Print Services

Here at RA Smart we employ the very latest digital print technology to provide a digital textile print service for short runs and production scale projects. As pioneers in the transition to digital printing, we were the first to install a volume digital textile printer - the Mona Lisa - which prints at the highest quality at up to 50 metres per hour, significantly increasing production opportunities. We currently have a total of 11 digital printing machines in use in Macclesfield - 2 Mona Lisa and 9 Mimaki systems.

Digitally printing presents no limitations on colour and through our specialist software we are able to colour match from monitor to printed fabric, a large selection of which we hold in year round stock. Fabrics used range from the sheerest of silks to heavy cottons and velvets and include chiffon, habotai, georgette, poplin, canvas, cotton lawn, fine wool, lycra and other stretch materials.

Our background in textiles has proven to be invaluable in the digital revolution. To ensure the correct chemistry is used on each fabric our machines are set up on all available dyestuffs - acids, reactives, disperse, sublimation and pigments - with different fabrics requiring different methods of applying the ink for maximum effect.

RA Smart takes pride in working with designers to decide the best material, ink and method of application to realise their design in print.