| Type | Kabushiki-gaisha (TYO: 6968) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Dr. Watanabe Founder |
| Products | Plotters, scanners |
| Website | www.graphteccorp.com |
Graphtec Corporation (TYO: 6968), formerly Watanabe Instruments, is a company for computer input and output devices in Japan. It has subsidiaries in the USA, Europe and Australia. Graphtec was established in 1949, their first plotter was released in 1961.
The plotters use GP-GL (Graphtec Plotter Graphic Language) which is not compatible with HP-GL, see its EAGLE definition:
[WX4671] Type = PenPlotter Long = "Watanabe WX4671 plotter" Init = "" Reset = "M0,0\n" Width = 16 Height = 11 ResX = 254 ResY = 254 Move = "M%d,%d\n" Draw = "D%d,%d\n"