What is the difference between .hpgl and .xbm?
- Extension
- .hpgl
- .xbm
- Format
- Text
- Category
- Vector Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Hewlett-Packard
- The X Consortium
- Description
- The HPGL file format, standing for HP Graphics Language Plotter File, is a specialized file type developed by Hewlett-Packard. It is primarily used for controlling plotter devices, which are printers that draw images with lines instead of dots, making them ideal for engineering and architectural drawings. HPGL files contain a series of two-letter instruction codes followed by parameters that direct the plotter's drawing operations, such as moving to a point, drawing a line, or selecting a pen.
- Bitmap image used by the X Window System (X11), a graphical user interface (GUI) used to manage networked client-server computers; stores a monochrome image that is written as plain text in the C programming language.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.hp-hpgl
- image/x-xbitmap
- Sample
- sample.hpgl
- sample.xbm
- Wikipedia
- .hpgl on Wikipedia
- .xbm on Wikipedia