Creating a contact sheet of illustrations using CS6

Is there a way to create a contact sheet of my illustrations (eps files) so that they don't come out fuzzy? If i use bridge they are way too pixelated.

You might want to try what indesign secrets has on the subject :
http://indesignsecrets.com/the-ultimate-contact-sheet.php
and this is what i actually do but there are no captions
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