What is the difference between .cals and .pcl?
- Extension
- .cals
- .pcl
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Document
- Developer
- United States Department of Defense (DoD)
- Hewlett Packard
- Description
- The CALS Raster Graphic File, having the extension .cals, is a type of image file format primarily used for the storage and exchange of digital images, especially in the context of technical and engineering documents. Developed in the mid-1980s by the United States Department of Defense, the CALS format was part of an initiative to standardize electronic document management and interchange, particularly for military and government applications.
- PCL stands for Printer Command Language which is a Page Description Language introduced by Hewlett Packard (HP).
- MIME Type
- image/cals
- application/vnd.hp-PCL
- Sample
- sample.cals
- sample.pcl
- Wikipedia
- .cals on Wikipedia
- .pcl on Wikipedia