ImageGear Professional DLL for Windows
XPS
| ImageGear Professional v18.4 > User Guide > File Format Reference > ImageGear Supported File Formats Reference > XPS |
| Full Name | XPS (XML Paper Specification) |
| Format ID | IG_FORMAT_XPS = 80 |
| File Extension(s) | *.xps |
| Data Type | Vector image |
| Data Encoding | Binary |
| Color Profile Support | No |
| ImageGear Multipage Support | Yes |
| ImageGear Alpha Channel Support | No |
| ImageGear Platforms Support | WIN32, WIN64, .NET, .NET64 |
 |
To support the XPS format, attach the ImageGear XPS Component to Core ImageGear. |
| Filter Control Parameter | Type | Default Value | Available Values | Description |
| RESOLUTION_X | AM_TID_UINT | 96 | Any positive integer | This parameter specifies the horizontal resolution in dots-per-inch during the XPS document conversion into a raster image. The greater this value, the higher the quality of the raster image you get after rasterization. The DIB of the output raster image has this value as an X resolution. |
| RESOLUTION_Y | AM_TID_UINT | 96 | Any positive integer | This parameter specifies the vertical resolution in dots-per-inch during the XPS document conversion into a raster image. The greater this value, the higher the quality of the raster image you get after rasterization. The DIB of the output raster image has this value as an Y resolution. |
The XPS Document format represents a set of related pages with a fixed layout, which are organized as one or more documents, in the traditional meaning of the word. A file that implements this format includes everything necessary to fully render those documents on a display device or physical medium (for example, paper). This includes all resources such as fonts and images that might be required to render individual page markings.
In addition, the format includes optional components that build on the minimal set of components required to render a set of pages. This includes the ability to specify print job control instructions, to organize the minimal page markings into larger semantic blocks such as paragraphs, and to physically rearrange the contents of the format for easy consumption in a streaming manner, among others.
The XPS format supports HD Photo images natively for raster images.
The XPS format conception is similar to the Adobe PDF. It is a fixed-layout document format designed to preserve document fidelity, so that documents look the same and as they are intended on any device. While Adobe PDF is based on PostScript the XPS format is based on XML. Adobe PDF however includes some dynamic capabilities not supported by the XPS format, and cannot be fully replaced by XPS.
Finally, the XPS Document format implements the common package features specified by the Open Packaging Conventions specification that support digital signatures and core properties. An XPS file is a ZIP archive conforming to the Open Packaging Convention.
The XPS format intended as the replacement for the EMF print spooler format. The format serves as the page description language for printers. For printers supporting XPS, this eliminates an intermediate conversion to a printer-specific language, increasing the reliability and fidelity of the printed output.
XML Paper Specification v. 1.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/xpsspec.mspx