Best File Type for Printing Ai Artwork

Hi all,
I have been designing in illustrator for a while, but am fairly new to designing media for print.  I am uploading a poster-size graphic to a web site that only accepts .jpeg and .png.  The graphic will be used on the web and will also be printed.  I know .png is preferable as it is not a lossy format and works better with vector art, but .png does not support CMYK color space for printing.  In a situation where I can only choose betweent the two, should I choose .jpeg over .png for better printing, despite the lossy format?
Thanks for your help!

I have to disagree. Only some digital printers prefer RGB files. Most want to get CMYK files. If you have text in clean black dreated a workflow with RGB involved will transform any clean black in clored 4c-black which has to be avoided.
That's said it will exclude also PNG files. PNG  does not support CMYK and neither color management. So the printed outcome will not predictable.
And if you send an Illustrator file for print use only PDF.
AI would be fine, if the printer in not openen the file in Illustrator but only in Acrobat. If you have used fonts which are not available on the printers side or if you have linked files included into you AI file, opening an AI file will destroy that file. But if someone is using only a PDF or the PDF part of the AI file it is ok.
EPS does not support transparency nor does it support color management. So it is to avoid also.
JPG, PNG, TIFF and others are rasterizing the artwork and text by the image's resolution contrary to vector artwoork which will be rasterized on the devizes' resolution. This ends in a raggy edge of the vectors you really won't want.

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