| Graphtec Corporation | |
| Type: | Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Foundation: | 1949 |
| Location: | Tokyo |
| Location Country: | Japan |
| Key People: | Dr. Watanabe |
| Industry: | Computer hardware |
| Products: | Plotters, scanners |
Graphtec Corporation, 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 Graphtec Plotter Graphic Language (GP-GL) which is not compatible with HP-GL, see its EAGLE definition:
Type = PenPlotterLong = "Watanabe WX4671 plotter"Init = ""Reset = "M0,0\n"Width = 16Height = 11ResX = 254ResY = 254Move = "M%d,%d\n"Draw = "D%d,%d\n"