.XPS

📌 The format specification correlates with a specific document which includes embedded fixed layout of the data page and details written in the appropriate language related to the .XPS page description. Particularly, the extension logic defines a document’s printing information, appearance, and layout. On the internal structure, .XPS files are pretty similar to .PDF data containers. However, the outcome info objects are opened, stored and decompressed into Microsoft’s commercial .XPS format definition. Originally, the format was intended to replace Enhanced Metafile (.EMF) format. The main peculiarity of the file design is that it relies on .XML instead of PostScript technology, typical of .EMF schema.

How to open an .XPS file?

📌 .XPS resources can be flawlessly opened up and uncovered by definitive XPS viewers, compatible with all major, sustainable operating systems and software platforms. In addition to desktop shells, the proper file contents can be reviewed on iOS and Android mobile devices, without miscellaneous downloads and preliminary installations of the applets on the actual gadget. Linux-based computers are also capable of handling and opening the format standard due to availability of KDE Okular and MuPDF reader, compatible with the relevant document layout.