Encapsulated PostScript

Encapsulated PostScript is a graphics file format. It describes printable documents.

Encapsulated PostScript

Filename extension	.eps .epsf .epsi
Internet media type	application/postscript application/eps application/x-eps image/eps image/x-eps
Type code	EPSF TEXT
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)	com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript
Type of format	Graphic file format
Extended from	PostScript

EPS was developed because it is difficult to transfer images between Postscript files. An EPS file contains a bounding box. This makes it possible to calculate a preview image. The file contains either a bitmap or a vector graphic image. In essence, EPS is PostScript with a few restrictions, such as just having one page.Frim the file signature, people cannot tell whether the image is a bitmap or in vector format.

EPS is hardly used anymore due to the newer PDF.