Placed EPS files look and print badly - macintosh

[naturalist]

I'm placing EPS files created in Illustrator 7.0 into Pagemaker 6.5 docs. They appear as VERY low resolution images both on screen and when printed both from my desktop printer and a postscript printer. The same file prints well from illustrator. Tiff and JPG files work just great. The EPS filter is present in the application. Can you help?

 

[viol8ion]

The EPS images will appear pixelated on display unless you save them with a WMF header.

They may not print well unless printed to a PS printer. One workaround is to make a PDF rather than an EPS.
The non-PS printer will not print EPS well. Another way around that is to use a TIFF header at 300DPI when converting the file from Il to EPS. This will bloat your file, however.

On the PS printer, make sure it is a real PS printer (look for the adobe (c) on the test page). If it is HP, it is more than likely a clone, do not use the adobe PPD but the default windows ps PPD if converting to PDF.

Hope one of these helps you. When in doubt, deny all terms and defnitions.

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[naturalist]

This is a helpful start. PDF files do indeed behave better that .eps but still not as good as the originial eps file.
How do I save files with different headers in Illustrator?
Thanks

 

[viol8ion]

Open the AI file, do an export (I am going from memory, I use CorelDRAW mostly and do not have AI here at work) under the export options you should be able to dictate a TIFF or a WMF header. When in doubt, deny all terms and defnitions.

http://www.wuli.com