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Summary
Name	Encapsulated PostScript File Format
Version	2.1
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/postscript Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.adobe.encapsulated-postscript PUID: fmt/1884
Family
Classification	Page Description
Disclosure
Description	Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) is a page description format, developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Version 2.0, of which this is an iteration, was the second version of the format, and developed in 1989. An EPS file comprises a header section followed by a PostScript document. An EPS can optionally include a preview raster image, in which case a binary header is prepended to the header.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over PostScript (3.0) Is previous version of Encapsulated PostScript File Format (3) Is subsequent version of Encapsulated PostScript File Format (2.0)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by	Adobe Systems Incorporated
Source	National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia
Source date	19 Jul 2023
Source description
Last updated	19 Jul 2023
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