

Even office applications such as Microsoft Word can display the preview image. This is done so that applications don’t need a PostScript interpreter to display the content of the EPS file. EPS-files usually contain a small preview image that is used to visualize the content of the file.

Since it is actually a PostScript file, it is one of the most versatile file formats that are available. Although we certainly do not recommend that new graphical content be stored in EPS format (except to satisfy the need to import data into page layout programs that aren’t quite PDF-centric - no need to mention names here!), our user base should feel comfortable that there is no need to worry about a need to convert their very sizable libraries of EPS-based graphic assets.”Īn EPS file can contain any combination of text, graphics, and images. Here is what Dov Isaacs from Adobe said in a discussion on a PrintPlanet forum: ” …Adobe will continue to support EPS as a legacy graphics format for import of non-color managed, opaque graphical data into Adobe applications (such as InDesign and Illustrator).

EPS or Encapsulated PostScript is a standard graphics file format for exchanging images, drawings (such as a logo or map), or even layouts of complete pages.
