Gradient white lines in .eps file

Hi there,
I designed a vector in Adobe Illustrator CS6, but when saved as an .eps file, white vertical lines appear in my gradient.
What is happening? I've tried rasterizing the vector at 300 PPI with anti-aliasing, but the edges look jagged (but I really want to keep it as a vector anyway)
Does anyone have any idea what I could do?
I don't know whether it's relevant, but I'm using process colours (but that's only because I couldn't get spot colours to work properly).
Thanks

AlvinKeegan wrote:
The lines appear if I place the file in Adobe Photoshop. If I open the EPS file in Adobe Illustrator though, the gradient is as smooth as a baby's behind.
of course it is. When you open this EPS in Illustrator, you don't really open an EPS, but the AI part Illustrator embedded into the EPS file in the first place.
Photoshop is not a suitable tool for "checking" an EPS file
EPS ist not suitable for most modern workflows either. In case you really need this for transferring your logo to Photoshop (or any other Creative Suite app), simply save an AI file (with PDF compatibility).
In case you need the EPS for exchange with other software, please tell us which options you chose on saving the EPS.

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