I hope that my last email cleared up the confusion. I suspect that you are running Vista. Vista contains a "printer driver"/printer emulator called the Windows XPS Document Writer, which probably somehow got selected as your default printer. When you printed, Vista (shudder) received a "message" to print to that "printer" and it did so.... -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don101 Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:09 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: What is Micr$oft XPS Document Writer and I was not trying to save. I wanted to print. It opened a save dialog box that no option to save as. It apparently wanted me to save the JPG as an XPS before it would consider printing it. I don't want any part of that XPS stuff. Neither does my Mom. We both have far too many JPGs to have to convert them in order to print them. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Southerland" <larrysoutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:14 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: What is Micr$oft XPS Document Writer and > Use save as instead of save and the save the file with the doc extension > instead. Micro$oft is "migrating" its office file formats to XML format. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 7:43 PM > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- What is Micr$oft XPS Document Writer and > > why is it on my Mom's computer? Can it be deleted? It is not in the > Add/Remove list. > Office 2007 uses a new file extension... 4 letters ending in an "x". My > sister kept sending files that could not be opened until the MS Office > Compatibility Pack was installed. I now suspect the "x" indicates the > file > is an XPS file format. > > When I right click on a JPG file and select print, I am presented with a > "save" dialog box that prompts me to save the JPG as an XPS file.... > rain.jpg becomes rain.xps. > > I do not want to write as an XPS file I want to print!!!! > > The document writer is listed in the Fax and Printer folder on the control > panel. It does not have any drivers installed. > > I made sure the printer was set to default but still the "save" dialog box > opens. > > If I right click the jpg and select Open with and select Either MS Office > Photo Editor or the Windows Fax and Picture viewer, then select File, > Print > the document writer is the default printer. I can change that and the > picture prints OK. > > How do I get rid of the Document Writer? Is it safe to do so? Will I > regret it later? Why does M$ cram this crap down our throats? > > Mom now has several pictures in the picture.XPS file format. Did the > writer > convert the JPG or just create a new file in the XPS format? If she > deletes > the XPS versions will she regret it later? > > Don --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________ No viruses found in this incoming message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.3.5 http://www.iolo.com _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.3.5 http://www.iolo.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------