.. index:: EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
.. index:: .eps, .epsi, .ps

EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
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Extensions: .eps, .epsi, .ps

Developer: `Adobe <http://www.adobe.com/>`_


**Support**


BSD-licensed: |yes|

Export: |yes|

Officially Supported Versions: 

Reader: EPSReader (:bsd-reader:`Source Code <EPSReader.java>`, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields </metadata/EPSReader>`)

Writer: EPSWriter (:bsd-writer:`Source Code <EPSWriter.java>`)

Freely Available Software:

- `EPS Writer plugin for ImageJ <http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/eps-writer.html>`_


We currently have:

* a few EPS datasets 
* the ability to produce new datasets

We would like to have:


**Ratings**


Pixels: |Good|

Metadata: |Good|

Openness: |Good|

Presence: |Very good|

Utility: |Poor|

**Additional Information**


* Bio-Formats can save individual planes as EPS. 
* Certain types of compressed EPS files are not supported.