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NovaJet ® PRO 600e Quick Start Guide P/N 210058-03 Re v . AA (text P/N 210637-1, Re v . C) Copyright ENCAD , Inc . 1998. ENCAD ® , NovaJet ® , Quality Imaging Supplies, Extreme Color Printing, and Graphic Outdoor Matched System are trademarks of ENCAD, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. N[...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 2 Quick Start Contents Unpacking your printer ............................................................................. 3 Loading Windows Drivers and Macintosh ENCAD Print Utility (EPU) ........ 8 Using the control panel ........................................................................... 1 0 Choosing menu functions ....[...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 3 NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start Congratulations on your purchase of a NovaJet PRO 600e wide format color printer . This guide gives you details on the following: • unpacking and assembling the printer • loading media • filling ink reservoirs • installing ink cartridges • installing the media cutter • [...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 4 Quick Start Assembling the stand and printer 1 Locate the box containing the printer head and turn it upside down. Open the box and remove the Setup box which contains the screws and screwdriver to use for the next steps. 2 Open the box containing the stand and remove the stand and feet from the box. 3 Note that each foot has two[...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 5 6 Remove the wing nut and mount the dryer assembly in the slots provided at the base of the stand. Be sure fans will blow upward and toward the printer . Position the dryer assembly to the desired angle. Replace and tighten the wing nut on the left side. 7 Plug the dryer connector into the receptacle on the ri[...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 6 Quick Start 8 Attach the clamp for the grounding strap to the right lower rear edge of the dryer assembly bracket and tighten the thumbscrew securely so that the paint is penetrated. 9 Check to be sure that the media sensor is plugged in to the connector on the right stand leg. Y ou can swing the sensor mounting bracket away from[...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 7 1 1 Slide the media guide into the media core, and secure it by tightening the locking mechanism. If you moved the sensor mounting bracket before loading the roll media, be sure to return it to its normal position. Removing protective shipping material CAUTION: Before turning on the printer, make sure to remov[...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 8 Quick Start 3 T o turn on the printer , turn the power switch on at the rear of the printer . The control panel will display the printer's model name, the firmware version, status and progress of the power on self-test, and status and progress of the RAM test. Loading Windows drivers and Macintosh ENCAD Print Utility (EPU) B[...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 9 1 Insert the CD-ROM in your disk drive and navigate to driversMAC(language)epu and double-click the Install Print Utility icon. 2 Click Continue. Driver installation information displays. Y ou may want to print it at this time. 3 Click Continue and the program will prompt you with further instructions. 4 Se[...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 10 Quick Start Using the control panel The control panel at the right side of the printer includes eight buttons and a display which indicates modes and settings. An overview is provided here so that you can load media and ink cartridges. Details on menu options are included in Chapters 2, 3, and 4 in the User's Guide. The men[...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 11 Loading media Y ou can use either roll or single sheet media; the default is take up. T o ensure straight paper loading and avoid skewing, be sure to hold the media parallel to the platen. Use the load lines on the platen as a guide to correctly align the media. Be sure to load from the back only . Set the me[...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 12 Quick Start 2 Press the Load Media button to move the media into printing position. 3 If you are going to use the takeup roll, be sure that a media core is installed on it. Attach the leading edge of the media to the takeup roll with three pieces of tape: one at the left, right, and center of the core. Orient the media as shown [...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 13 3 Press Utility/Access Cartridge to move the carriage back into the service station. This ensures that the cutter blade is in the home position. Filling the ink reservoirs The printer can support long, uninterrupted printing runs because of the large capacity of each of the four ink reservoirs. The ink reserv[...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 14 Quick Start Note: V isually inspect each cartridge before installing. Make sure the blue tape is intact on the jet area of the cartridge. (Do not remove the tape at this time as the cartridge could leak! The tape will be removed later after negative pres- sure has been established by priming the ink delivery lines.) Inspect the [...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 15 Priming the ink delivery lines After filling the ink reservoirs, you will need to prime each of the four ink delivery lines to establish ink flow through the lines and ink cartridges. The NovaPrime is provided for this purpose. Be sure it has batteries in it before continuing. This procedure needs to be done [...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 16 Quick Start 3 When ink is visible in the NovaPrime sight tube (should take 5-10 seconds), remove the cartridge needle from the NovaPrime and quickly insert it into the hole in the top of the ink cartridge. Be sure the needle is tightly connected by turning the fitting clockwise until finger-tight. 4 Gently tighten the fitting (a[...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 17 8 Repeat with each cartridge. 9 Press Utility/Access Cartridges to return the carriage to the service station. 10 Print the color test, prime test pattern and paper axis test as described in the following sections. 1 1 If all colors look fine, go on to step 15. If any color drops out, prime car- tridges as ne[...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 18 Quick Start Printing the color test Printing the color test verifies a proper manual prime and that pressure is set properly . ➪ ➪ ➪ ➪ ➪ T o print the color test 1 Be sure media is loaded in the printer . 2 Select Utility Menu/Service Menu/Diagnostics/Color T est. 3 Change the color test percentage to 100% and press OK[...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 19 ➪ ➪ ➪ ➪ ➪ T o interpret the Prime test pattern The test pattern consists of bands of color for each cartridge and a sloping line. Within the Prime test pattern, each jet is represented with a short horizontal line. T ogether , these short horizontal lines form a “stair step” pattern. Electricall[...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 20 Quick Start Aligning the ink cartridges T wo tests are provided to help you align the cartridges: Color Deadband Compensation and Color Calibration. Color Deadband Compensation provides a method for adjusting dot placement. In bi- directional printing mode, the velocity of the carriage causes dots to miss the target area on the [...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 21 ➪ ➪ ➪ ➪ ➪ T o perform color calibration 1 With paper loaded, press Utility/Color Calibration Menu/Calib Print T est. The test patterns print as shown below . B l ack Co lo r Horizontal head-to-head test pattern ... -3 -2 - 1 0 1 2 3 ... V ertical head-to-head test pattern Current heads test pattern [...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 22 Quick Start Paper axis calibration Choosing Utility/Calibration/Paper Axis T est lets the printer draw a set of vertical marks to calibrate the paper axis. T o measure the marks laid down by the printer , you will need a ruler or scale at least 33 inches (838.2 mm) long. The vertical marks should be exactly 33.00 inches (838.2 m[...]

ENGLISH NovaJet PRO 600e Quick Start 23 Cartridge recognition The printer is designed to use only ENCAD PRO 600e cartridges. T o eliminate potential damage to the printer , a Cartridge Recognition feature checks to ensure that ENCAD PRO 600e cartridges are installed, and that they are installed properly . Cartridge recognition is performed when a p[...]

NovaJet PRO 600e 24 Quick Start Quality Imaging Supplies™ ENCAD QIS offers a full line of inks and media for the NovaJet PRO 600e. The following indicates the most popular choices. Call your ENCAD supplies dealer for the latest product of ferings or to order . QIS MEDIA FOR NOV AJET PRO 600 e POPULAR MEDIA AND INK REORDER INFORMA TION REORDER # M[...]