.ai VS. .eps
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I'm not a print dude at all
- GreedoLives0
.eps is preferred by printers, as an .ai file is more of an internal 'work-in-progress' file. Especially when using transparencies and weird effects you should try to send your printer .eps files.
But these days, it hardly matters anymore.
- nburlington0
"an .ai file is more of an internal 'work-in-progress' file."
using .ai as your working file is smart. i always give printers the .eps but i keep the latest version in .ai with live type and all that good stuff.
- ETM0
The fact that this co-worker can only give the reason to not use EPS files is that "they are bad" is reason enough to believe she's whacked. Throw in Freehand as her preference and it's confirmed. :)
What format DOES she want them in if she's not even using Illustrator then? Just save as an EPS and add whatever extension you want, Illustrator will open it. Try maybe the .ass
or .dip extensions.For bonus marks, see if she even knows what EPS stands for... if not send her packing back to school.
- t_rock0
I usually save the ai as an eps or pdf. never had a problem with eps files sent to a service bureau or printer
- dijitaq0
a bit out of topic but i used illustrator cs to make an art work and saved it as an eps file.
i dont do a lot of print work so i thought i've done everything right (to my knowledge anyway)... after i sent the cd to the printer the printing company called me and said that they couldn't open the eps file on illustrator 10.
i ended up working all night redoing the artwork on illustrator 10.
i thought eps files are universal. has anyone else experienced this?? or did i do something wrong when saving it to eps??
- GreedoLives0
CS and 10 are very different animals and don't like each other very much. You can export out of CS down to 10, but your type will be all wiggy.
We have CS here at work but hardly use it because printers don't like it very much yet either.