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Inkjet and 3D Printer Development

NOVO’s deep expertise in piezo and thermal inkjet technologies, writing system design, and jettable materials allows our inkjet and 3D printing clients to access custom-built printers supported by the same level of development services and technical expertise found at leading printer manufacturers.

Bespoke modular inkjet printers engineered for precision, scalability, and seamless integration across a diverse array of custom applications including direct-to-object printing
Small-format inkjet printers requiring expertise in precision motion, consumables, printheads, and high-volume, low-cost system design
Large-format inkjet with UV and specialty systems designed for industrial, high-speed, and fine art applications with high precision and low-volume manufacturing needs
3D printers using piezoelectric and thermal inkjet technologies for functional prototyping and low-volume manufacturing, offering improved accuracy, material performance, feature resolution, and throughput to accelerate design cycles and refinement

Rapid Prototyping Via Commercial 3D Printing

Specialized Inkjet Printing Solutions

Bespoke Direct-to-Object Printer Development

Custom Inkjet System Controllers
& Driver Electronics

Specialty inks for custom applications including UV and edible ink
Physical item mapping for direct-to-object printing
Inkjet printhead integration and droplet control
Precision motion and fluidics system design
Thermal and mechanical optimization for consistent output
Embedded software and real-time system control
Prototyping and testing of advanced printer subsystems

Printing &
Dispensing

Development of new platforms across the printing spectrum: 3D printers, consumer appliances, all-in-one business systems, wide-format UV, retail photo labs, and industrial applications.

Ink & Media Development

Comprehensive ink and media capabilities, including dye- and pigment-based ink formulation, microfluidics, media coatings, and media construction for specialized performance.

Auxiliary
Systems

Expertise in supporting subsystems such as laminators, cutters, stackers, sorters, bookbinding, roll and sheet feed, roll-to-roll systems, and duplexers.

Writing System Development

Advanced print system design covering swath advance accuracy, media drives, encoders, alignment algorithms, drop flight-time compensation, multi-pass and draft modes, ink chemistry tuning, and user print-quality evaluation.

Customer Voices

Guy Menchik

For more than three years, NOVO has been one of our most important subcontractors. Together, we developed a next generation 3D printer that required multi-disciplined expertise in systems, mechanical, electronics, software, and firmware engineering. After NOVO completed a feasibility demonstrator in record time, we asked that they proceed with the commercial product development. NOVO’s knowledgeable engineers became an integral part of our development team. They were excellent collaborators who quickly acquired the domain knowledge and kept up a rapid development pace.

VP, Chief Technology Officer, Stratasys

Dave Clark

President, Memjet Labels

We have worked with NOVO on several digital printer projects over the past several years and their work has been uniformly excellent. They have an experienced inkjet printer team with capability that goes beyond electro-mechanical and software engineering. They are strong on analysis, problem solving, and system engineering. An example is their work on ink jet printer maintenance systems for the page wide printhead. The usual methods are not sufficient, and NOVO did a lot of creative problem solving and system optimization.

Erol E.

Hewlett Packard, Software Engineering Manager

NOVO Engineering was a critical part of executing the development of a new product for us. They provided a range of roles from mechanical architecture, detailed design and engineering analysis to cross-functional project leadership. They have been flexible to our changing needs and proved vital to keeping our program on track. It has been a pleasure to with capable, professional, ethical, and hard-working folks from the NOVO Engineering team.

Victor E.

Hewlett Packard, Section Manager

NOVO lead engineers are among the best engineers that I have worked with in my 20-year career in engineering. I value their engineering excellence and quality of execution. As a program manager I don't have to worry about their deliverables, they will be correct and on time. I can depend on the leads for strategy support or detail execution.