Aspose.Page for .NET is a reliable and standalone API to convert, load, and render XPS and PostScript files. Page Description Languages (PDLs) such as PS, EPS, and XPS describe page appearance at a higher level than raw pixel maps, making them essential for printing, publishing, and digital document workflows. Aspose.Page for .NET allows developers to work directly with these PDLs—loading, creating, editing, converting, and rendering documents without requiring any additional software or external dependencies. The API supports PS, EPS, and XPS formats and enables advanced document manipulation such as page management, vector graphics creation, grouping shapes, inserting images and text, applying different color spaces, signing XPS files, and performing cross‑package operations. Developers can convert PS, XPS, and EPS files to PDF or raster image formats including BMP, EMF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF. The API includes XMP metadata manipulation, print ticket support, and advanced graphic operations, making it a comprehensive solution for PDL workflows.

Features

Supported File Formats

• Input/Output: XPS
• Input only: PS, EPS
• Output only: PDF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, EMF, WMF

Core API Capabilities

• Create and modify XPS files
• Add or delete pages from XPS documents
• Work with XPS elements including canvases, paths, and glyphs
• Create and manipulate vector graphics shapes and text strings
• Use brushes and multiple color spaces for editing
• Add and manipulate print tickets
• Manipulate XMP metadata
• Insert images into XPS and PS files
• Insert text into PostScript files
• Draw shapes in PostScript documents
• Crop and resize EPS images
• Merge XPS and PS files
• Merge PS files into a PDF

Conversion Capabilities

Convert PS, XPS & EPS files to:

• PDF
• BMP
• EMF
• GIF
• JPEG
• PNG
• TIFF
• WMF Supported conversions include:
• EPS → BMP/EMF/GIF/JPEG/PDF/PNG/TIFF/WMF
• PS → BMP/EMF/GIF/JPEG/PDF/PNG/TIFF/WMF
• XPS → BMP/JPEG/PDF/PNG/TIFF

XPS Creation & Editing

• Create XPS documents from scratch
• Add glyphs, shapes, and text
• Apply color brushes, styles, and layout logic
• Save to XPS or converted formats

Additional Features

• Signing XPS files
• Cross-package operations with multiple document elements
• Advanced vector and PostScript graphics handling

Benefits

• No external dependencies: Works without Adobe, GhostScript, or Microsoft XPS Viewer.
• Highly flexible: Supports PS, EPS, XPS, and OXPS workflows end‑to‑end.
• Rich document manipulation: Text, images, vector paths, metadata, pages, color spaces, and print tickets.
• High‑quality output: Convert PDLs to PDF or raster images with fine control over rendering.
• Automation‑ready: Supports batch conversions, quality adjustments, and robust error handling.
• Developer‑friendly: Simple object model reduces complexity in handling PDL formats.