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Pardon the spoonerism in the title, but it seemed appropriate. This week, the mighty Google is celebrating the achievements of Johannes Gutenberg, with its customary snappy illustration when you open the search engine, linking to a search result page about him. Gutenberg started the whole print revolution, around 1440 AD.
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More than 200 exhibitors from 33 countries have confirmed for next week’s virtual.drupa (20 to 23 April 2021). “We are very pleased about the recent registrations of outstanding exhibitors and important global players such as HP Inc. and Israel-based Landa Digital Printing,” says Sabine Geldermann, project director print technologies at organiser Messe Düsseldorf.
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Epson’s popular EcoTank printers – featured in comedian Jimeoin’s ‘No Cartridges’ TV ads - have won a prestigious Red Dot: Best of the Best of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021 - awarded to only a small fraction of approximately 7,800 entries. The company’s document scanners and professional photo printers have also been recognised.
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Large Format is one of 32 categories in this year’s Print Industry Creativity Awards (PICAs), which run in each state with the winners going on to compete in the National Print Awards, to be presented this year during PacPrint 2021 in Melbourne on Thursday 30 September.
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Mimaki will introduce two new printers at the first virtual.drupa (20-23 April), designed to "open new application opportunities in the large format and fashion industries.” No further details have yet been released. The company’s interactive booth at virtual drupa will also feature its new 100 series.
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The Tractus range of 3D printers from The Netherlands is considered right at the top for industrial and signage use. Represented here by Jetmark, they are well supported with branches in every state, territory and in New Zealand and cover a huge range of sizes all the way up to 2.1 metres in height.
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The Outdoor Media Association (OMA) has released a special 'Best of Outdoor' International edition for March that features campaigns about International Women’s Day and a ‘Good Guys Guide’ designed to raise awareness of situations in which women feel unsafe.
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Growing Melbourne-headquartered Total Image Supplies has been named large format Business Partner of the Year by Canon Australia, with Sales Manager Ben Luke citing highest growth rates in the Large Format category. This is the third consecutive year that Total Image has won the award.
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SA International (SAi), developer of software for global signmaking, wide-format printing and CAD/CAM industries, has released EnRoute 7, the newest version of its popular EnRoute program.
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For the last six years, the Nyala flatbed printer has been the most popular product in its category in Europe, according to Swiss research institute Infosource.
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Enfocus, the developer of PDF editing and workflow automation for the graphic arts industry, says its new BoardingPass allows instant checking of PDF files for a range of issues.
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According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker, industrial printer products in Australia and New Zealand unit shipments fell 35% YoY in 2020. Market Analyst Faris Latief has researched shipment in Graphics, CAD, Industrial Textile, Direct-to-Shape, Direct-to-Garment and Labels & Packaging. The good news is that shipments and installations are on the rise again.
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Hot on the heels of the name change of its subsidiary from Fuji Xerox to Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation is establishing new organisations for the Healthcare, Imaging and Graphic fields, to accelerate the generation of further synergies and new businesses in each sector.
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The PacPrint floorplan is looking great, with six months still to go before the show opens. News of the NZ-Aus 'travel bubble' is perfect as, usually, 300-400 of our Kiwi cousins hop over the Tasman to 'have a squizz' at what's on offer at the Melbourne trade event. April 18th is the blessed day. Andy McCourt commentary.
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More than 70 companies including HP, Agfa, 3M, Avery Dennison, Canon, Epson, Kongsberg, Mimaki, Mutoh, Roland DGA, Samsung, swissQprint and Zund will be showcasing their latest products at this week’s ISA International Sign Expo 2021 – VIRTUAL (April 7-9).
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New Zealand sign company Harland Graphics, in business for 115 years and based at Taumarunui in the central North Island, has had a change of ownership, with experienced signwriter Gareth Dunn and his wife Sarah taking over. The business has been renamed Vivid Signs.
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The Outdoor Media Association sees “green shoots and improvement” for the Out of Home (OOH) industry despite a 24% fall in revenue to $158.1m for Q1 2021, compared to $207.8m for the same period last year.
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Many roll-to-roll wide format printers don't have room for a flatbed machine, or just prefer to farm flatbed work out. The good news is that flatbedprinting.com.au (a division of Display 1, Strathfield South, NSW), is now open for business online and ready to print high-quality flatbed work, on all materials, at great Trade Only prices.
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Print X, a wholesale print company specialising in large and grand format digital printing, has announced that its General Manager, Paul Coniglio has purchased the business from Motor One Group, and will rebrand the company as Print X One.
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Driven by strong demand for short-run beverage and craft beers cans, Bevcraft Group, has ordered the UK’s first Tonejet Cyclone direct-to-can digital printer. This marks the third Cyclone installed in a production environment globally - and there is an interesting Australian connection to the technology.
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