The Roland HiFiJet is a high resolution (1440x720dpi) piezoelectric printer. It uses roll fed medias to print up to 1250mm wide (image) on up to 1270mm wide media.

The high resolution means that text, and graphics quality is extremely high, even at small sizes and image quality is excellent, approaching photographic quality.

2 pictures showing the better quality of the Roland compared to other lower resolution poster makers. (300dpi vs 1440dpi.) Most of the poster makers out there only work at 300 or 360dpi. They are very grainy (see image). The Roland is the high resolution available and works at 720x1440dpi.

360dpi                                 1440dpi

The screening (dot pattern) is stochastic (random dots of the same size) and more dots in a given area are used to produce a darker colour.

The colour gamut is similar to litho offset printing for 4 colour CMYK printing and equivalent to Hexachrome HiFi colour when the 6 colour option is used. HiFi colour is useful when your originals have a very large colour gamut that needs to be reproduced accurately. If you are using CMYK scans and colour combinations, 4 colour CMYK output works just as well.

We print with both dye and pigment inks. The dye inks are good for indoor work and the pigments are fully outdoor capable, with a life of 3-5 years when cold laminated.

Unlike thermal head inkjet printers (NovaJet, HP etc), the HiFiJet’s pigments and dyes dry right into the papers and plastics.

Because the HiFIJet’s inks come out cold, rather than being sprayed out hot in the thermal printers, they print a much sharper dot, so text and lines are not fuzzy, as they are with the other printers.

In most cases HiFiJet prints are waterproof and will not smudge, even without laminating. Some customers save money by not laminating when the jobs is only needed for a few months. If you print on JPET plastic or Scrim Vinyl, the sign is also very tear resistant.

If you are making signs that are going to be moved around a lot you’ll probably want to get them laminated. The cheapest is hot gloss encapsulation. We can do this but if you store the signs rolled up a lot they get real curly and are hard to put up. Another way is to get us to put cold laminate just on the front. This is less curly. You can then use a low glare cold finish like Sandtex, which is perfect if the sign is going to have spotlights on it.