FMW Converter

Extract text from FMW files

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Drop or upload your .FMW file

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How to extract text from your FMW file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FMW file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert FMW to another file type

To convert your FMW file to another format, you need HP Web Jetadmin or other System software.

FMW to SHP
FMW to KML
FMW to KMZ
FMW to GPX
FMW to GEOJSON
FMW to TOPOJSON
FMW to TIF
FMW to TIFF
FMW to ECW
FMW to SID
FMW to IMG
FMW to DEM

Convert a file to FMW

To convert other file formats to the "Firmware Update Package" file type, you need software like HP Web Jetadmin or a similar tool.

LAZ to FMW
KMZ to FMW
DTM to FMW
CSV to FMW
DEM to FMW
PRJ to FMW
LAS to FMW
GPX to FMW
DSM to FMW
SHP to FMW
DBF to FMW
KML to FMW

About FMW files

The .FMW extension is shared by two distinct but critical file types: HP Printer Firmware updates and Safe Software FME workspaces.

1. HP Printer Firmware: The most common variation (~60%) acts as a binary container for updating the internal system of HP printers and Cisco hardware. These files are typically compressed (often GZIP) and are not designed to be opened manually. The biggest obstacle is that users attempt to 'open' them on a PC, but they are proprietary binaries meant solely for transmission to a device via the HP Web Jetadmin utility or a USB connection.

2. FME Workspace: The second type is a data transformation script created by FME Desktop. These files describe complex ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) workflows. While powerful, FMW files are locked into the FME ecosystem. Users often need to convert them because:

Proprietary Lock-in: Opening an FMW file requires an expensive FME license.
Documentation Needs: Stakeholders cannot view the visual logic of the data flow without the software.
Version Control: Comparing binary or complex text changes is difficult.

Conversion Solutions:

For FME Workspaces: Convert to PDF to document the workflow visually for non-technical stakeholders. Convert to XML or TXT to inspect the source code and transformation parameters without launching FME.
For HP Firmware: While not convertible in the traditional sense, these can often be analyzed as TXT or HEX to verify version numbers and headers before deployment.

Convert.Guru analyzes your FMW file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted FME, FMV, HTML, ZIP, JPG, BIN, CRDOWNLOAD, FMI, SFW and WKS files.

The FMW Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our FMW converter.