Export a graph to .eps file with R

How do I export a graph to an .eps format file? I typically export my graphs to a .pdf file (using the 'pdf' function), and it works quite well. However, now I have to export to .eps files.

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The easiest way I've found to create postscripts is the following, using the setEPS() command:

setEPS() postscript("whatever.eps") plot(rnorm(100), main="Hey Some Data") dev.off() 

If you are using ggplot2 to generate a figure, then a ggsave(file="name.eps") will also work.

The postscript() device allows creation of EPS, but only if you change some of the default values. Read ?postscript for the details.

Here is an example:

postscript("foo.eps", horizontal = FALSE, onefile = FALSE, paper = "special") plot(1:10) dev.off() 

Another way is to use Cairographics-based SVG, PDF and PostScript Graphics Devices. This way you don't need to setEPS()

cairo_ps("image.eps") plot(1, 10) dev.off() 

Yes, open a postscript() device with a filename ending in .eps, do your plot(s) and call dev.off().