First, right-click the “My Computer” icon on your desktop and select “Properties”.

This is done by modifying the PATH variable in Windows. In order for Inkscape to make use of Ghostscript, it needs to know where it’s located on your computer. It can be downloaded for free at ĭownload and run the Ghostscript installer and make a note of the directory that the program and its files are installed to. Ghostscript is an interpreter that translates Postscript files (such as EPS) into PDFs that Inkscape understands. Installing GhostscriptĪssuming you already have Inkscape installed, you’ll need to install an additional piece of free software called Ghostscript.

Thankfully, modifying Inkscape to open EPS files is a fairly simple process that, once completed, doesn’t require any more effort on the part of the user.

Being able to both import and export EPS files is essential for most print designers and as SVG gains traction in web design, the ability to handle both file types is a very desirable feature. Inkscape is certainly a powerful and flexible tool, but is primarily intended as an editor of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files - an open standard which is not as widely accepted as EPS.

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