What is the difference between .xwd and .pcl?
- Extension
- .xwd
- .pcl
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Document
- Developer
- X Window System
- Hewlett Packard
- Description
- The XWD (X Windows Dump) image file format is a native graphic format associated with the X Window System, which is a windowing system for bitmap displays commonly used in UNIX and Linux environments. An XWD file is essentially a dump or snapshot of what is being displayed on a screen or part of it at a given moment. It stores image data in an uncompressed form, including the header information that contains details about the image's size, color, and format.
- PCL stands for Printer Command Language which is a Page Description Language introduced by Hewlett Packard (HP).
- MIME Type
- image/x-xwindowdump
- application/vnd.hp-PCL
- Sample
- sample.xwd
- sample.pcl
- Wikipedia
- .xwd on Wikipedia
- .pcl on Wikipedia