Encapsulated PostScript

File Format
Name	Encapsulated PostScript
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Encapsulated PostScript
Extension(s)	.eps, .epsf, .epsi
PRONOM	fmt/124, others

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) is subset of PostScript, designed to be more like an image format than a programming language.

Refer to EPS Preview for information specific to the EPS Preview variety of EPS.

Identifiers

Version	PRONOM
1.2	fmt/122
2.0	fmt/123
3.0	fmt/124

Specifications

• Encapsulated PostScript Version 3.0

Software

• Ghostscript - A free PostScript interpreter
• Ghostview and GSview - Viewers based on Ghostscript

Sample files

• http://aminet.net/pix/eps

Links

• Wikipedia article
• Encapsulated PostScript File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats