Pixel EPS Files

An Encapsulated PostScript file is an image file that can contain either vector or bitmap information. An EPS file can be created using any color space and any image bit depth. An EPS is really a collection of several other image files all in one. EPS files are generated from several sources and are structured to published code constraints. An EPS file has two main parts:

• The preview
• The high resolution image data

The preview of an EPS file is necessary to display the image in a page layout application, and the high-resolution portions of the file are necessary for imaging to a particular output device.

An EPS file is a variation of a PostScript language file. The two file types contain the same PostScript code, but an EPS file does not include the "showpage" command. Leaving this code out of the file allows an EPS to be placed into a page layout application.

EPS files have been built specifically for the print production world, and are not supported by Web browsers.