Oce Arizona 500 User Manual - Product Overview
7/26/04
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Product Overview
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Product Description
Thank you for selecting the Arizona 500 printer from Océ Display Graphics Systems.
The Arizona 500 printer is a precision-crafted printer and must be operated in accordance
with environmental and safety requirements as noted in this document. You must comply
with these requirements as a condition of receipt and installation of the printer.
The Arizona 500 printer is a 75-inch wide format printer that delivers resolutions up to
600 apparent (309 addressable) dpi using ColorBlend
six-color (Super CMYK) color-
print technology. Print speeds are up to 500 square feet (46.5 m
2
) per hour in 2-pass
mode, 250 square feet (23.2 m
2
) per hour in 4-pass mode, and 125 square feet (11.6 m
2
)
per hour in 8-pass mode. The self-
conta
ined Arizona 500 printer is designed to minimize
fume exposure and uses solvent-based pigmented inks. The printer can print on a variety
of roll-based uncoated vinyl and paper-based inkjet media. Some of the uses for this printer
include:
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Outdoor backlit kiosks
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Exhibit graphics
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Banners
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Posters
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Backlit displays
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Point-of-purchase advertising
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Vehicle wraps
Supply ink bottles hold 32 ounces (.95 liter) of ink. The internal hard drive enables
reprinting without reprocessing (printing of multiple copies) from the easy-to-use push-
button control panel located on the upper right side of the unit.
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Unique Features
The printer utilizes four print heads per color, enabling production-speed printing. The
print heads are positioned on a covered carriage assembly in six parallel rows
.
The color
order on the print head carriage from top to bottom as viewed from the front of the
printer is black, cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, and yellow.
Other features include:
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High Speed/High Quality Printing: With 504 nozzles per color (total of
3024 nozzles), the Arizona 500 printer delivers fast print speeds with high-
quality text and bold, vivid graphics.