Does somebody knows about any tools for converting from XPS to PDF format?. I have some files in XPS but I need to convert them into PDF format.
Add a comment
|
4 Answers
You can install PDF Creator and simply print your XPS file (or any file from any program that has printing capabilities) to PDF.
-
yes I know about PDF printers, but they convert HTML pages into PDF format, I need some tool that can read XPS and convert directly to PDF.– ArBRCommented Dec 4, 2010 at 22:38
-
1I don't see why PDF printer would do any worse job then any native program? Have you tried it ?– MadBoyCommented Dec 4, 2010 at 22:40
-
I have downloaded FreePDF, and it seem that the printed document is exactly as its XPS counterpart. Thanks.– ArBRCommented Dec 4, 2010 at 22:49
-
I prefer PDF Creator myself. Use it at work on all computers. But as long as other programs do the job you're safe :-)– MadBoyCommented Dec 4, 2010 at 22:55
-
Beware the crapware that comes bundled with this software. A Toolbar and PDFArchitect which will shadily switch the default search engine of your browsers and who knows what else.– agradlCommented Mar 27, 2013 at 2:41
GhostPDL (sources, binaries), the sibling application to Ghostscript, can do that. It's a commandline tool. Which means you can also script it, and make the conversion non-interactivly. Printing to a "PDF printer" as was suggested above, does work as well of course. But it means you have to open the XPS in a viewer first, then click "print", select the PDF printer, etc. Interactively...
Here is a sample commandline to test the GhostPDL way:
gxps.exe ^
-o output.pdf ^
-sPDFSETTINGS=/prepress ^
input.xps
answered Dec 19, 2010 at 12:36
Another option is to use xpstopdf:
xpstopdf input.xps output.pdf
xpstopdf is part of libgxps, which can be installed by running brew install libgxps in OS X.
Adobe Acrobat 8 and later supports the direct conversion of XPS to PDF. Just drop the file(s) onto Acrobat and it will produce PDFs for you. No muss - no fuss!
