Hollywood Monster in blockbuster installation
Signs and graphics company Hollywood Monster has taken delivery of a new MTEX 5032 direct-to-textile printer as part of a move to meet a growing demand for its services.
Friday, 01 Nov 2013 09:07 GMT
A job for the Birmingham Rep theatre was one of the first off the new MTEX 5042 at Hollywood Monster
The 3.2m wide device features in-built fixation and has been manufactured in Portugal by specialist textile printer manufacturer, POD Iberia.
“When you have several customers asking for a particular kind of print, like dye-sub for example, we have to listen,” explains Hollywood’s sales director, Simon McKenzie.
“The demand certainly seems to have increased in the past six months, so we found ourselves on a mission to find the best direct-to-textile printer to meet these needs.
“The MTEX 5032, launched at FESPA London this year, ticked all the boxes for us.”
The demand certainly seems to have increased in the past six months, so we found ourselves on a mission to find the best direct-to-textile printer to meet these need”
The new device, which features 4 Epson DX5 printheads, is capable of printing at up to speed of 58sq m/h on materials up to 3,200mm in width and at a quality of 1440 dpi.
Hollywood Monster confirms it will begin using the machine to print onto backlit, display textile and black-out polyester-based textiles.
Short bespoke work as well exhibition and retail displays will also be created on the new device.
The new MTEX 5032 has already been hard at work with a project for the Birmingham Rep theatre, one of the first jobs to be produced on the machine.
The graphic, created for a production called Tartuffle, is a 30m x 9m back wall that took seven hours to print and five hours to sew together.
The firm also produced approximately 400sq m of digital wallpaper on the set.
