

Plotters also play a significant role in the printer market, commonly used in technical offices for printing out large format drawings. Business end users also choose laser printers but in a more complex configuration, paired with scanners, copying machines and similar. Home users typically choose laser printers which can be in colour or grayscale. Printers come in a huge variety these days. Today, most of Epson’s business revolves around inkjet, laser and dot matrix printers, desktop computers, DLP projectors, robots, scanners, laptops and LCD components. Even today, watches are made in a subsidiary known as Seiko Watch Corporation. The focus towards micro mechatronics has remained the focus of the business, representing 10% of total profits coming in. Hattori family had a major role in funding the company, after whose investment it started in a 2500 square feet operation. Hisao Yamazaki was the man behind the company initially, a skilled clock repairman. Official headquarters are in Suwa, Nagano, Japan. Seiko Epson Corporation has been founded in 1942 by the name of Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd.
