Adobe PDF vs. Microsoft XPS

Microsoft’s new document standard is the XML Paper Specification (XPS), which, like Adobe’s PDF format, is supposed to create files that are viewable on any platform, regardless of where they were created. Whether you consider XPS a great improvement in quality when printing from the Windows platform or a challenge to the de facto PostScript/PDF (Portable Document Format) models used by service providers, you will undoubtedly be receiving XPS files in greater numbers. So you should understand what XPS is, recognize the files when you get them, and be able to output them.