Acorn Computer's Professional Sales Division has added a colour poster
printer to its range of pre-press products. Following an agreement with
Colourgen Distribution, which has the UK distribution rights, Acorn is also
marketing the NovaJET III large-format inkjet printer.
Manufactured in the USA by Encad Inc, the NovaJET III was introduced in the
UK approximately six months ago and is equipped with many features not
available with the first two models. The NovaJET III has taken inkjet
technology a step further and the latest version provides greater colour
enhancement, a choice of printing options, increased ease of use and
improved performance when printing in the colour mode.
Acorn has combined its RISC PC-based Publishing System with the NovaJET III
to provide the Acorn Poster Publisher, a complete poster creation and
printing system.
"This enables Acorn to offer a true design to print poster printing system
for under 11,000", says Simon Woodward, Acorn's Professional Publishing
Manager.
"Many companies offer a disk-to-print solution. The Acorn Publishing System
has all the graphics capability required to create the most sophisticated
images from scratch, directly scanned images or digital images supplied via
disk or modem in standard file formats."
The system will be targeted at large retailers, corporate publishers, quick
printers, commercial printers and, in addition to marketing the complete
solution, the company will offer individual printers to existing Acorn
users. The company has specifically developed one of its standard RISC PC
printer drivers to increase the speed and enhance the colour calibration for
the NovaJET III.
"Initial tests with RISC PC have shown significant improvements in both
speed and quality compared to the results achieved when the NovaJET is
driven by a Mac or PC", comments Mike Hardcastle, Colourgen's Marketing
Director.
"To give an example of the speed, the NovaJET can produce an A1-format,
photographic quality poster in approximately 20 minutes."
The NovaJET uses standard CMYK inks and operates at 300 x 300 dpi to produce
fine lines and brilliant colours. Featuring a range of quality settings,
the printer is suitable for producing everything from simple text and line
art to colour proofs, graphic design visuals as well as short-run,
full-colour posters up to A0.
Users producing colourful images - such as posters, signs and point-of-sale
material - will benefit most from the highest quality enhanced colour
printing mode which utilises the whole colour spectrum to create
photographic quality images. This new variable option enable users to
choose between speed and print quality depending upon the application.
The NovaJET also features a refined user interface with liquid crystal
display which gives users more information about their printing tasks and
greater control. The control system also gives valuable information such as
print status, ink levels and material remaining.
The world's first low-cost, wide-format colour inkjet printer, the original
NovaJET, was introduced in 1991 and the NovaJET II, with enhanced
photographic quality colour, was launched in 1993. The Acorn Poster
Publisher, comprising an Acorn RISC PC and a NovaJET III printer, is
available immediately from Acorn's Professional Sales Division and
Colourgen.
Founded in 1978, with 1994 revenues in excess of £50m, Acorn Computers
is a leading provider of IT to UK education and was the first supplier of
low-cost 32-bit RISC based personal computers in 1987. Acorn works closely
with a strong community of industry partners, users and software developers
to provide innovative technology solutions for the education, consumer,
publishing and international markets.
Acorn Computer Group plc is the holding company for Acorn Computers Limited,
Acorn Australia, Acorn New Zealand, Acorn GmbH and Online Media. Acorn
Computer Group owns 43% of Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. Online Media, a
division of the Acorn Computer Group, was launched in 1994 with the
objective to design interactive multimedia products.
Acorn Adds Full-Colour Poster Printing to its Pre-Press Portfolio
Cambridge, UK. 14 March, 1995
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