Loosing raw files in aperture

hello,
i uploaded my photos as both raw and jpeg, raw as the master and when i view my photos in aperture they are raw (as it says in the metedata tab" i am trying to get my photos printed and send them to a print shop, but when i drag my photos out of aperture and put them on my desktop they convert to jpeg, i have tried several ways to get the photos out of aperture in raw but it seems to not be possible.
How do i send these photos (email, or upload to a website) in raw? it seems i can't take them directly from aperture, and any attempt to export them from aperture converts them to jpeg.
please help!!
thanks!!!

You should ask your printer (the person).
JPG is an image file format which include aggressive data compression. The user sets the level of compression, from "NONE" to "LOTS!". The compression is "lossy", which means some data is always lost during compression. The Wikipedia "JPG" article if chock full of information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG
In general, large image files are saved in the TIFF (or TIF) format. TIFF is a "lossless" image file format.
As a very general rule of thumb, JPG is used for images published on the Web (where file size is important), and TIFF is used for printing (where image quality is paramount).
The size of any image file depends on the dimensions in pixels, the bit depth (bits per pixel), and the degree of compression.

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