03.06.17
MagnaColours is challenging the perceptions around water-based inks, and the way they’re used with MagnaAcademy, a new online training program for screenprinters.
MagnaAcademy was first revealed to delegates at ISS 2017 in January and has been developed in a move to encourage more screenprinters to explore water-based inks, and challenge perceptions that the process is difficult.
The training program uses comprehensive videos to give users more information about printing with water-based inks, which they will then be tested on before moving to the next module.
“Although water-based inks have really come of age, the perception is that they’re somehow more difficult to use, or difficult to re-train for,” Tom Abbey, executive chairman of MagnaColours, said. “Using water-based inks no longer means having to compromise on the quality of the results, and that’s what we’re trying to communicate to the textile printing industry.”
MagnaAcademy was first revealed to delegates at ISS 2017 in January and has been developed in a move to encourage more screenprinters to explore water-based inks, and challenge perceptions that the process is difficult.
The training program uses comprehensive videos to give users more information about printing with water-based inks, which they will then be tested on before moving to the next module.
“Although water-based inks have really come of age, the perception is that they’re somehow more difficult to use, or difficult to re-train for,” Tom Abbey, executive chairman of MagnaColours, said. “Using water-based inks no longer means having to compromise on the quality of the results, and that’s what we’re trying to communicate to the textile printing industry.”
