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Summary
Name Encapsulated PostScript File Format
Version 3
Other names EPS (3.0)
Identifiers MIME:  application/postscript
Apple Uniform Type Identifier:  com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript
PUID:  fmt/124
Family  
Classification Page Description
Disclosure Full
Description Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) is a page description format, developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Version 3, the third version of the format, was developed in 1992, and subsequently revised in 1999 to include a number of extensions and features of the PostScript language not previously documented. An EPS file comprises a header section followed by a PostScript document. The header can refer to version 3.0 or version 3.1. An EPS can optionally include a preview raster image, in which case a binary header is prepended to the header.
Orientation Text
Byte order  
Related file formats Has lower priority than Adobe Illustrator (1.0 / 1.1)
Has lower priority than Adobe Illustrator (88)
Has lower priority than Adobe Illustrator (3.0 / 3.2)
Has lower priority than Adobe Illustrator (4.0)
Has lower priority than Adobe Illustrator (5.0 / 5.5)
Has lower priority than Adobe Illustrator (6.0)
Has lower priority than Adobe Illustrator (7.0)
Has lower priority than Adobe Illustrator (8.0)
Has priority over Postscript (1.0)
Has priority over PostScript (2.0)
Has priority over PostScript (2.1)
Has priority over PostScript (3.0)
Has priority over EndNote Import File  
Has priority over PostScript (3.1)
Is subsequent version of Encapsulated PostScript File Format (2.0)
Is subsequent version of Encapsulated PostScript File Format (2.1)
Technical Environment  
Released 01 May 1992
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by None.
Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 02 Aug 2005
Source description 08/2023 (v.113) - Description of magic bytes for signature and specification added. Researched internally.
Last updated 15 Aug 2023
Note Specification: http://www.opennet.ru/docs/formats/ps3.pdf
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