Extract text from Xerox scan templates (XST)
To convert XST templates to another format, you need Xerox WorkCentre or other Settings software.
To convert other file formats to the "Device Configuration File" file type, you need software like Xerox WorkCentre or a similar tool.
An .XST file is most commonly a Xerox Scan Template used by Xerox multifunction printers, such as the WorkCentre series. These files store scan job settings, dictating how a document should be processed, routed, and saved over a network. A secondary, but notable use for the .XST extension is as an XML structured text exchange file used by Schneider Electric Control Expert for industrial automation, or as a Query Template in IBM WebSphere.
The primary disadvantage of the Xerox .XST format is that it causes extreme confusion for end-users. Users frequently find an .XST file on their network drive and mistakenly believe it is the scanned document itself. It is not. It is a proprietary, machine-readable configuration file that contains zero image or document data. Because of this, it is impossible to convert a Xerox .XST file into a PDF or JPG image.
Schneider Electric .XST files suffer from a different limitation: while they are plain XML text under the hood, the complex control logic schema makes them difficult to parse without expensive, specialized engineering software.
Because these files are strictly designed for specific hardware or enterprise environments, standard online converters will fail to process them. Often, only the original hardware or software can properly read or execute the data. If our analysis detects the underlying XML format of a Schneider Electric file, viewing or conversion to standard text formats like TXT or XML is fully supported.
Convert.Guru analyzes your XST file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert XST file to PDF, INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV or PROPERTIES, you can use Xerox WorkCentre or similar software from the "Printer Scan Job Settings" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to XST, try Xerox WorkCentre or another comparable tool in the "Printer Scan Job Settings" category.
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