Commencing in the first week of March, Mutoh Australia will be offering a series of free digital Braille printing workshops. The free 2-hour workshops will present how Braille is created and include a ‘hands on’ segment that shows how ADA compliant Braille is printed on various substrates.
Russell Cavenagh, Managing Director of Mutoh Australia, says. “Digital Braille printing has taken off in Australia and savvy sign companies are capitalising on this revenue opportunity, using their core competencies to meet the growing demand for Braille signage.”
“These workshops are designed to introduce and de-mystify digital Braille printing, running through optimal workflows and helping our sign and production customers to understand the various legislative requirements they need to be across when considering offering Braille and tactile signage to their customer bases.”
With the Australian Braille Authority (ABA) enforcing strict specifications under the Building Code of Australia and the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), demand for compliant Braille signage across public, private, and government spaces is rising fast. Yet, the number of accredited suppliers remains surprisingly small. This scarcity has driven many sign shops to outsource, often at high cost and with long lead times.
Mutoh claims that the solution to this 'is hidden in plain sight' , confident that their XpertJet UV technology delivers ‘superior’ quality Braille results and at a fraction of the price its competitors are able to achieve.
The Mutoh XpertJet 661UF and large format XpertJet 1462UF printers are capable of producing compliant Braille and full-colour tactile graphics in a single pass, whilst also presenting significant vertical opportunity to optimise a user’s productivity, through using them to produce high quality DTO or promotional products ‘in the gaps’. Repeatable consistency is made possible through Mutoh’s VerteLith RIP pre-set Braille workflow environments, which allows operators to simply download the Braille print profile, import their artwork, and let the RIP automatically apply the correct ink layers and raised heights.
Cavenagh adds: “We’re intending to show customers that compliance can effectively be built into the print process.”
Those wishing to attend the workshops can register here
