Encapsulated postscript file (EPS) is a file extension for a graphic file format. EPS file can consist of text as well as graphics. EPS files are more or less independent, fairly foreseeable PostScript documents that depict a drawing and can be put within another PS document.
EPS file is a PS program, saved as a single file that consists of a low-resolution preview embedded inside of it, permitting some programs to render a preview on the screen. It also contains a bit map version of the drawing for simpler displaying rather than the vector guidance to depict the image.
In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .EPS file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:
A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .EPS file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .EPS file, so download the update and check again.
If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:
It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.
There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .EPS extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .EPS file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.