For diverse output, the A045 offers up to four different paper sources. This enables high-quality plans and supporting business proposals to be produced from a single machine. Businesses can build on this by adding software to optimize workflow and enhance their specific document processes. For example, with Nashuatec’s document management software, scanned plans can be linked to supporting documents, indexed, stored or retrieved for distribution and printing.
Combining high-quality reproduction with digital technology eliminates the need to outsource A1 to A0 documents to costly high street service bureaus or quick printers. This allows businesses to reduce costs and save time, by printing in-house. The A045 also boasts a particularly small footprint, making it the ideal space saving solution for smaller working environments, a typical characteristic of design and drawing practices. In fact, by incorporating print, copy and scan capability in one design, the A045 is the most compact device of its kind.
“By combining the A045 with our mid to high volume multifunctional products (MFPs) and document management solutions, Nashuatec provides customers with a complete ‘one-stop shop’ for today’s CAD architectural, planning and design engineering practices”, comments Jonathan Millbank, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Nashuatec. “Unlike some competitors that specialize only in wide-format technologies, Nashuatec is well positioned to provide unrivalled products and services spanning both the general office and wide-format design environments.”
With 600dpi resolution and up to 256 greyscales, the A045 is capable of producing high-quality output for printing, copy and scanning. It also has zoom capabilities, allowing users to reduce large images to a more compact size – for example an A0 image can be reduced to an A4 size and vice versa in 0.1% increments.
The A045 takes less than two minutes to warm up and the first A1 output is ready in 22 seconds, ensuring maximum productivity. In addition, its high-speed print engine produces 3.6 metres of print per minute, equivalent to two A0 or four A1 pages. As the businesses now only needs one wide-format device, energy consumption and emissions are reduced in line with customers’ environmental policies.
A large, easy to use display panel provides detailed information on installed media and device status, enhancing ease of use. The A045 is also available in one or two roll configurations and has specially designed roll holders for simple paper setting. With its optional 2-Roll Paper Feeder and A3/A4 Paper Cassette, up to four different paper configurations are available, reducing the need for time-consuming roll changes.
The A045 can be integrated seamlessly into virtually any network environment, including Windows, UNIX or Macintosh. It is also delivered with a set of drivers to ensure printing is possible from design applications such as AutoCAD and Windows.
