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With all the brouhaha surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI), we decided to put it to the test and asked ChatGPT for a brief history of Heidelberg Druckmaschinen, the world's most prolific offset press manufacturer. It got so much wrong, we recommend it should go back to Primary AI school!

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Our colleague Will Shipton at Inside Imaging has a cautionary tale about trying out an AI platform aimed at photographers. Photo AI launched its debut media campaign a month ago by making some bold claims. Wide Format Online itself has had some weird experiences trying AI, with wildly inaccurate answers to questions, filled out with puffery, cliches and platitudes. Here is Will Shipton's experience.

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New recyclable cardboard cartridges will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 350 tons and plastic by about 95 tons per year, according to Roland DG Corporation, the global manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers for advertising and signage.

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With the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 set to begin on Thursday night in Australia and New Zealand, outdoor media company QMS announced seven Sydney network special event advertisers will be part of the action. 

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Australian-owned global online design giant Canva’s new partnership with Warner Music Group and music licensing company Merlin will allow Canva customers to use music clips in their designs. The Sydney-based platform has 135 million global users who create an average of 250 designs every second.

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Part of the designer YUIMA NAKAZATO’s new collection unveiled at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week at the Palais de Tokyo was created using a combination of Epson printing technology and a new fabric production process. The fabric used to create the new line was derived from used garments sourced in Africa.

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Brandon Cooper-Barnett from Coastal Signs in Whitianga has been awarded the Apprentice of the Year Award at the NZ Sign Display Awards in Auckland.

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Michael Blazek and Duncan Read's Award-winning Neon Signs Australia is closing after 33 years. Blazek is known as a past President of ASGA and over time, has accumulated many collectible neon signs and intends to find a display/exhibition home for them.

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Roland DG Corporation has introduced the ER-642, a new 64” (162cm) eco-solvent printer in its DGXPRESS series of wide-format inkjet printers.

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Kodak says the opening of its Textile Test Facility in New York will provide a comprehensive range of testing services to textile developers, manufacturers and academic institutions to assess specific properties and performance attributes of fabrics. 

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Adelaide-based Vailo, a manufacturer of advanced LED lighting solutions, will relocate its production and R&D team next year to a new facility with five times the manufacturing floorspace to incorporate more automation and robotics. Vailo is currently engaged with Australian and international stadium and sports field lighting projects and is rapidly expanding into the US market.

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Sydney sign company All Stuck Up Design + Print specialises in vehicle wraps, event signage and shop signage, with the help of partners including Roland DG Australia, Graphic Art Mart and Arlon Graphics. All Stuck Up founder Adrian Marcelino talks about his South Hurstville business in a new GAM video.

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Corporate watchdog the ACCC has published a new draft guidance to improve the integrity of environmental and sustainability claims made by businesses and protect consumers from ‘greenwashing’. A recent ACCC survey found 57% of businesses were making potentially misleading environmental claims.

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Direct-to-film technology is having a 'transformative impact' on apparel decoration In the printing industry, according to a new blog by Marc Verbeem, supervisor product management at Mimaki Europe.

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TrafficJet Xpert is built on the Mutoh XpertJet printer platform and optimized for traffic signage, work zone applications, and custom graphics. True Traffic Color spot inks and included software automates reflectivesign making, simplifying the printing of specification- compliant traffic control, wayfinding, and custom signage. (with video)

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Troy Cavanagh of Melbourne wide format business ImageBox represented the inaugural FESPA Future Leaders Program and FESPA Australia at the FESPA Global Print Expo in Munich, Germany and says it was "a fantastic experience." Applications for the Future Leaders Program 2023 are due to open in mid-July.

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Canon this week is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company’s operations in Australia. Canon Oceania Group now employs 2,400 people across 22 locations.

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Digital outdoor media company QMS has installed more than 500 new digital panels across the 33 suburbs of the City of Sydney, including six high-traffic precincts that now feature three or more bus shelters in a row.

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The Monna Lisa, an industrial inkjet digital textile printer jointly developed by Epson and Italian textile manufacturing equipment manufacturer Robustelli, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

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Antalis has expanded its popular Coala brand of large-format digital media with a new addition to its wallcovering range that's suitable for Latex Inkjet, UV Curable Inkjet, and Xeikon printers.

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The First joint show between PrintNZ and the NZSDA closed on Saturday 8th July at the Due Drop Event Centre, Auckland. Here is a gallery of photos from LinkedIn posters who were at the event.