Jagged edges on Illustrator-exported eps

I am creating a logo in Illustrator Illustrator CS5, but I'm having problems exporting the Illustrator file as an eps. The logo has both gradients, transparent objects and curves, and the eps seems to have problems outputting this. Rounded elements seem to get a black jagged edge. See attached screenshot.
In Illustrator it looks fine, and exporting to PDF also works fine, but as soon as I save it as an eps it looks like this.
Any ideas how to fix this?
I am also wondering how I should go about creating a much smoother gradient than the one I'm using now. The colour changes are very visible in forms of thick lines at the moment.

Thank you for your quick reply!
So what should I save the file as if I want to place it in InDesign? If I place it as an Illustrator file or pdf, the transparent background turns white.
Perhaps you have any tips on how I could achieve the same effects without having to use transparent curved objects at all, because I reckon that's the cause of all my problems? Seeing it's a logo, it should be possible to place it in all kinds of documents on different backgrounds, preferrably as an eps.
For now I will just export the logo without the transparent curved "gradient lighting" which causes all the problems :-) then the eps works perfectly.

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thedrumdoctor wrote:
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> thedrumdoctor wrote:
> > I tried the an export as a 24 Bit PNG and the edges
remaind jagged.
> >
> > I tried the same experiment in Photoshop with the
Vectors shapes there and
> the edges were perfect. Looks like Photoshop wins!
>
> Not sure what I am doing differently. I created a 300
dpi image in FW,
> drew the circle, filled it with blue and added a soft
bevel. No jagged
> edges. At 100% magnification things look fine on screen.
>
> Did similar in PS and got a very similar result,
although the bevel is a
> bit smoother.
>
> Are you referring to printed work, or screen work?
>
> Would really appreciate seeing the original png and
samples of the
> Photoshop vs Fireworks end results. If it's a
reproducible issue, it
> should be reported as a bug for future releases.
>
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>
>
> Well, I've repeated the exercise with a new png file and
uploaded it here
>
http://www.nlauro.f9.co.uk/images/test.vector.circles.png
>
> As you can see, the edges are still jagged on the blue
circle. You can
> download this and see for yourself anyway.
>
> This was done in Fireworks MX so I'm not using the
latest release of Fireworks.
>
> The shape was eventually destined for print work by the
way. As much as I
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shapes, it produced a
> near perfect smooth edge on the same experiment.
>

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