Graphtec Corporation

Graphtec Corporation
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.

Products

Pen plotter
Cutting plotter

Driver

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"

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