerga qarab o’zgarmaydi va barcha platformalarda mos keladi.

XPS fayllari hujjatni boshqalar bilan baham ko’radi, shuning uchun siz sahifada ko’rgan narsalar ular XPS tomoshabinidan foydalanishda ko’rganlari bilan bir xil. Windows-da “chop etish” orqali XPS faylini yarating Microsoft XPS Document Writer, qaysi printerdan foydalanish kerakligi so’ralganda.

Buning o’rniga, ba’zi XPS fayllari ba’zi video o’yinlarda ishlatiladigan Action Replay fayllari bilan bog’liq bo’lishi mumkin, ammo Microsoft formati ancha keng tarqalgan.

XPS fayllarini qanday ochish kerak

Windows-da XPS-fayllarni ochishning eng tezkor usuli bu Windows Vista-ga va Windows-ning yangi versiyalariga, shu jumladan Windows 7, 8 va 10-ga kiritilgan XPS Viewer-dan foydalanishdir. . ,

XPS Viewer XPS fayli uchun ruxsatlarni o’rnatadi va hujjatga raqamli imzo qo’yadi. Windows 10 va Windows 8 XPS fayllarini ochish uchun Microsoft Reader dasturidan ham foydalanishlari mumkin.

Firefox va Safari veb-brauzerlari uchun Pagemark, NiXPS View yoki Edit va Pagemark XPS Viewer plaginlari yordamida Mac-da XPS fayllarini oching.

Linux foydalanuvchilari XPS fayllarini ochish uchun Pagemark dasturlaridan ham foydalanishlari mumkin.

XPS kengaytmasidan foydalanadigan Action Replay o’yin fayllarini PS2 Save Builder yordamida ochish mumkin.

Turli xil XPS fayllarini ochish uchun sizga turli xil dasturlar kerak bo’lishi mumkinligi sababli, Windows-da ma’lum bir fayl kengaytmasi uchun standart dasturni qanday o’zgartirish kerak, agar u siz foydalanmoqchi bo’lmagan dasturda avtomatik ravishda ochilsa.

XPS faylini qanday o’zgartirish mumkin

XPS faylini PDF, JPG, PNG yoki boshqa rasmga asoslangan formatga aylantirishning eng tezkor usullaridan biri bu faylni Zamzar-ga yuklashdir. Faylni ushbu veb-saytga yuklaganingizdan so’ng, XPS faylingizni aylantirish uchun bir nechta formatlardan birini tanlang va keyin yangi faylni kompyuteringizga yuklab oling.

UnitePDF XPS-ni PDF-ga onlayn tarzda saqlaydi. Faylni sahifaga torting yoki bosing Faylni tanlang “ va PDF-ni yuklab olishga tayyor bo’lgach, Konvertatsiya tugmasini bosing.

PDFaid.com veb-sayti sizga XPS faylini to’g’ridan-to’g’ri Word hujjatiga DOC yoki DOCX formatida aylantirish imkonini beradi. Faqat XPS faylini yuklang va konvertatsiya formatini tanlang. Yuklab olish to’g’ridan-to’g’ri saytdan o’zgartirilgan.

Able2Extract ham xuddi shunday qiladi, ammo bu bepul emas. Biroq, bu sizga XPS faylini Excel hujjatiga aylantirish imkonini beradi, bu faylni ishlatishni rejalashtirganingizga qarab juda qulay bo’lishi mumkin.

Microsoft XpsConverter XPS faylini OXPS ga o’zgartiradi.

Action Replay fayllari bilan uning nomini o’zgartiring what.xps yilda what.sps agar faylingiz Sharkport Saved Games (.SPS fayllari) formatini qo’llab-quvvatlaydigan dasturlarda ochilishini istasangiz. Yuqorida aytib o’tilgan PS2 Save Builder dasturi yordamida uni MD, CBS, PSU va shunga o’xshash boshqa formatlarga o’zgartirishingiz mumkin.

XPS fayl formati haqida ko’proq ma’lumot

XPS formati – Microsoft-ning PDF-ga urinishi. Biroq, PDF XPS-ga qaraganda ancha mashhur, shuning uchun siz ko’plab PDF-fayllarni raqamli bank bayonotlari, mahsulot qo’llanmalari va ko’plab hujjatlar va elektron kitoblarni o’qiydiganlar / yaratuvchilarning chiqish variantlari ko’rinishida uchratgan bo’lishingiz mumkin.

Biror kishiga XPS faylini yuborish, agar ular kengaytmani yaxshi bilmasa, uni zararli dastur deb o’ylashi mumkin. Bundan tashqari, mobil qurilmalar va Mac-larda o’rnatilgan XPS tomoshabin mavjud emasligi sababli (va ko’pi bilan) ning ular PDF-ning qo’llab-quvvatlanishiga ega), siz PDF-o’quvchiga qaraganda, kimdir XPS tomoshabinini izlash uchun vaqtni sarflashi mumkin. ,

Windows 8 va undan keyingi Windows versiyalarida Document Writer sukut bo’yicha .XPS o’rniga .OXPS fayl kengaytmasidan foydalanadi. Shuning uchun Windows 7 va undan oldingi Windows versiyalarida OXPS fayllarini ocholmaysiz.

What is XPS File Format Extension?

Know Features & Advantages of XPS Document and Also Learn The Difference Between XPS and PDF

What is XPS file extension?

The acronym or full form of XPS is XML Paper Specification, which is used in print processing layout display creation of document by incorporating vector graphic images and allow to save files as XPS document. You might be confused about what is XPS document or XPS file but it is important to note that It is an alternative of a PDF file. It was first introduced with Windows Vista as an inbuilt application in Year 2006. It was continued in the next version of Microsoft Windows 7 too. But later in Year 2009 XPS was replaced by OXPS (OpenXPS). OXPS was based on XAML and started supporting many features like: Digital Signature and Digital Rights Managements.

XPS file is a zipped archive file with collection of XML files having text messages, embedded fonts, images, digital signatures, and DRM etc. The zipped packing process to create OXPS is also called Open Packaging Conventions.

Features of XPS File

XPS and OXPS file have following features:

• Provides facility of document layout same as PDF
• Provides Print Preview facility and allow to save contents from internet as Virtual printer.
• Allow to includes Text, Image, Vector Image, Embedded Fonts, raster images, Digital Signatures, DRM (Digital Rights Managements).

XPS vs PDF Document

XPS is XML based file which allow to save contents in a file having .xps extension. While PDF is post script document and it is generated from application directly. Both are platform independent and store document fidelity in fixed layout. XPS file can accessed in an inbuilt tool of Microsoft XPS Document Writer.

In 2006 XPS was launched as a PDF killer but It could not gain that much popularity as PDF. But still a technical person sometimes uses it to create print preview for printing the documents. But if we talk about any average user then you will find that there are very few number of people in the world who is using XPS for printing and writing instead of PDF.

Advantages of XPS File Format over PDF

If we talk about the benefits or advantages of XPS file format over PDF then I must tell you that there are few advantage like: XPS in good for publishing and sharing, XPS file is Safe, XPS is Good for future because it is the part of Dot NET Framework and Windows Presentation Foundation. You can get XPS Document Writer tool as a part of Windows OS but in case of PDF you have to purchase the software. So like this you can also save same amount of money.

XPS file is better then PDF? Know The Difference Between XPS and PDF

No, XPS file is not better then PDF because it supports dynamic functionality while XPS does not. But in some cases OXPS have advantage over PDF like:Digital Signature and Digital Rights Managements. But still if we compare overall feature of OXPS and PDF then you will find that PDF wins the competition. PDF is more popular and familiar to every one in comparison with XPS. Microsoft haven’t specified any specific till now about why user should use XPS instead of PDF. If you share a document as XPS instead to PDF to a person than he/she will get confuse for a while about accessing it. But if you share a PDF then that person is totally aware with it and can access it easily. After 10 years since launched date of XPS, it couldn’t gain the popularity. But it is still being included in every version of Windows OS. Other Operating Systems like Macintosh and Linux does not provide an inbuilt plugin to support accessing XPS or OXPS file, while it provide inbuilt support for PDF. If a user want ot access OXPS file in Linux or Mac then he/she have to install its plugin first.

General Question Regarding XPS or OXPS File

How to print XPS file in Windows 7?

Just run Microsoft XPS Writher tool to access XPS document and hit print button for printing. Then see the print preview and print & open XPS file content on paper.

How to print OXPS file in Windows 10?

Access file in XPS document writer tool and print button and see the preview and then go for printing it.

I have an XPS file but I don’t know how to print XPS file in Windows XP?

You have to download MXDW (Microsoft Office Document Writer) for Windows XP for this then you can proceed for printing XPS document in Windows XP.

My friend gave me an OXPS file and asked me to print its data on paper. But when I tried to access it then I found that it is inaccessible. Please help me to access OXPS file in Windows 7.

In this case you have to first migrate all data from OXPS to XPS file then you can easily open OXPS file in MXDW for printing.

I got XPS Error Report when tried to print XPS document in Windows 8.1?

In this case you have to download update rollup 2911106 and install it in you computer. After installing it you will not get any XPS error report.

Conclusion

There are very less chance for usage of XPS or OXPS for printing. Because it couldn’t win the competition with PDF, which are mostly used now days in the world. XPS have also less features in caparison with PDF. So, hope that it’s been clear to you about “what is XPS file or document?” and “why use XPS file?”.

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