What is the difference between .sixel and .pcl?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .pcl
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Document
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Hewlett Packard
- Description
- 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.
- PCL stands for Printer Command Language which is a Page Description Language introduced by Hewlett Packard (HP).
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- application/vnd.hp-PCL
- Sample
- sample.pcl
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .pcl on Wikipedia