With programmes geared towards fashion as well as interior design, students benefit from the school’s significant printing capa- bilities. Along with its three Mimaki printers, the textile department also boasts one of the longest flatbed screen print tables in ed- ucation and all were installed by specialist Mimaki textile reseller, R A Smart (CAD & Machinery).
“We’re proud of the enduring relationship we share with Heriot Watt,” says the com- pany’s Managing Director, Magnus Mighall. “Their recent investment in the latest Mimaki textile printer will be of great benefit to the school and its students. Having supplied and supported the university with screen and digital print equipment for over 25 years; seeing their continued drive to deliver industry-ready graduates into the textile and fashion sector remains as satisfying as ever.”
The Mimaki Tx300P-1800 is a 1.8m wide textile printer, which, through using reactive, pigment, acid or disperse inks, can be used to print to cotton, silk, wool and polyester. With production speeds of up to 55sq metres / hour, it is “ideal” for short to medium run production. Its “superior”
Heriot Watt Univer- sity’s School of Textiles and Design Senior Technician, Dr Roger Spark, with the new Mimaki Tx300P-1800.
print quality lends it perfectly to producing high end fashion, furnishings and other textiles. Exclusively distributed in the UK and Ireland by Hybrid Services; the company’s National Sales Manager, Textile & Apparel – Stephen Woodall is excited about the impact the new Tx300P-1800 is already having. “This is one of the very first of the new printers to be installed in a university and it’s great to see students benefiting from the absolute latest textile printing technology,” he says. “Heriot Watt’s undergraduate textile courses offer a unique and valuable opportunity for prospective fashion designers to experi- ence industry standard equipment and processes.”
With a critical element in textile printing being accurate colour management, Roger is seeing a tangible benefit in Mimaki’s lat- est reactive inks and profiles. “The school invested in a suite of Apple Macs running AVA design and colouring software a few years ago, and using these in conjunction with the colour profiles provided with the new Mimaki RIP package is delivering su- perb results,” he says.
“We waited for the right machine to come along and the new Tx300P-1800 has fitted in to our print room perfectly,” says Roger.
www.tex.hw.ac.uk.
www.hybridservices.co.uk
The city of Hull are all “fired up” for their City of Culture 2017
Signs Express (Hull) has provided a full truck wrap for Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, as part of this year’s programme of events for City of Culture 2017.
The Hull sign makers fully designed and completely wrapped the fire engine at the station using the community brand guide- lines for the City of Culture 2017.
The fully operational fire engine will still at- tend fires and emergencies, but it will also be used to cover events.
Signs Express (Hull) franchisee Rob Gibson said: “We jumped at the chance to help with this project, which is a fantastic campaign for the city of Hull. It's great to see the en- gine driving around the local area!”
Signs Express (Hull) provides signage to the city of Hull, as well the nearby towns of Beverley, Hessle, Cottingham, Hedon, Hornsea and Withernsea and have estab-
lished an “excellent reputation locally for ex- cellent customer service and quality sig- nage”.
Hull’s City of Culture 2017 is an independ- ent company and charitable trust, set up by Hull City Council.
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