First outside review of Encad NovaJet 1000i wide format inkjet printer
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The newest Kodak printer is the Encad NovaJet 1000i |
In the comprehensive FLAAR Reports on the NovaJet 1000i (and Kodak 1200i, identical printer with just a different name) we briefly mention such tidbits as the picoliter size of the Encad 1000i and the source of the printheads (neither are mentioned in the official specs).
We pride ourselves in offering the only reviews on the Internet that are not PR releases which merely repeat verbatim the party line of the manufacturer. Because we have to gather facts independently, we are a tad slow, but readers now depend on FLAAR to track down the pros and cons of all major printers.
If you have been a reader of FLAAR reports for several years, you will notice we have evolved considerably in the last several years in order to insure our readers that we cover all inkjet technology, both piezo and thermal. If you have acquired FLAAR Reports in previous years, you will find that our newer reports contain a completely new style of comparative tabulation of features. The first of the new style is available from our university; this report is based on two months in-house examination of the Canon imagePROGRAF W8200 .
For in-house tests we engage in two focuses: first, a standardized objective test routine is handled by the graduate students through the College of Technology, Center for Applied Technology. Second, we put the printer into actual usage in a print shop. Otherwise, how would we know what this printer would be like in a real-life situation? So at both our facilities the university runs a quick print facility for students and faculty. This allows us to better understand what a sign company franchise goes through daily. Sign-a-Rama, Signs Now, and many quick-print or commercial printers now come to FLAAR to ask what printers we recommend. We are in a much better position to provide factual information if we have the key printers in-house.
We intend to use this new style to benchmark all printers that are part of our primary research projects. If we do not have a printer available in-house, then we will use our site visit case-study evaluation standards. We have site visit reports on
• Epson 9600 (Epson 7500, 5500, 7600 we did in-house)
• DGI solvent ink printers
• ColorSpan DisplayMaker XII (we also have this in-house)
• Iris 3047 giclee printer (first a case-study then in-house)
• Arizona 90
• Mutoh / Agfa GrandSherpa
• Mutoh Toucan
Site visits are uncontrolled because we never know in advance what tidbits of experience the owners will reveal. We work at finding our own places to visit; we want to avoid just ending up at a pet place of a manufacturer that is little more than a PR arrangement as a sales outlet.
Most recently updated March 17, 2006.
First issued Feb. 17, 2004 , shortly after the printer was introduced at PMA trade show.