EPS is a notoriously large format, and there's no point using it for this because ListPlot3D
s can't be exported as vector graphics anyways.
Actually this is not true: for example, evaluating the following in version 10.2 produces a EPS file of size 66 Kb without any raster:
pl = ListPlot3D[{{1, 1, 1, 1}, {1, 2, 1, 2}, {1, 1, 3, 1}, {1, 2, 1, 4}}, Mesh -> All];
Export["pl.eps", pl]
I do not think 66 Kb EPS can be considered as a large file, especially If we take into consideration that Mathematica's EPS Export
does not apply any compression which EPS format supports. As a comparison Export
ing into PNG with good (but not excellent) resolution 300 dpi produces a file of size 136 Kb:
Export["pl.png", pl, ImageResolution -> 300]
In version 10 we face the fact that vector Export
ing of 3D plots into PDF is disabled by default and even explicit setting of option AllowRasterization -> False
does not work. I hope that it is a bug which will be fixed.