Can You Export .INDD to .EPS?
Adobe InDesign includes a built-in exporting tool that lets you convert your .INDD layout file to an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file for use in another document or for editing. You can also send an EPS file to a commercial printing service for outputting on a Postscript printer or computerized printing press. An exported EPS file, can be opened no matter what platform including Windows, Mac, Linux and other systems.
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Exporting
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Click “File” and “Export” once you are finished creating and editing your InDesign document. The Export utility will open. Enter a name for the EPS file in the box next to “File name:.” Click the "Down" arrow next to “Save as type:” and click “EPS.” Click the "Down" arrow next to “Save in:” and navigate to the directory in which you want to save the EPS file, then click the “Save” button.
Specifying EPS Settings
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The “Export EPS” dialog box will open after you click the “Save“ button. The default setting for the exporting tool is to convert all pages within your InDesign document. If you want to convert just one page or a series of pages to an EPS file, click the circle next to “Ranges:” and enter the page number(s) in the box next to “Ranges:.” Click the check box next to “Spreads” to convert two-page spreads, if desired. Click the down arrows next to “PostScript,” “Color,” “Preview,” Embed Fonts” and “Data Format” to change the default values, if needed. Specify a page bleed, if desired, by entering bleed values in the boxes under the “Bleed” heading. Click the “Export” button to start the converting process.
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Editing and Printing
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Once the InDesign EPS exporting process is complete, you can edit the EPS file using a graphics manipulation program, print the file, insert the file into a document or send the file to a commercial printing service for printing. The EPS file contains separations, color and black white, and doesn’t require any modification on the commercial printing service’s end. EPS files also support duotones and tritone images as well as clipping paths, vector shapes or paths used to remove sections of a two-dimensional object, so the file prints true to the layout you set in InDesign.
Nesting Warning
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Placing an EPS file within another document that you plan on saving as an EPS file can cause the combined file, known as nesting, to print slowly. Nesting can also slow down the Raster Image Processor on your PostScript printer and cause PostScript errors. Even importing a small EPS file into another EPS file can cause problems.
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