The University of Huddersfield has taken delivery of four new Epson large-format aqueous inkjet printers to keep up with increasing demand for high quality colour and mono digital print work within the School of Art, Design and Architecture.
George Stewart, IT technician, School of Art, Design and Architecture Print Bureau, said: “We were already using Epson printers, including a 64in Stylus Pro 11880, to print students’ course and degree show work. The printers were performing well, giving us excellent quality mono and colour reproduction and were very easy to operate but with demand increasing we had to look at investing in more technology.”
The School, with guidance from Digital Photo Solutions, bought two Epson Stylus Pro 7890 24in printers, an Epson Stylus Pro 7900 24in and an Epson Stylus Pro 9890 44in printer.
The Print Bureau, located within the Technology Building Room at the university, is open Monday to Friday during term time and provides a large format printing service to approximately 2,800 students.
Students supply PDF, JPEG or TIFF files of their work which are then run through Adobe Photoshop, InDesign or Mirage Print software before printing on one of the Epson printers. “The print quality for graphics, drawings and photography is of high importance to us and our students,” says Stewart. “The Epson printers allow us to print on an extensive array of media and are very well suited to the work we produce, from fine drawings to posters and banners to wallpaper, we can print it all here.”