ID not printing eps files

[Christy_McAllister@adobeforums.com]

My group at work recently upgraded to ID CS from PageMaker 6.5. We are experiencing severe problems trying to print ID files containing eps files. We use a lot of schematic drawings and eps (illustrator) seesm to be th best program to manipulate the drawings. When we print we receive a message that says "This document may contain binary eps files which can cause the print job to fail. If the printer produces output, then the binary data did not interfere..." When we tell it to print all we get is unrecognizable text. We are printing to HP LaserJet 4550. WE do not know if it is a printer issues, ID issue, Illustrator (eps) issue, etc. Any suggestions?

The only way we have found around the problem, so we can distribute the work for approval internally, is to replace the eps files with tif or jpg- for proof only (but that means we now have two version of the file).

Thanks,
Christy

[mikewitherell_at_jetsetcom_dot_net]

Is the HP printer equipped to understand PostScript?

[Gernot_Hoffmann@adobeforums.com]

Christy,

on PCs the standard for EPS is ASCII. Binary seems to be not reliable.
At least it´s not recommended. A few control codes might be the problem.

EPS can contain vector graphics. Saved as TIFF raster is wrong.
Accuracy is lost. Saved as JPEG (raster) is terribly wrong.

EPS is not a printable format. An EPS has to be placed on a page,
then it´s printable (this is traditional PostScript thinking).

You may get much better results by exporting as PDF (e.g. for
AutoCad technical drawings, this works perfectly).

All this for a complete PS workflow. Not for PCL printers.

Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann

[Dominicus_Björkstam@adobeforums.com]

Hi,

I imported the illustrator-files directly and didn't save it as eps at all and this works for me.

So try saving to .ai and import thus :)

Sincerely,

DB