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Textile print centre introduced by Nigel Cabourn
13 Oct '06
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Top fashion designer Nigel Cabourn launches a new computer-driven textile printing centre at The University of Manchester. Cabourn, who recently took up the position of Visiting Professor of Textiles at The University of Manchester, will cut the ribbon at the new Centre for Digital Printing of Textiles.
The Centre, which is part of the School of Materials, has been established in the Sackville Street Building with funding from The Cotton Industry War Memorial Trust.
The new facility boasts around £100,000 worth of cutting-edge equipment, including two large Mimaki inkjet printers. The machines work in a similar way to home inkjet printers, but at around 1.5m wide, they certainly wouldn't fit into your spare room. Each machine also costs around £35,000.
The new centre also boasts six powerful computers featuring AVA CAD/CAM software, which is used by designers working in major fashion design houses.
The School of Materials has forged close links with AVA, which has its UK headquarters in Macclesfield. The company will be helping students find industrial placements during their studies.
The Mimaki printers can output computer designs from the CAD software onto a range of fabrics, allowing students to turn their creative ideas into reality quickly and at a relatively low cost. The digital printing facility will be used by students studying Design and Fashion Retailing courses at the University.
Professor Chris Carr of the School of Materials said: "These digital printing facilities will allow our students to fully exploit their design creativity and be trained to the highest commercial standards."
The Centre, which is part of the School of Materials, has been established in the Sackville Street Building with funding from The Cotton Industry War Memorial Trust.
The new facility boasts around £100,000 worth of cutting-edge equipment, including two large Mimaki inkjet printers. The machines work in a similar way to home inkjet printers, but at around 1.5m wide, they certainly wouldn't fit into your spare room. Each machine also costs around £35,000.
The new centre also boasts six powerful computers featuring AVA CAD/CAM software, which is used by designers working in major fashion design houses.
The School of Materials has forged close links with AVA, which has its UK headquarters in Macclesfield. The company will be helping students find industrial placements during their studies.
The Mimaki printers can output computer designs from the CAD software onto a range of fabrics, allowing students to turn their creative ideas into reality quickly and at a relatively low cost. The digital printing facility will be used by students studying Design and Fashion Retailing courses at the University.
Professor Chris Carr of the School of Materials said: "These digital printing facilities will allow our students to fully exploit their design creativity and be trained to the highest commercial standards."
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