A Harlequin RIP allows you to select five different resolutions. The system's hardware will RIP and print files separately. Other automation includes a printhead maintenance station with on-board cleaning. According to Vutek's Marketing Assistant Nigel Croft, this feature allows you to empty the printhead, then flush and purge solvents. The station also includes an ink prime and purge for start-up cleaning and maintenance.
Sensors monitor both the printhead and ink reservoirs.
Salsa's piezo printhead evolved from Signtech's PowerJet line. Boston's NUR America's Blueboard 2 super-wide printer. The RIP for both generations of Blueboard is optional. Each CMYK color uses two heads. According to Jeff Freilich, product marketing director, the ink coverage is about 750 square feet per liter, assuming 150-percent coverage.