97AcuraCL

I'm getting a poster made and I need a high res copy to get it printed:

CJams

The place making the poster should be able to get one for you.

97AcuraCL

i'm just getting it printed at a kinkos type of deal so they requested a high res; 1024x768 at least

gt0279a

Look Here for .eps files

97AcuraCL

what is an eps file type?

Trophyhead

EPS=encapsulated post script
This is a graphics format that allows you to scale the image to any size without any loss in quality. You can scale an eps to the size of a football field without any jagged edges (if you can find a printer big enough to print it). Most professional printing outfits prefer eps and I'm sure Kinko's will be able to handle it.

Also, eps is the native format for Adobe PDF files. Underneath every PDF is an eps file.

A word of caution, though. Don't try to print an eps file on an ordinary printer. Most home printers cannot properly print eps files. Likewise, aside from Adobe Illustrator, most graphics programs cannot open and edit eps files. And lastly, most programs will not display eps files in high resolution, so the file may look crappy on your screen, but should print properly on a postscript-compatible printer.

EPS is not for the graphically inexperienced. But if you take a copy of the file to a designer, they will know what to do with it.

97AcuraCL

sweeet thanks, and I see what you mean about the scalling because i opened it up in photoshop cs2 and it worked beautifully for what I wanted to do, but yea I took your advice and took a copy of the original eps file to them. THANKS!

Knox

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TypeRS

awesome site!

AZ should submit it's logo...

Ozzman

As an Art Director at a printing company, I agree, use the .eps. It uses vector information instead of raster information (pixels). Lines and curves are created via mathematical algorithms and do scale to any size since resolution is not an issue. If the place you are taking it to can't understand an .eps file, you should worry about what quality of work they do.

Just an FYI sidenote, the only issue I have with the statement below is the part about every pdf having an .eps underneath. This is not correct. PDF's are created with PostScript, which is different that Encapsulated PostScript.

http://graphicdesign.about.com/libra...s/bl103097.htm

PDF's can be created from programs that are completely incapable of creating .eps files (i.e. Microsoft Word). Native vector .eps files can only be created in a limited amount of programs, usually Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand. PDF's can be created in almost any program using the correct tools. The PDF spec supports much more than eps's can (like multiple pages, form fields, security features, and much more).

Trophyhead

OK, whatever. I was trying to keep things simple. Leave it to a designer to make things way more complicated than they need to be. The only difference between postscript and EPS is the header file. I perhaps should have said that underneath every PDF is a postscript file, but I was trying to minimize the terminology for someone who had no idea what postscript was.

97AcuraCL

ok ok play nice

bottom line what u gave me is exactly what i needed. thanks :-)

Trophyhead