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EDMICS-RLC

Fuji Xerox EDMICS-RLC

image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc Released 1990s · by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

The image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc MIME type represents a proprietary raster image format developed by Fuji Xerox for its Engineering Data Management Information Control System (EDMICS). While its sister format (EDMICS-MMR) was heavily optimized for bi-level black and white line art using Group 4 fax compression, EDMICS-RLC utilizes Run-Length Coding (RLC). This approach provided computationally cheap, lossless compression for different types of scanned engineering documents, grayscale graphics, or legacy drawing data within corporate Fuji Xerox archiving workflows.

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Technical Specifications

MIME Type
image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc
Extensions
.rlc.edm
Container
Fuji Xerox EDMICS Wrapper
Compression
Run-Length Coding (RLC / RLE)
Algorithms
Run-Length Coding (RLC)
Color Depth
1-bit (Monochrome), 8-bit (Grayscale)
Metadata
None
Capabilities
Transparency
Animation
Progressive Loading
Alpha Channel
HDR Support

Magic Bytes & HTTP Headers

File Signature (Magic Bytes)
Unknown (Proprietary Container)
ASCII: Unknown
HTTP Headers
Content-Type: image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc
HTML Accept Attribute
accept="None"

Browser Support Matrix

Browser Status Min Version
Chrome Chrome
Not Supported
Firefox Firefox
Not Supported
Safari Safari
Not Supported
Edge Edge
Not Supported
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer
Not Supported Legacy

Advantages & Limitations

Advantages
  • Simple, computationally inexpensive Run-Length Coding enabled rapid compression and decompression on low-power legacy hardware
  • Deeply integrated into Fuji Xerox enterprise hardware for seamless, automated scan-to-archive workflows
Limitations
  • Completely proprietary and closed-source, making modern archival extraction and migration extremely difficult
  • No support in modern image processing libraries like ImageMagick, libvips, or standard viewers without bespoke decoding tools
  • RLC compression is far less efficient than modern algorithms like PNG (Deflate) for complex documents

Developer Code Snippets

import magic
# Libmagic lacks definitions for the proprietary EDMICS wrapper. It will likely identify the file as 'application/octet-stream'.
print(magic.from_file('scanned_document.rlc', mime=True))
const mime = require('mime');
// Many JS MIME libraries map .rlc to image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc purely based on historical IANA registry associations
console.log(mime.getType('scanned_document.rlc')); // Likely outputs 'image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc'
import "net/http"
// The standard net/http library cannot detect EDMICS files internally via byte sniffing. You must rely on extension string matching.
$mime = mime_content_type('scanned_document.rlc');
echo $mime; // Standard server environments will map this to application/octet-stream

File Detection Steps

How to programmatically detect a image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc file by reading its raw bytes:

  1. 1 Due to its proprietary enterprise nature, standard magic byte databases (like libmagic) do not contain definitions for the EDMICS wrapper.
  2. 2 Identification relies entirely on the HTTP Content-Type header from legacy Fuji Xerox database exports or string matching the .rlc file extension.

Software Support

F
Fuji Xerox EDMICS Client Software (Legacy)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between EDMICS-MMR and EDMICS-RLC?

Both are proprietary formats used in Fuji Xerox EDMICS enterprise systems. EDMICS-MMR uses Modified Modified READ (Group 4 fax) compression, which is highly optimized for high-resolution black-and-white schematics. EDMICS-RLC uses Run-Length Coding (RLC), a simpler form of compression (RLE) typically used for different types of scan data or continuous-tone images where MMR was less effective.

What does RLC stand for in this format?

RLC stands for Run-Length Coding (often synonymous with Run-Length Encoding or RLE). It is a lossless data compression technique where runs of identical data values are stored as a single value and a count, making it very fast to decode on 1990s hardware.

Can I open an image/vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc file on a modern computer?

Not natively. Modern web browsers, operating systems, and standard image viewers like Photoshop or ImageMagick cannot parse the proprietary Fuji Xerox container wrapped around the RLC data. Viewing these files requires specialized legacy EDMICS client software or enterprise document migration tools.

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