EPS Rasterize

I have Output Designer 5.5 and When I import an EPS it rasterizes it and exports it as an image when I want it to keep it as its orginal vector format.
Is it possible to import a vector file and it outputs vecotors instead of images?

I just got off the phne with tech support, and they confirmed that this preference is editable, but NOT saveable. I just cannot believe that you have to change this preference every single time you open a single EPS file (especially when you have 60+ files at a time to save as JPEGs) In the last few versions, your preferences were saved for the next time you opened an EPS file.
I tried (batch) image processing, but for some reason, the file is saved blurry and deeply black.
I told the tech this is ridiculous, and to please pass along my complaint to the development team to change it back to the way it was...if it's NOT broke, DON'T fix it!

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