Issue exporting all-white vector image as an EPS

[berns_am]

I'm having issues exporting an all-white vector image as an EPS.

This is a process I do very often at work when creating versions of logos in black and white, and I usually just save a copy of the artboards as an individual EPS file for compatibility. However, when I try to export the EPS files are coming out as blank.

I tried opening them in photoshop and I am also just getting a blank artboard. I tried doing the overprint solution I saw in a couple of posts where you uncheck the box, but that didn't help. I also uninstalled and re-installed the program just in case it was a glitch of some sort, but the problem continues. Anyone have any ideas how to solve this?

For reference these are my export settings for the EPS file, and I am using Illustrator 2021.

[jdanek]

If it is White, then it would be hard to see.  Why not just Save As > EPS?  Why Export?  Is it because you are rasterizing ( Photoshop EPS )?

[berns_am]

I am saving as EPS as shown by the screenshot of the settings which only appear when saving a file as EPS. And no, I am not rasterizing, I do need the file to stay as vectors.

[jdanek]

You might also Save As > Copy ( the copied version would be Black, which could then be converted to White later on ).

[berns_am]

Thanks, I tried saving as a copy, but the same things happens. I do have a verison of the file in EPS in black but for my work purposes it is required that we hand-off both black and white versions.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

If you place one in InDesign on top of a dark background, does it work?

As far as PS, there's a current bug in Photoshop 22.4.3 where it will only open the low-res preview of EPS files. Try open it again, but select Generic EPS as the Format in the File Open dialog. Does that change anything?

[Kathrin88]

I have exactly the same problem as described here, just now for the first time - and no, it doesn't show when placed on a dark background in Indesign, in my case only parts of it. In Photoshop the same part is missing. No idea yet on how to solve this. 
Not sure if it's part of the problem, but the part that's musding is the vectorized type, the lineart illustration is there. Frustrating, there's no logic reason I can see. 

[Monika Gause]

We're not talking about white elements being set to Overprint?

Seeing something can actually help.

[Kathrin88]

Thank you for your reply! 
But no, not set to overprint...

it's really strange 🤷‍:weiblich: 

[Monika Gause]

Please show something.

[Kathrin88]

That's the overprint preview in AI,

das "Save as..." window for EPS,

and a screenshot of the logo pasted in an image frame in indesign (left) and how it's supposed to look (right; that is a PDF). When I open it in PS it also has the lower part missing.
I've re-saved from .ai source file; recomputed & resaved from black eps-file. Closed & reopened AI, all the basic things when no logic reason seems to apply.

[Monika Gause]

So you copy pasted it into InDesign?

I'm still betting on Overprint.

It's handled differently when you export a file then when you copy and paste. In the export it can be suppressed.

[Kathrin88]

I didn't use copy-paste, I have saved the eps and placed it as a linked file in an indesign. 
Where do I check if it's set to Overprint? I'm not familiar with that...

[Ton Frederiks]

Can you share the .eps?

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

Yup. You have Overprint turned on on your White type objects (probably because it had been turned on when the logo was originally Black, which is usually what one would want with Black).  (Window > Attributes)

Uncheck that box, resave, and you should be fine.

 

[Kathrin88 · Accepted solution]

Thanks a million!! 
It worked :))