Apple 410 Color Plotter: Difference between revisions

Apple 410 Color Plotter

Working Apple Color Plotter with self-test sheet in 2012
Introduced	1983 (1983)
Discontinued	1988 (1988)
Cost	US$1,200 (equivalent to $3,671 in 2023)
Type	Plotter
Ports	RS-232
Color	4
Language	YEWPL (9 line styles, 15 special symbols)
Dimensions	(H × W × D) 4.75 × 15.5 × 11 in

The Apple 410 Color Plotter (OEM Yokogawa's YEW PL-1000) is a color plotter printer that was sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1983 to 1988. The colors came in either water or oil based inks.

The printer could be connected to an Apple II (with an installed Super Serial Card) or Apple III computer.

Commands

eagle.def entry

[YEWPL]
Type     = PenPlotter
Long     = "Yokogawa PL 1000 plotter"
Init     = "IP 0;IW 0,0,380,250; IP 1;\n"
Reset    = "MA 0,0\n"
Width    = 16
Height   = 11
ResX     = 254
ResY     = 254
PenSelect  = "PS %u\n"
PenSpeed   = "PV %1.0f\n"
Move       = "MA %d,%d\n"
Draw       = "DA %d,%d\n"
PenCircleRxCxCy = "AC %d,%d,%d,1800,5400\n"

References

• "Apple Colour Plotter: Product Description (Discontinued)". October 7, 1993. Retrieved August 11, 2017.

External links

• Rare Apple 410 Color Plotter Unboxing on YouTube