Editing Calcomp plotter (section)

{{short description|Computer graphics output device}}
[[File:Calcomp 565 drum plotter.jpg|thumb|A Calcomp 565 drum plotter]]
[[File:IBM 1627 plotter detail.mw.jpg|thumb|upright|Closeup of Calcomp plotter right side, showing controls for manually moving the drum. Similar controls on the left move the pen carriage.]]
'''Calcomp plotters''' (sometimes referred to as '''CalComp plotters''') were the best known products of the California Computer Products company ('''[[Calcomp]]''' or '''CalComp''').<ref name=CalcompLC.NYT1970>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/30/archives/art-less-art-more-computer-please.html |quote=The machine in question, a Calcomp 702 plotter |title=Art |author=John Canaday  |date=August 30, 1970}}</ref><ref name=CalCompUC.NYT75>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/24/archives/computer-rates-raiders-tepid-choice.html |title=Computer Rates Raiders Tepid Choice |quote=into the CalComp computer |date=December 24, 1975}}</ref>