My printer ran out of black toner, and I didn’t have a spare, so I thought it would be nice to “print” documents into .XPS files, and then print them when a new toner arrives.
So now I have my toner, but I can’t figure out how to print the files. I found this wonderful Tim Barchs blog post that seems to indicate that I'm not alone.
I can open them and view them in IE, but if I try to print them, it either completely ignores the command or crashes.
I downloaded the XPS Essentials Pack from the Microsoft website and tried to install it, but it refuses to install and continues to fail with a ten-page error message. Oddly enough, I would usually print this message to handle this.
My “solution” is to open .XPS files in IE, then screenshots and paste them into Paint Shop Pro so that I can print them as graphics.
As Tim Barch says in his post that I am associated with:
Here it is ... simple. I don’t understand why people are so afraid to use new technologies?
Scorpio
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