Yes, it is possible to save and print editable vector-based type in the Photoshop EPS file format. The problem
is that if you attempt to open an EPS file with editable type in Photoshop, the opening process will
rasterize the type. Typically, you are better served saving editable type in the TIFF or PSD file formats.
Saving Duotones in EPS Format
Your most common need for saving Photoshop images as EPS (not DCS) files is to save multitonal images to be placed in a layout, so let’s cover that here:
1. Open image. Note: Start with a grayscale image the highest quality possible, as this will improve the final results of your duotone.
2. Choose Image ➢Duplicate to create a copy of this image. Name this duplicate image.
3. Select Image ➢Mode ➢Duotone. The Duotone Options dialog box appears.
4. Select Duotone from the Type menu.
5. Click the Load button on the right side of the dialog box. Browse to the Pantone 478 Brown 100% bl 1 duotone file in Photoshop’s duotone folder: Mac: Photoshop CS3/Presets/Duotones/Pantone Duotones - Windows: \Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Duotones\Duotones\PANTONE(R) Duotones
6. Click the Load button. This loads this Pantone color and two ink-density control curves (one for the black ink and one for the Pantone spot color ink) into the Duotone Options dialog. Note: Loading this duotone file loads not only the second ink, but critical ink control curves as well. Click once on each of the two graph windows to view the ink control curves to see how the original black ink has been reduced and replaced with the second ink.
7. Click the OK button. Your new duotone image appears onscreen.
8. Choose File ➢Save. The Save dialog box appears.
9. From the Format menu, select Photoshop EPS. From the Image Previews area, select the Icon, Macintosh Thumbnail, and Windows Thumbnail check boxes. These settings will help you create an EPS format file that is visible on both Mac and Window platforms.
10. Click the Save button; the EPS Options dialog box appears. Configure this dialog box as follows:
◆ From the Preview menu, select the preview that matches your computer platform. The 8-bit Mac option will usually work fine for sending to most printing companies. If you are working in Windows or think this image may go cross-platform, choose 8-bit TIFF. Be sure that None is not selected here, because you must create a preview for your EPS image to display when you place it in a page layout document.
EPS Previews
Unlike TIFF images, whose format container is open, EPS format images are, as the name Encapsulated
indicates, sealed. Page layout applications can reach into a TIFF and generate a preview image on the fly to display on its page. With an EPS, because it is sealed, you must provide a preview for your page layout application to use when this EPS is placed in a document page. Without an EPS-provided preview, you will see only a gray box when the image is placed on a page.
◆ From the Encoding menu, select Binary. Binary files are smaller than ASCII files and will process and print faster. ASCII should be used only on networks that are not compatible with binary data. Most printing companies prefer binary data. If you ever receive a network error message about binary data when printing, and your duotone will not print, you can re-create your duotone with ASCII encoding
◆ Most printing companies will ask that you leave all the check boxes unselected, but most important, make sure the Include Halftone Screen is unselected. The halftone screen should be determined at the printing company’s RIP. Including the halftone screen here will embed the default Photoshop line screen of 53lpi. Because it is sealed in the EPS container, it may well override the line screen of 150–200 that will be used at the printing company. In some cases, your printing company may want you to include the Transfer function; you can ask about this option, but the default procedure is to not
include it.
11. When you are finished, click the OK button to create your EPS duotone.
is that if you attempt to open an EPS file with editable type in Photoshop, the opening process will
rasterize the type. Typically, you are better served saving editable type in the TIFF or PSD file formats.
Saving Duotones in EPS Format
Your most common need for saving Photoshop images as EPS (not DCS) files is to save multitonal images to be placed in a layout, so let’s cover that here:
1. Open image. Note: Start with a grayscale image the highest quality possible, as this will improve the final results of your duotone.
2. Choose Image ➢Duplicate to create a copy of this image. Name this duplicate image.
3. Select Image ➢Mode ➢Duotone. The Duotone Options dialog box appears.
4. Select Duotone from the Type menu.
5. Click the Load button on the right side of the dialog box. Browse to the Pantone 478 Brown 100% bl 1 duotone file in Photoshop’s duotone folder: Mac: Photoshop CS3/Presets/Duotones/Pantone Duotones - Windows: \Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Duotones\Duotones\PANTONE(R) Duotones
6. Click the Load button. This loads this Pantone color and two ink-density control curves (one for the black ink and one for the Pantone spot color ink) into the Duotone Options dialog. Note: Loading this duotone file loads not only the second ink, but critical ink control curves as well. Click once on each of the two graph windows to view the ink control curves to see how the original black ink has been reduced and replaced with the second ink.
7. Click the OK button. Your new duotone image appears onscreen.
8. Choose File ➢Save. The Save dialog box appears.
9. From the Format menu, select Photoshop EPS. From the Image Previews area, select the Icon, Macintosh Thumbnail, and Windows Thumbnail check boxes. These settings will help you create an EPS format file that is visible on both Mac and Window platforms.
10. Click the Save button; the EPS Options dialog box appears. Configure this dialog box as follows:
◆ From the Preview menu, select the preview that matches your computer platform. The 8-bit Mac option will usually work fine for sending to most printing companies. If you are working in Windows or think this image may go cross-platform, choose 8-bit TIFF. Be sure that None is not selected here, because you must create a preview for your EPS image to display when you place it in a page layout document.
EPS Previews
Unlike TIFF images, whose format container is open, EPS format images are, as the name Encapsulated
indicates, sealed. Page layout applications can reach into a TIFF and generate a preview image on the fly to display on its page. With an EPS, because it is sealed, you must provide a preview for your page layout application to use when this EPS is placed in a document page. Without an EPS-provided preview, you will see only a gray box when the image is placed on a page.
◆ From the Encoding menu, select Binary. Binary files are smaller than ASCII files and will process and print faster. ASCII should be used only on networks that are not compatible with binary data. Most printing companies prefer binary data. If you ever receive a network error message about binary data when printing, and your duotone will not print, you can re-create your duotone with ASCII encoding
◆ Most printing companies will ask that you leave all the check boxes unselected, but most important, make sure the Include Halftone Screen is unselected. The halftone screen should be determined at the printing company’s RIP. Including the halftone screen here will embed the default Photoshop line screen of 53lpi. Because it is sealed in the EPS container, it may well override the line screen of 150–200 that will be used at the printing company. In some cases, your printing company may want you to include the Transfer function; you can ask about this option, but the default procedure is to not
include it.
11. When you are finished, click the OK button to create your EPS duotone.
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