Reviewer, 2009-06-14 09:49:00

XPS, expanded as XML Paper Specification, is a page description language that can describe an individual document, which contains multiple pages. These files are generated and stored with your PC while you assign a printing task to your PC. However, these files let you print your selected file in a simple document form. But, now with the remarkable assistance of XPS to PDF 2.0, you can print the XPS files stored with your PC in the form of PDF format electronic file. The tool facilitates the conversion of Microsoft XPS documents into well-known PDF format files without sacrificing content while giving quality output. It’s capable of generating optimized, high quality, and vector-based PDF format files as output. Even, the conversion with the tool is carried out without going over GDI, or going through PDF printer driver.

With the XPS to PDF 2.0 is a command line tool that supports converting your XPS documents effectively, into PDF format files. The Converter can be executed with easy interface or in batch conversion mode in order to transform several XPS files into PDF in realtime. It’s made available through an integrated COM object, Command Line, or DLL Library, which enable developers to execute converter through any scripting or programming languages, like Visual Basic, ASP, C#, PHP, Delphi, C/C++, .NET, etc. While converting the XPS document, you can set the document title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer, and other options. Along with this, you can apply password protection to the PDF files with 128 and 40 bit encryption. You can further create PDF files protected with ‘owner’ and ‘user’ passwords, and even can apply restrictions to the output PDF files relating copying, printing, changing, etc permissions. The tool also supports alpha channel transparency, blend modes, high quality rendering with speed, and various other supportive functions.

XPS to PDF 2.0 tool interprets and converts XPS documents easily without being dependent on .NET platform, Microsoft XPS viewers, or XPS and PDF generating applications. XSP to PDF 2.0 has been allotted with 3.5 rating points, considering its prompt functioning along with its extensive range of features.