ENCAD NovaJet 4, User Manual

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User's Guide
1-12 Introduction
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CAD/Engineering drawings
Until recently, producing short runs of full-color materials has been time
consuming and costly, with the need for color separations, printer’s
proofs, and four color presses. And, the designs that live in your imagi-
nation were limited by color output technology.
Color laser printers are restricted to a narrow range of paper sizes and
stocks. Their powder toners lack brilliance. Thermal wax systems have
the same media limitations. And, slow output times hamper production.
Neither of these technologies comes close to the brilliance and speed of
inkjet technology.
Printing with NovaJet printers
The NovaJet series of wide format inkjet printers lets you print on
almost anything that will run through the printer, including ENCAD
special coated canvas, vinyl, film, and paper. You can create huge
designs—the length of your printed piece can be the length of a roll of
media (100’ or more). Only Extreme Color Printing combines the
technical sophistication of the NovaJet series with the unique qualities
of ENCAD QIS proprietary inks and media.
NJ4 The NJ4 uses refillable ink cartridges.
NJP-36 &
NJP-50
NJP-36 and NJP-50 feature a continuous-feeding ink system which uses
470 ml reservoirs for each color, so you never have to worry about
running out of ink halfway through a big print job. Just look through the
clear plastic reservoirs to check the ink supply. When the ink supply is
low, just open the cap and refill.
Note: Some illustrations in this manual show printers with extended ink,
but the concept illustrated applies to all printers covered in this manual
unless noted.
The printers accept raster-oriented data in the form of HP RTL format.
In this mode, printing begins immediately after the first complete line of
HP RTL data is received. Depending on the software used, thousands of
colors are possible, yielding superb results for continuous-tone images
or 3D renderings.