White background behind my artwork when exported to another program.

[OutlawJN]

I have a problem. I do vinyl graphics and use Illustrator to do my drawing. My other program will recognize .ai and .eps files for the machine to cut. However since I have upgraded from CS to CS3 on a Mac I get a white background behind my art and the graphic is no longer able to be edited. Is there something I'm doing wrong? My vinyl machine is on a windows PC but I didn't have this problem when I used CS. I would draw on the mac and import on the PC. I could save as an .ai and import on the other program and everything was fine. Now since CS3 I get this mystery white background and my artwork is no longer in nodes other than the background. I know this probably sounds confusing in the way I described it but maybe some of you have had the same problem.

[kazbear]

There may ba another answer to you issue, but...

Try choosing an earlier version when saving. 10, 9, 8, or 3.

-kaz

[vctr2min]

hey,

save an EPS in version 3 (not japanese!) and postsript level 3. Nearly every CAD or vector app should import it without any problems.

have a nice weekend!

[OutlawJN]

Thank You So Much. That worked perfectly.

hey,

save an EPS in version 3 (not japanese!) and postsript level 3. Nearly every CAD or vector app should import it without any problems.

have a nice weekend!