NovaJet PRO 42e Quick Start Manual

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NovaJet
®
PROe Series Quick Start Guide
NovaJet PRO 42e and 60e
INTRODUCTION
Copyright ENCAD, Inc. 1997, 1998.
®
®
ENCAD
, N
J
and Quality Imaging Supplies are trademarks of ENCAD, Inc.
OVA
ET
Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
No part of this manual may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed, stored in
a retrieval system, or translated in any human or computing language, in any form or by
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without the express written permission of:
ENCAD, Inc., 6059 Cornerstone Court West, San Diego, CA 92121, U.S.A.
REVISION HISTORY
Rev. A
Rev. B
Rev. C
for
P/N 208720-1 Rev. C
(text P/N 208721-1)
April, 1997
May, 1997
February, 1998

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  • Page 1 NovaJet ® PROe Series Quick Start Guide NovaJet PRO 42e and 60e P/N 208720-1 Rev. C (text P/N 208721-1) INTRODUCTION Copyright ENCAD, Inc. 1997, 1998. ® ® ENCAD and Quality Imaging Supplies are trademarks of ENCAD, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 2 NovaJet PROe Series Contents 2 Quick Start...
  • Page 3 • installing the driver software • testing PROe series ink cartridges. Unpacking your NovaJet PROe Series NovaJet PROe Series printers are shipped in three boxes. The contents are listed in the table below. Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Printer with four ink reservoirs.
  • Page 4 NovaJet PROe Series Assembling the stand and printer 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.
  • Page 5 NovaJet PROe Series Plug the dryer connector into the receptacle on the right stand leg. Check to be sure that the media sensor is plugged in to the connector on the right stand leg. You can swing the sensor mounting bracket away from the printer if necessary when loading media.
  • Page 6: Removing Protective Shipping Material

    NovaJet PROe Series Slide the media roll over the media roller. If you will be using the takeup roller, mount a media core on the takeup roller before inserting the roller in the stand. Mount the two rollers as shown below. Insert the end of a roller into the notch provided in the left roller support, then fit the other end of the roller into the right support.
  • Page 7: Loading Drivers

    NovaJet PROe Series Connecting power and your computer Plug the power cord into the power inlet at the rear of printer. Plug the printer cable into the connector at the back of the printer. To turn on the printer, press the power switch on the rear side of the printer.
  • Page 8 NovaJet PROe Series c The installation program will prompt you with further instructions. For Windows 95 installation: Select Start/Settings/Printers then double-click the Add Printer icon. When prompted, select 'Have Disk' then type <cd drive>:\drivers\Windows\(language)\95 and select OK select 'Browse' then navigate to <cd drive>:\drivers\Windows\(language)\95 select 'OK'.
  • Page 9: Using The Control Panel

    PROe series ink cartridges. Details on menu options are included in Chap- ters 2, 3, and 4 in the NovaJet PROe Series User's Guide. The menu tree in Appendix C of the User's Guide gives you a summary of all the printer modes and their functions.
  • Page 10: Choosing Menu Functions

    Be sure to load from the back only. IMPORTANT! The NovaJet PRO 60e can use media up to 60" wide. The rolls can be heavy, so you may want to have someone help you to load them.
  • Page 11: To Load Roll Media

    NovaJet PROe Series To load roll media Slide the roll media onto the top roller, orienting it as shown below. Slide the media guide into the roll core, and tighten the guide to secure the roll. Insert the media's leading edge into the back of the printer, aligning the paper edge with the alignment mark on the platen.
  • Page 12: Moving The Carriage

    This ensures that the cutter blade is in the home position. Filling the ink reservoirs NovaJet PROe Series printer can support long, uninterrupted printing runs because each of its four reservoirs holds 500 ml of ink. The ink reservoirs are located in the printer's left side cover.
  • Page 13 Filling and connecting the PROe series ink cartridges The printer is designed to use only ENCAD PROe series 104 jet cartridges. It is not compatible with NovaJet or NovaJet Pro cartridges. Use of other cartridges may damage the printer and/or prevent it from printing.
  • Page 14 NovaJet PROe Series Note: Visually inspect each cartridge before filling it. Make sure the blue tape is intact on the jet area of the cartridge. Do not remove tape at this time! Inspect the IC chip on the cartridge. Make sure it is secure and in approximately the location shown on the following figure.
  • Page 15: Priming The Ink Delivery Lines

    NovaJet PROe Series Caution: do not remove the blue tape yet. Attach the cartridge tube assembly to the carriage only. Repeat for each cartridge. Priming the ink delivery lines After filling the ink reservoirs and ink cartridges, you will need to prime each of the four ink delivery lines to establish ink flow through the lines and ink cartridges.
  • Page 16 NovaJet PROe Series To prime the delivery lines Work with one ink color at a time to prevent contaminating another color. Press Utility/Access Cartridges to move the carriage to the position which allows replacement of the ink cartridges. Note: It is very important that the ink delivery line is not twisted.
  • Page 17 NovaJet PROe Series Place the suction end of the NovaPrime over the jet area of the cartridge. Make sure the NovaPrime is making good contact with the jet area. Pulse the pump 3 - 5 times, until the ink is visible in the NovaPrime sight tube, maintain good contact between the inkjet plate and the pump for an addi- tional 5 seconds.
  • Page 18: Priming The Ink Cartridges

    NovaJet PROe Series Print the Prime pattern as described in the next section, then align the cartridges as described later in this guide. Priming the ink cartridges Before printing and at regular intervals during printing, the printer wipes the ink cartridge jets at the service station.
  • Page 19: Aligning The Ink Cartridges

    NovaJet PROe Series Clogged jets Clogged jets cannot be automatically detected and therefore must be cleared manually. To clear a clogged jet, clean and prime the affected cartridge according to the instruc- tions on page 4-8 of the Users Guide. Your goal is to eliminate all gaps in the “stair step”...
  • Page 20: Cartridge Recognition

    NovaJet PROe Series To perform color calibration: With paper loaded, press Utility/Color Calibration Menu/Calib Print Test. The test patterns print as shown below. Current heads test pattern ... -3 3 ... Horizontal head-to-head test pattern ... -3 3 ... Vertical head-to-head test pattern Press Cyan Adjust - Vertical.
  • Page 21 NovaJet PROe Series To clear cartridge recognition error: Press Access Cartridges to move the carriage to the position which allows replacement of the ink cartridges. Verify that four ENCAD PROe Series cartridges are installed. Replace any invalid cartridges. Press OK. If the problem has been corrected, the printer will proceed with the print request.
  • Page 22: Quality Imaging Supplies

    NovaJet PROe Series Quality Imaging Supplies™ ENCAD QIS offers a growing full line of inks and media for the NovaJet PROe. The following indicates the most popular choices. Call your ENCAD Reseller for our complete product line or to order.

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