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New Mimaki textile printer keeps Heriot Watt University at cutting edge


Heriot Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design has a reputation for innovative education, enterprise and leading-edge ap- plied research. Its recent investment in ad- ditional Mimaki textile printers puts its Textile Design and Fashion undergraduate courses at the “cutting edge”.


One of the first Mimaki Tx300-1800P direct- to-textile wide format printers to be installed in the UK joins the school’s line-up of Mi- maki textile machines. It provides its 25 final year Design for Textiles students with the capability to output designs onto a range of fabrics for their degree show.


Senior Technician, Dr Roger Spark, said: “Our existing Mimaki printers have served us well for over 10 years. But with the added capacity of the new Tx300, we’re able to de- liver the long runs required by our students for their final year collections more effi- ciently. We offer the potential for not only the textile undergraduates to print their work, but also provide printed fabric for our fash- ion students to make into garments in our sewing workshops.”


Dr Roger Spark examines printed cloth on the new Mimaki Tx300P-1800 digital textile printer.


The Heriot Watt University De- sign for Textiles Degree Show sported many digitally printed garments created by the un- dergraduates.


60 Sign Update ISSUE 169 FEBRUARY 2017


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