![]() ![]() ![]() Converts XPS files into PDF, JPG, JPEG2000, PNG, TIFF, BMP and Plain Text formats.XPS-to-PDF supports JPEG, JPEG2000 and Flate image compression types along with output quality for PDF conversion. In addition XPS-to-PDF can extracts raster images from XPS documents. XPS-to-PDF is a simple, efficient and fast way to batch convert XPS(XML Paper Specification) and OXPS (OpenXPS) documents into PDF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, Multi-Page TIFF, BMP and Plain Text formats. If you often have to complete these types of conversions, it's definitely a good investment.Įditors' note: This is a review of the trial version of XPS To PDF for Mac 2.0 It performs all tasks quickly, producing just the documents you need, exactly where you expect to find them. XPS to PDF for Mac is a capable and convenient program to use. If you want your converted documents to be useful, though, you'll have to purchase the full version for $9.99. But the demo does let you see how quickly and correctly it can convert files. All conversions were completed quickly, and appeared in the desired format in the folder that we chose to save to in useable format.ĭemo watermarks: The free demo version of this app inserts multiple large watermarks across every processed page, leaving the documents hard to read and certainly unfit for sharing. Another option is to extract only images from an XPS file. Multiple conversion options: In addition to converting XPS files to PDF format, this app can also complete conversions into Image file or plain text documents. The files you've added are listed in a large window below the controls, and you can select any one for conversion at any time. It features a set of clearly labeled controls across the top of the interface that let you add files and then choose what format to convert them to. Streamlined interface: Even the most inexperienced users will have no trouble figuring out how to use this program. Through this app's intuitive interface, you can complete conversions with just a few clicks, and the app opens automatically anytime you try and open an XPS file. So.XPS to PDF for Mac is a convenient and quick utility program that will let you convert any XPS files into several different viewable formats. We’ll have to see whether that remains PDF or is XPS in the long term.īy the way, your next question might be “how do I scan to XPS with my ScanSnap?”. However, it’s always good to know what formats may or may not be on the horizon, and often over time the “more open” solution wins in technology. 99.999999% of the documents that you work with are going to be PDF. If you know of one, leave it on the comments! OK So. I haven’t found any free XPS writers for the Mac. If you use XP, you can download the MS XPS Essentials Pack that will let you do the same thing. All you need to do is go File > Print and choose the built-in XPS printer and you will be good to go. If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7, you’re in luck. Wikipedia has a pretty thorough comparison of OpenXPS and PDF if you are wondering how the two stack up. As I mentioned, it is XML based, so the XML markup defines how the document will look when printed or viewed with an XPS viewer. ![]() Like PDF, XPS is a document format that is fixed-layout. ![]() They took it a step further and made it XML (OK XAML stop being picky)-based which is a big bonus. Knowing that it would be pretty difficult to battle PDF with a Microsoft-only format, they did the smart thing and submitted it to ECMA to make it an open standard called OpenXPS. When I read that Home Document Manager now supports XPS files, it occurred to me that I hadn’t written about XPS on DocumentSnap before. They wanted to create a competing format to the ubiquitous PDF, so they created the XML Paper Specification (XPS). Once upon a time, it wasn’t Apple that Adobe was getting beat up by, it was our good friends at Microsoft. ![]()
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