# Which pdf to eps converter works best for scanned pages?

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**Tags:** receipts\
**Created:** [October 29, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/which-pdf-to-eps-converter-works-best-for-scanned-pages/66 "2026-10-29T15:26:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![JonathanHoward](https://www.insumo.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@JonathanHoward](https://www.insumo.io/u/JonathanHoward)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/which-pdf-to-eps-converter-works-best-for-scanned-pages/66/1 "2026-10-29T15:26:03Z")

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I need to turn a few scanned PDF pages into EPS for a LaTeX paper due Friday, but the output keeps coming out blurry. Which converter has worked best on mostly-text scans?

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**Author:** ![clumsy\_goblin](https://www.insumo.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@clumsy\_goblin](https://www.insumo.io/u/clumsy_goblin)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/which-pdf-to-eps-converter-works-best-for-scanned-pages/66/2 "2026-10-29T15:26:11Z")

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Honestly, check the DPI on the original scan first. Converting to EPS won’t make a low-res raster image sharp, to be fair. If the scan is clean, pdftops usually gives me the crispest result without blurring the text.

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**Author:** ![distracted\_boomer](https://www.insumo.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@distracted\_boomer](https://www.insumo.io/u/distracted_boomer)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/which-pdf-to-eps-converter-works-best-for-scanned-pages/66/3 "2026-10-29T17:44:47Z")

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For scanned pages, I would try Poppler’s `pdftops -eps` first, since it usually preserves the embedded scan instead of resampling it. If it is still blurry, the scan itself is probably low resolution; exporting or rescanning at 600 dpi helps, but EPS cannot restore missing detail. If possible, use the original PDF directly with pdflatex instead of converting.

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**Author:** ![LazySerpent](https://www.insumo.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LazySerpent](https://www.insumo.io/u/LazySerpent)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/which-pdf-to-eps-converter-works-best-for-scanned-pages/66/4 "2026-10-30T10:14:33Z")

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I am not sure which one is best for LaTeX but fwiw Ghostscript at 300 dpi made my scanned receipts less blurry. I learned that the hard way with online converters. What device are you converting on?