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Wacom Co., Ltd. (株式会社ワコム, Kabushiki gaisha Wakomu; /ˈwɑːkəm/) is a Japanese company headquartered in Kazo, Saitama, Japan, that specializes in manufacturing graphics tablets and related products. As of 2012 Wacom generated sales of approximately 40.7 billion yen with 785 employees. Wacom also has major offices in Dusseldorf, Germany and Vancouver, Washington. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The company was founded in 1983 by Azuma Murakami.[citation needed] Dissatisfied by a corded digitizer on the photo typesetting machine he used while working at the Unification Church affiliated newspaper Sekai Nippo, Murakami fabricated a cordless digitizer on his own time and brought it to market.[citation needed] Murakami was later forced out of his role in July 1997 following an internal power struggle over church ties.
The name Wacom came from an abbreviated variation of World Computer (Japanese: ワールドコンピュータ, wārudo konpyūtā), with the syllable "wa" (和, Japanese for "harmony").
Wacom was the first company to make pens without a cord, which it introduced in 1991; it released its first pen display the following year. Its products were initially targeted at professional artists, but by the late 1990s it aimed to expand to home users as well.
In 2001, the company partnered with Sony to introduce a Vaio laptop with built-in touch functionality.
Wacom produces two categories of graphics tablets: those with a screen ('pen display') and those without ('tablet'). In addition, the company provides software for computers and software to interpret pen data. Some pens have an eraser on the rear end.
Wacom's professional pen displays are under the Cintiq line. They allow for drawing directly on the screen, like drawing on paper, and are more expensive than other Wacom products. The Cintiq Companion is a portable variant of the Cintiq displays.
Intuos graphics tablets do not have displays. The first version was introduced in 1999, replacing the earlier ArtZ line. It is available in an entry-level version and the more advanced Intuos Pro. In 2018, The Verge called the entry-level models a "great introduction to digital art".
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Wacom Co., Ltd. (株式会社ワコム, Kabushiki gaisha Wakomu; /ˈwɑːkəm/) is a Japanese company headquartered in Kazo, Saitama, Japan, that specializes in manufacturing graphics tablets and related products. As of 2012 Wacom generated sales of approximately 40.7 billion yen with 785 employees. Wacom also has major offices in Dusseldorf, Germany and Vancouver, Washington. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The company was founded in 1983 by Azuma Murakami.[citation needed] Dissatisfied by a corded digitizer on the photo typesetting machine he used while working at the Unification Church affiliated newspaper Sekai Nippo, Murakami fabricated a cordless digitizer on his own time and brought it to market.[citation needed] Murakami was later forced out of his role in July 1997 following an internal power struggle over church ties.
The name Wacom came from an abbreviated variation of World Computer (Japanese: ワールドコンピュータ, wārudo konpyūtā), with the syllable "wa" (和, Japanese for "harmony").
Wacom was the first company to make pens without a cord, which it introduced in 1991; it released its first pen display the following year. Its products were initially targeted at professional artists, but by the late 1990s it aimed to expand to home users as well.
In 2001, the company partnered with Sony to introduce a Vaio laptop with built-in touch functionality.
Wacom produces two categories of graphics tablets: those with a screen ('pen display') and those without ('tablet'). In addition, the company provides software for computers and software to interpret pen data. Some pens have an eraser on the rear end.
Wacom's professional pen displays are under the Cintiq line. They allow for drawing directly on the screen, like drawing on paper, and are more expensive than other Wacom products. The Cintiq Companion is a portable variant of the Cintiq displays.
Intuos graphics tablets do not have displays. The first version was introduced in 1999, replacing the earlier ArtZ line. It is available in an entry-level version and the more advanced Intuos Pro. In 2018, The Verge called the entry-level models a "great introduction to digital art".
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