Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)

PostScript Raster (Encapsulated PostScript). These files are used primarily on PostScript printers. These printers usually offer more variety of fonts and higher resolution than standard laser printers. EPS files will work on any PostScript compatible printer and any end-user application that supports placement of EPS files in its workspace.

The image that you read from an EPS file can be a PostScript image, a PostScript raster image, an embedded TIFF image or an embedded WMF image. The image that you write to an EPS file is always a PostScript raster image.

When loading using the WIC-enabled codec, the decoder rasterizes the vector information. When saving using the WIC-enabled codec, the encoder embeds a raster file.

For a PostScript image, you can read the following bits per pixel, using various DPI options: 1, 4, 8, 24. This requires the PDF filter.

For a PostScript raster image, you can read the following bits per pixel: 1, 8, 24.

For an embedded TIFF image, you can read the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32.

You can write only an 8-bit PostScript raster image, which is grayscale.

EPS support is included with the LEADTOOLS PDF Plug-in which is an add-on module for all LEADTOOLS Toolkits* and extends support for PDF, PostScript, and EPS formats.

*The PDF Plug-in is not available to add onto LEADTOOLS Multimedia.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Required DLL: Leadtools.Codecs.Eps.Dll. This format also requires one or more of the following, for loading, depending on the content of the file: Leadtools.Codecs.Tif.Dll, Leadtools.Codecs.Wmf.Dll. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

Related Formats: PDF - Portable Document Format, RTF - Rich Text Format, PS - PostScript Document Format.