And is it better than PDF?
What is Microsoft XPS Doc Writer? : Tech Niche
If you’ve seen an XPS file on your PC, you’ve probably also seen the Microsoft XPS Document Writer application. XPS is Microsoft’s competitor to the popular PDF file format. And while it hasn’t enjoyed the same success as PDF, it remains an updated feature in many versions of Windows.
In this article, we explain what Microsoft XPS Document Writer is, how it works, and how to remove it if you no longer need it.
XPS (also known as OXPS or OpenXPS) is a standardized file format (with the file extension .xps) that stands for Open XML Paper Specification. An XPS file describes a document with any number of pages in a fixed layout. In essence, XPS files are similar to Microsoft's version of PostScript or PDF files.
