What is EPS? EPS, short name for Encapsulated PostScript, is used as the file extension for Encapsulated PostScript files. .EPS files are binary files that can be opened by Adobe Illustrator software. See the sample .EPS file included below.

File Extension: .EPS

MIME Type: application/postscript, application/eps, application/x-eps

File Content: Encapsulated PostScript

.EPS files are Encapsulated PostScript files saved as binary files. Here are the first 128 bytes of a sample .EPS file dumped in HEX values:

c5 d0 d3 c6 20 00 00 00 79 69 07 00 00 00 00 00 ........yi......
00 00 00 00 99 69 07 00 fd 66 04 00 ff ff 00 00 .....i...f......
25 21 50 53 2d 41 64 6f 62 65 2d 33 2e 31 20 45 ..PS.Adobe.3.1.E
50 53 46 2d 33 2e 30 0d 0a 25 41 44 4f 5f 44 53 PSF.3.0...ADO_DS
43 5f 45 6e 63 6f 64 69 6e 67 3a 20 57 69 6e 64 C_Encoding..Wind
6f 77 73 20 52 6f 6d 61 6e 0d 0a 25 25 54 69 74 ows.Roman....Tit
6c 65 3a 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 2e 65 70 73 0d 0a le..sample.eps..
25 25 43 72 65 61 74 6f 72 3a 20 41 64 6f 62 65 ..Creator..Adobe

.EPS Encapsulated PostScript file sample: Click sample.eps to download.

.EPS Encapsulated PostScript files can be created and modified by these software:

• Adobe Illustrator - Creates and edits .EPS files.