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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Printers and imaging |
| Founded | 1959; 66 years ago (1959) inAnaheim, California |
| Defunct | 1999 (1999) |
| Fate | Split |
| Successor | Don Budde and Don Lightfoot |
Calcomp Technology, Inc., often referred to asCalcomp[1][2] orCalComp,[3][4] was a company best known for itsCalcomp plotters.
It was founded asCalifornia Computer Products, Inc[1][2] in 1959,[5] located inAnaheim, California.
Sanders Associates, Inc., purchased Calcomp in 1980.[6] In 1986, Sanders Associates was purchased by theLockheed Corporation, and merged into Lockheed's Information Systems Group.[7] Lockheed kept CalComp as a brand name.
Calcomp Technology shut down its operations in 1999,[8] and transferred different product lines to various other companies, some of whom continue to use the "Calcomp" or other "Cal-"trademarks:[9]
It produced a wide range ofplotters (both drum and flat-bed),digitizers, thermal transfer color printers,[11] thermal plotters[12] (InfoWorld June 13, 1994 p. 40) and other graphic input/output devices. In 1969, it produced about 80% of all plotters worldwide.
It also produced IBMplug compatible (PCM) disk and tape products. The disk products ranged from 2311 (CD-1,5, 17, 18, 24, 25) through 3350 equivalents. The tape product was a 3420 equivalent.
Calcomp acquired Talos and Summagraphics, which had acquired Houston Instruments.[13]
Houston Instruments was another manufacturer of penplotters. They used theDMPL plotting control language. They competed with Hewlett Packard plotters such as theHP 7470.They were purchased by Summagraphics.[14]
In 1987, CalComp sold its computer division to a company that focuses onCAD/CAM.[16]
California Computer Products, Inc. filed suit yesterday ... Calcomp is a manufacturer of per pheral (SIC!) equipment.
and the CalComp computer
into the CalComp computer
Lockheed acquired CalComp's parent, Nashua, N.H.-based Sanders Associates, in July for $1.2 billion.
hopes to sell off major parts of its business and have an orderly shutdown over the next six months.
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