YPS invests in sign-makers of the future
Tyne-and-Wear wide-format reseller and trade supplier Your Print Specialists (YPS) has made a move to nurture print suppliers of the future by being appointed as a learning partner at a project-based learning school.
Tuesday, 31 Mar 2015 13:12 GMT
Your Print Specialists installed an Epilog Laser Helix 18” x 24” engraver at Studio West Newcastle, a new project-based learning school
YPS recently installed a laser-engraver and a Mimaki wide-format inkjet printer into Studio West Newcastle, which aims to build the confidence of its 13 to 19-year-old students, through team-working in project-based learning and work placements with a variety of businesses.
Managing director, Garry Brown explains; “We’ve just commissioned a Mimaki CJV30-130 digital inkjet printer into Studio West for student use.
"In addition to providing a printing setup, we have also installed an Epilog Laser Helix 18” x 24” engraver, which facilitates engraving of wood, plastics, acrylics and stone as well as many other substrates. Kit like this will really give the students a hands-on opportunity and allow them to explore concepts from design through to manufacturing.”
Kit like this will really give the students a hands-on opportunity and allow them to explore concepts from design through to manufacturing”
YPS will also be offering work experience placements with students from Studio West Newcastle, perhaps encouraging a new generation of print providers and sign-makers.
Brown continues: “We’ve got a vast amount of knowledge within our team at YPS and we felt it would be worthwhile to work with a local educational institution and pass some of this on to young people to try to do our bit to preserve the future of print.
“We feel the pioneering curriculum at Studio West is a wonderful way to teach students practical skills as well as academic subjects and we’re really excited about having the opportunity to be involved.”
