Set 'transparency flattener presets' to [High Resolution]

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/WS9327D15E-A9FF-4698-BDA5-8791A891D061.ht ml
I am editing thousands of images that need to be exported as High Res .eps's.
Is there a way to make [High Resolution] the default rather than [Medium Resolution] ?

edit this file
user/(yourname)/library/preferences/adobe Ilustrator 4 settings/en us/Transparency Flattener Presets
Collection 2 is your default so I edited those values to match the screenshot below hope I got them right. Replace the code with below (keep a backup of original just in case)
/collection3 {
/attributes {
/AI9\ Mesh\ Rasterization\ Resolution 144.0
/AI9\ Output\ Rasterization\ Resolution 288.0
/AI10\ flattener\ raster-vector\ balance 75
/AI10\ flattener\ clip\ complex\ regions 0
/AI10\ flattener\ outline\ strokes 1
/AI10\ flattener\ outline\ text 0
/collectionName [ 16
5b4c6f77205265736f6c7574696f6e5d
/canEdit 0
/canDelete 0
/collection2 {
/attributes {
/AI9\ Mesh\ Rasterization\ Resolution 300.0
/AI9\ Output\ Rasterization\ Resolution 1200.0
/AI10\ flattener\ raster-vector\ balance 100
/AI10\ flattener\ clip\ complex\ regions 1
/AI10\ flattener\ outline\ strokes 0
/AI10\ flattener\ outline\ text 0
/collectionName [ 19
5b4d656469756d205265736f6c7574696f6e5d
/canEdit 0
/canDelete 0
/collection1 {
/attributes {
/AI9\ Mesh\ Rasterization\ Resolution 300.0
/AI9\ Output\ Rasterization\ Resolution 1200.0
/AI10\ flattener\ raster-vector\ balance 100
/AI10\ flattener\ clip\ complex\ regions 1
/AI10\ flattener\ outline\ strokes 0
/AI10\ flattener\ outline\ text 0
/collectionName [ 17
5b48696768205265736f6c7574696f6e5d
/canEdit 0
/canDelete 0
/Sketch {
/Version 1
/Description (Flattener catalog for AI11)
/Owner (AI11 Flattener Catalog Manager)
/NumberOfCollections 3
/CatalogName (AI11 Flattener Presets)
A different version I made with the help of Carlso Canto, worked for me to slide the vector balance to bitmapped . So hope the code above works for you.

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