What is the difference between .pcl and .sixel?
- Extension
- .pcl
- .sixel
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Document
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Hewlett Packard
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- PCL stands for Printer Command Language which is a Page Description Language introduced by Hewlett Packard (HP).
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.hp-PCL
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.pcl
- Wikipedia
- .pcl on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia