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ASGA Risk & Compliance consultant Glenn Hain has issued an update on new legislation regarding ACM flammability issues and signage – “a brief summary of where I believe we are at with this,” Hain said. The document is a follow up to meetings of ASGA members held around the country last year, and comes after Hain’s recent discussions with the Australian Building Codes Board and the Australian Standards Board.
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The new Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker from International Data Corporation’s (IDC) highlights the impact of COVID-19 on Large Format Printer and Industrial Print Markets, showing global industrial printer and large format printer shipments declined sharply in Q1 2020, with the Asia-Pacific region the worst hit. But as markets recover, IDC forecasts improved supply chains and new signage and graphics applications.
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Australian signmaking software company ISGI is offering a free 30-day trial version of its popular SignTools 4 add-on for CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator.
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Signmaker supplier Eurotech Australia is offering special deals, free delivery Australia-wide and free downloads of its '3 Killer Action Items That Will Transform Your Signage Business' guide - all from its stand at the Visual Connections Virtual Trade Show.
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Samba backlit fabric from Berger in Germany is “one of the best in the business for backlit,” according to local supplier Ricky Richards. A 25% discount on be.tex Samba FR is available now by visiting the Ricky stand at the inaugural Print, Sign, Display & Graphics Virtual Trade Show.
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Prytec Solutions has unveiled its stand at the Print, Sign, Display and Graphics Virtual Trade Show - with its centrepiece PLS-51515 1kW Advanced Fibre Laser System - bringing the total number of exhibitors at the inaugural Visual Connections Virtual show to 24. More than 6,000 people have so far visited the show website.
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Roland DG Corporation has introduced its newly developed Green TR2 ink for its TrueVIS VG2 Series 64” and 54” wide format inkjet printer cutters. The new TR2 ink in Green is also available with the recently-released TrueVIS VF2-640 Printer.
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Canon Australia is keen to help encourage safe habits and policies to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Accordingly, it has made available a selection of poster templates, clipart, and word art of helpful phrases. The content can be printed via Canon’s free PosterArtist Lite and higher-level paid PosterArtist PC software that enables easy printing of high-quality posters.
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UK-based, Japanese-owned inkjet encoding, marking and label press developer Domino Printing Sciences has announced a new direction, addressing the global USD$223 billion corrugated box market with its new X630i, aqueous inkjet flatbed printer, with which it aims to change plain 'brown boxes' to bright colour printed showpieces.
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ASGA and FESPA Australia have announced the 2020 HP Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner Presentation, which was to have been held during the Visual Impact Trade Show, will now be held on Friday 12 February 2021 at a Sydney CBD venue.
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The industry’s first virtual expo, the Print, Sign, Display & Graphics Virtual Trade Show, has smashed expectations with more than 5,000 visits clocked since its launch just two weeks ago.
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Printed paper waste has been excluded from the COAG Waste Export Ban until 2024 after a campaign led by printing industry group The Real Media Collective (TRMC). “Our lobbying was a success,” said TRMC CEO Kellie Northwood. Without the change, printers could have been forced to pay for printed waste to be sent to landfill rather than selling it off-shore.
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In addition to cashback offers on its benchtop UV devices, Mutoh Australia has introduced three-month holidays on repayments on all printers, as a support initiative to get sign printers up and running again after Covid-19.
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The Print & Visual Communications Association (PVCA) has urged its members to immediately review and update their cyber security after an unnamed printing industry business lost over $100,000 in a so-called CEO email scam. This publication has also been the target of two attempted scams recently.
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HP Indigo’s long-serving general manager Alon Bar-Shany, who suddenly announced this week he’d be leaving the company after 25 years, had been opposed to a plan by HP management to fire hundreds of Israeli workers, according to an report by Israeli tech news site CTech.
- Epson boosts Virtual Trade Show stand with specials, demo
- EFI Ignite Virtual Experience II takes place this week
- Uncharted colours with Roland DG's new TrueVIS VF2-640
- Automate to stay relevant says Keith Ferrel of Cactus Imaging
- Colour management with HP large format printers webinar on Thursday
- First look at HP Awards of Excellence entries
- Is Flatbed inkjet printed corrugated the next big opportunity?
- Facebook’s Zuckerberg a WANTED man in outdoor campaign
- Wrapping a key growth area says new ISA White Paper
- Pride in Print winners to be announced this month
- Sensient Imaging Technologies division sold to Sun Chemical/DIC
- Ball & Doggett targets COVID signage at the Virtual Trade Show
- "Not pretty": COVID-19’s impact on printing manufacturers - Keypoint
- Significant uplift in ad activity as restrictions ease: oOh!media
- COVID creates digital opportunities for sign companies
