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CONTENTS

¢¢ News

¢¢ Print’s Economic Digest

Australian Printer’s comprehensive news section, covering the comings and goings in the dynamic world of print p6-15

Hagop Tchamkertenian says there is growth, but it is in narrow fields, and so not necessarily good for print p20-22

¢¢ Sustainability: Power of print

¢¢ Print Diary All the big events and trade shows for the year p16

¢¢ Social media See what is trending on for the industry’s keyboard warriors p18

¢¢ Cover story: Ricoh Neon Yellow The technology innovator has just launched a third fifth unit option for its Pro C7100x printer, Neon Yellow, which it says will open up new market opportunities for printers p32-33

Campaigns by Two Sides Australia are seeing tangible successes in promoting print p24

¢¢ Wide Format: News The latest news from the rapidly developing and fast growing world of wide format print p26-28

¢¢ Wide Format: Technology Neopost is bringing the Aristomat cutter range to Australia p30

¢¢ Buyers Guide: PacPrint Preview The biggest show in print is about to open its doors, AP brings an insight into what visitors can expect in Melbourne p34-35 Esko: Packaging simplified Esko launching solutions for better packaging p37 Canon: High output low cost Canon using PacPrint to launch the Colorado 1640 p38 Cyber: Seeing is believing Exhibiting the only offset press at PacPrint this year p40 Epson: Innovation at core Epson has a host of technologies for emerging applications p42 Foxcil: Niche print opportunities Showing printers how to exploit new revenue streams p44 HP: Keep reinventing Demonstrating an array of advanced printing technology p46 Jet: Pulse to comes to show Company has the answer for accurate colour in UV-flexo p48 Kiwo: Bringing colour to life Visitors will be taken on a colourful journey p50 Neopost: Covering the spectrum Exhibiting a comprehensive range of print and mail solutions p52 Print & Pack: Blue chip portfolio Represents a host of leading print and packaging solutions p54

Advertisers’ Index Adco International�� 7 Admag �� 80 All work crane services �� 90 Australian Graphic Servicing �� 17 Böttcher �� 16 BCS Asia Pacific �� 91 Canon �� 41 Clever Products �� 88 CTI Colour Printers �� 92 Cyber �� IBC, BC Digilabels �� 15 Docket and Forms �� 82 Doctor Sticker �� 90 Embellishing Group �� 89 Epson �� IFC, 45 Epson Printer ��4-5 australianprinter.com.au

PES: Massivit and Rho New opportunities in large scale 3D printing on display p56 Spicers: Ahead of the pack Looking back at its tradeshow beginnings p58 Fujifilm: co-presenting with Fuji Xerox Showing a mix of traditional and wide format technology p60 Graph-Pak: bringing experts to PacPrint Visitors will have access to live demos by industry specialists p61 Imp: Innovation in ganging Its software automates ganged jobs on many platforms p62 printIQ: far more than an MIS Helping those in need of print management p64-65 Digital Printing at PacPrint Digital printing will be front and centre at the show, AP looks at the latest developments p66-67 Currie Group: Automation key Presenting print production with minimal touchpoints p68 Fuji Xerox: high end digital Exhibiting new solutions on its stand p70 Konica Minolta: Multiple solutions Showing a host of innovations at PacPrint p72 Whirlwind: digital benefits Digital technology has found a home at Whirlwind p74

To advertise, call Brian Moore on 0410 578 876 or email brian@i-grafix.com Esko �� 38 File Genie �� 85 Foxcil Group �� 47 Foyer Printing �� 78 Fuji Xerox �� 73 Fujifilm Australia �� 62 Gallus �� 9 Goss International �� 27 Graph-Pak �� 63, 87 Graphfix Solutions �� 96 Guru Labels �� 83, 90 Hilton Laminating �� 78 Hornet Press�� 13 HP �� 49 InSoft Automation �� 64 Intec Printing Solutions �� 79 iQ �� 65

Jet Technologies �� 51 Kaprint �� 95 Kayell ��4-5, onsert Kiwo �� 53 Konica Minolta �� 75 Label Line �� 88 LEP �� 11 LIC �� 93 Lifhart�� 88 Magnet Express�� 95 National Auctioneers�� 95 Neopost �� 33, 55 Nova Graphics �� 88 Pack One & Post �� 81 PacPrint 2017 �� 43 PHE �� 86 Photo Electronic Services �� 57

Print & Pack �� 59 Print Focus �� 84 Printmac �� 94 Radiaca �� 25 Realview �� 71 Ricoh �� FC, onsert Screen GP �� 35 Secure Print �� 78 Spandex �� 31 Spicers �� 61 Stewart graphics �� 93 Sydney Binding�� 78 TwoSides/VOPP �� 19 UV Consulting�� 82 Visual Connections �� 43 Walcar Graphics �� onsert Whirlwind �� 77 Australian Printer - April 2017

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NEWS Editor’s Comment

Industry consolidation is in full swing as print recalibrates to account for the evolving market conditions, which can be summed up as lowering demand for general print, with growing demand for some areas of specialist print – catalogues, direct mail, personalised print and packaging among them. The latest deal, if approved by the ACCC, will see paper giants BJ Ball and KW Doggett come together as the biggest merchant in the country, and it follows hard on the heels of PMP and IPMG joining forces. Outdoor media heavyweights oOh! and APN are in the midst of a merger, and the two biggest publishers in the country are talking about it. Most printing outfits are facing the same challenging conditions, so what should you make of PacPrint, the once every four years event almost upon us, where the vendors have a host of technology lined up for us to buy? Simply put a visit to PacPrint is a must for today’s printer, not just to see the technology, although that will be worth a visit on its own, but also to take part of the numerous business seminars shedding light on everything from which markets are emerging and where the opportunities are, to getting government grants and working through seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Printers are well served by PacPrint, and well advised to get themselves there.

Japanese buy BJ Ball and KW Doggett THE $6bn Japan Pulp & Paper (JP) business is buying a controlling stake in what will be Australia’s biggest paper merchant, with rivals BJ Ball and KW Doggett merging. JP is spending $75m for a 51 per cent stake, with the option to buy the remaining 49 per cent in two to three years time. The paper giant is buying what will be a single business, with BJ Ball AU acquiring KW Doggett, as well as BJ Ball NZ. Under the deal BJ Ball AU will acquire 100 per cent of KW Doggett and BJ Ball NZ. Following the acquisition JP will buy a 51 per cent stake in the new company, PagePack AU. This company will own 100 per cent of BJ Ball AU, BJ Ball NZ and KW Doggett. Other shareholders include PagePack NZ – the current owner of BJ Ball – with 29 per cent, with KW Doggett owners KW Doggett Properties having 16.2 per cent, and Ken Ardcowan Pty owning 2.8 per cent. The whole deal is subject to ACCC approval, with JP expecting a decision by July. Details of management of the new entity, and any likely consolidation of warehousing and distribution have not been released. However the Doggett family will remain actively involved, apart from the founders, brothers Ken and John who will retire. The new business will become the biggest merchant in the Australian market, overtaking Spicers, which had revenue from Australia in the 2016 financial year of $209m. BJ Ball Australia had sales of $287m in the 2016 financial year, while KW Doggett sales were $162m. Between them the two merchants had $449m in sales. BJ Ball is already the biggest merchant in New Zealand with sales of NZ$202m in 2016. Buyer JP was established in 1845, it has 3100 staff operating

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in 22 countries, and has an income of ¥506bn (A$6.1bn). It is both a merchant and a paper manufacturer. It is a publicly listed company on the Nikkei, with banks, paper businesses and pension funds its major shareholders. It paid almost $1bn to buy Carter Holt Harvey’s pulp and paper manufacturing arm from New Zealand’s only billionaire Graham Hart three years ago. KW Doggett is owned by the Doggett family. Starting in the 1970s, the second generation is now running the operation with Simon Doggett as managing director. Beginning as a fine paper merchant Doggett has expanded into packaging, wide format and digital papers in recent years. BJ Ball is owned by a New Zealand private equity fund, and incorporates the old CPI business, with Craig Brown as CEO. BJ Ball came into the Australian market in 2011 when p/e owner Maui Capital bought the struggling CPI, along with merchants Raleigh Paper and Focus Paper. Brown became CEO in the same year, and since then has expanded the business into new markets including wide format and digital papers, acquiring half a dozen business along the way. Craig Brown says, “BJ Ball has always strived to be a diversified and progressive

supply partner to the graphic communications market. Joining forces with KW Doggett Fine Paper and JP has been carefully considered and we have no doubt this next step will future-proof our position while also being supportive of the industry long-term.” “Through pooling our resources and accessing JP’s global network, we will create a more robust and resourced business. We believe this will add value for customers on both sides of the Tasman.” “With the print market changing globally, this new entity is structured to meet the future head-on. Through combining two strong businesses and adding a heavyweight global partner, our business will have enhanced buying power, better access to new product categories, continuity of supply and a business model which is sustainable long term (both for suppliers and staff).” The merger will see the Doggett family remain actively involved in growing and shaping the new business but will allow founders Ken and John Doggett to retire from day to day activity. Simon Doggett says “The coming together of three industry aligned stakeholders means we can fast track diversification, improve customer value and bring our way of doing business to a much bigger platform.”

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NEWS

Heidelberg launches use-based Prinect

Petermann GZW displaying work HEIDELBERG’S latest Prinect Production Manager (Prinect) is currently being used by its first customer worldwide. Prinect is being offered as a use-based platform; printers use whichever parts of the suite they need, then are charged at the end of the month based on monthly data usage, which the company says is calculated in m2 TIFF-B. The customer is Petermann GZW, Druckerei und Verlag, based in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Heidelberg says Petermann has access to the full suite: Prinect Prepress, Prinect Pressroom, Prinect Digital Print, and Prinect Postpress Manager as and when it needs them. The usage fee includes automatic software updates.

PMP IPMG plants closed THE Hannanprint founded facility in Noble Park, Victoria, has been closed, followed by PMP closing its Wacol Print facility in Brisbane. 176 employees in total will be made redundant, with the company looking to find them work in other facilities in the state. Peter George, managing director, PMP Limited says, “While the closure will result in 100 redundancies, we are working to ensure a number of our Noble Park staff can be redeployed to our Clayton site in Melbourne. “We have made all attempts to ensure that those leaving the business are doing so with the best possible level of support and assistance available to them, and we have made agreements with the individuals transferring across to the Clayton facility to ensure there are no adverse effects of this change in employment. “We have been working constructively with the AMWU throughout the process and they have provided input to our plans” says George. “We are pleased with the progress made since the merger including the transformation of

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our NSW and QLD operations, which are under discussion internally and with the AMWU and our employees. “We will be able to confirm the outcomes in these areas through April and May.” Within the next month, PMP closed its Wacol Print facility in Brisbane, and 76 redundancies followed, bringing the total to 176. In addition to the 76 redundancies, 30 staff members have been relocated to IPMG’s Inprint facilities in Geebung, according to Rod Pahl, PMP spokesperson for the merger. Pahl says, “The bulk of the redundancies are from Wacol,

while the others are from various sites around the country. The closure is about PMP becoming a leaner, more efficient company. “There has been a lot of work done to relocate people from Wacol to Inprint, the old IPMG facilities in Geebund, and a number of staff that were not retrenched today will be going there.” PMP noted that is making good progress on consolidating the business, and is working constructively with the AMWU in the process. PMP has flagged ‘transform-ation’ for sites in NSW and QLD, meaning that more closures are a possibility.

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Growing: Mediapoint WIDE-FORMAT specialist Mediapoint is finalising the purchase of its new headquarters, five times larger than the space it operates in. The new location will be run out of Derrimut, Victoria, in a site over 2,000sqm. The move is due to occur by mid-May, with Mediapoint scheduled to close for a few days in the process. Founded in 2006, the tradeonly printers started with a team of 4 and grew to 10, before trimming down to 8. Jamie Xuareb, founder, Mediapoint says, “We are

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focused on production, leaner pricing, and fast turnaround times. We found that a team of 10 did not allow us to be as efficient as we wanted, and 8 is ideal for what we do. “We have been growing organically since 2006, and the move to the new, larger premises will allow us to be more efficient with our range, and offer our customers better prices. “We are great at trade work, and have the nimbleness of a small company.” Mediapoint was founded by brothers Jamie and Jason Xuareb, then aged 18 and 23.

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HH Global expanding in Aus MARKETING services company and major print buyer HH Global is taking ownership of its Australian business from its franchisee, which it says is due to strong client growth. Edward Parsons, CFO, HH Global says, “We are buying out our franchise partner who started the business with our support four years ago, and who has grown a significant and

sustainable business for us in Australia. “We believe this is in the best long term interests of our global and local clients who served by our experienced and hardworking team in Australia.” Andrew Price is the current CEO of HH Global’s Asia Pacific arm. Price was formerly CEO of Stream Solutions, the print

management business that he grew to be the biggest in the country, before he left to try and take over paper merchant Paperlinx, as it was then called. Parsons says HH is looking to grow the business into a major force in the Australian and New Zealand markets servicing large, global clients and major Australian and New Zealand clients.

Robert MacMillan, CEO, HH Global says, “Australia was the only business in the entire group that we did not own 100 per cent of. We have now acquired the rest of the equity to take us to 100 per cent like every company we own in 33 countries.” Parsons says recent wins against its competition including Stream and Ergo are due to HH Global’s people.

PIAA questions employment minister

Orora expands into US market

A Printing Industries representative attending a Sydney Institute event last night grilled Federal Employment Minister Michaelia Cash on the performance of the Fair Work Commission (FWC). Mary-Jo Fisher, director, Government Relations at PIAA made reference to a resignation letter written by former vice president of the FWC, Graeme Watson. The letter notes an understanding in the business community that the Fair Work Commission is ‘partisan, dysfunctional and divided’. Fisher then asked Cash to reconcile the statement with the government’s stance that the FWC is an independent umpire. Cash’s response was that the Fair Work Commission is independent of government, and that she can not tell it what to do. Watson’s letter also noted that outcomes of unfair dismissal cases have become unpredictable, while no clear and consistent guidance can be gleaned from decided cases.

AUSTRALIAN packaging giant Orora has launched its own US subsidiary, Orora Visual, following its acquisitions of USbased Graphic Tech and Garvey Group in a deal worth $71m. Both businesses form part of Orora’s growing North American point of purchase business, alongside two other companies, the Register Group and IntegraColor. With the confirmation of the completion, Orora has combined its purchases to launch Orora Visual, a subsidiary of Orora and point of purchase specialist, based in North America. The new business will operate as an end-to-end, integrated service model. Orora Visual says its customised solutions include; fabric displays, digital and interactive displays, branded merchandise, temporary instore displays and signage, semi-permanent and permanent displays, and indoor/outdoor and transit signage. Larry C. King is the president of the new company, having been the former owner of IntegraColor, Orora’s first point

Orora Visual is a POP specialist of purchase acquisition in North America. King says, “As our customers look for new and innovative ways to reach consumers, the breadth of our geographic footprint, combined with our full-service offering, means that Orora Visual is positioned to partner with customers to develop highimpact, cost effective campaigns

that resonate with consumers.” Nigel Garrard, CEO, Orora says the national business model offered customers unprecedented experience in the design, print and visual communication industry. “Orora Visual combines the skill and expertise of four leading point of purchase businesses under one brand.”

Neopost launches mailing for commercial printers MAILING solutions giant Neopost is launching a new envelope folder inserter aimed directly at commercial printers who want to add mailing to their in-house portfolio. The new DS-600i has the capability to collate, fold, insert, inkjet address and meter mail at speeds of 6,000 per hour and, says the company, has a wider capability than just folding and inserting. The modular system will also gather loose leaf sheets up to 72 pages, and will process booklets up to 6mm, to a final pack thickness of 10mm In addition it can work with a wide range of materials. The DS-600i will form part of the Neopost stand at PacPrint in May. Pricing varies due to 8

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$70,000 - $85,000 range. Peter Goulter, national sales manager, Mailing Solutions at Neopost says, “For commercial

printers mailing offers a new revenue stream. “And while mailing volumes in transactional mail is declining the number of short run jobs for promotional mailings is increasing. “The DS600i is designed for monthly volumes of 300,000; make-ready is automated and takes just a minute or two compared with 30 minutes for comparative systems. “On board reporting through our AIMS-100 module will allow the user to monitor and report on the mail run to external clients. Optionally upgrade to full file based processing with AIMS-500/OMS-500 for complete process control and auditing.”

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Cyclone Debbie hits Qld printers

KODAK launches the Sonora UV Process Free Plate in Australia, the latest addition to the company’s process-free technology portfolio, previously only available in Japan. Currently in a beta-phase, the Sonora UV plates will be exhibited at PacPrint, and available from mid-year, according to Robert Mollee, sales and strategic product group director, Graphic Communications Group, Kodak ANZ. “We see this as a nice fit for UV applications. Process free, but robust enough for high-volume UV printing,” says Mollee. Kodak says the Sonora UV updates the technology from its XJ Process Free Plate, commercially available in Japan since 2016. The process free plates can run on sheetfed, heatset web, and commercial coldset presses and across applications such as commercial print, newspapers, offset packaging, and UV. Kodak says the plates deliver longer run lengths for UV print applications than any other process free plate, with up to 30,000 impressions, and expand the process free plate portfolio.

CYCLONE Debbie has hit the north coast of Queensland, leaving printers in the region without power, dealing with floodwaters and damaged property. In Mackay, power is back in some areas, but heavy rains have flooded parts of the town, including a key bridge, leaving Bernadette Sacchetti of Macprint Mackay unable to access her printing business. Sacchetti says, “We managed to get out of our home yesterday and get to the supermarket, grabbing a few things we needed. “After we got back, there were heavy rains, and the bridge we use to drive to our shop was completely flooded. So now we have no way to get there. We were pretty busy before the cyclone happened, so it is a shame, but the most important thing is that no-one is hurt.” For Lyn Farrell at Payne Print, also based in Mackay, the situation is not as dire. Farrell says, “It is the first day back in the store, and everything looks okay. We are happy we have power back, and very happy to be open again.” Danny Stockow, of Graphic House is based in Cannonvale,

Intense winds and rain lashed the coast, wreacking havoc Queensland. It is a coastal area right next to Airlie Beach, one of the areas hit hardest by the cyclone before it slowed down and was downgraded. Stockow says, “We have gutters missing, and water inundation, but thankfully the machinery looks okay. No power at all yet, and with everything to clean up we will be out for the rest of the week. “No lives lost though, which is the most important thing. I have a loyal client base too, so I know they will be here when we are back up and running.”

Australian Printer had been unable to contact printers in Bowen, Queensland due to power outages in the area. The recovery from Cyclone Debbie will cost so much that it will damage the Queensland budget in June, the state’s Treasurer Curtis Pitt has warned. He says it is too early to put a figure on the financial impact, but previous early estimates put it in the billions of dollars. “I think it is something that will of course dominate the budget. We have been thrown a significant curve ball.”

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Print Dynamics ceases trading COMMERCIAL offset business Print Dynamics has ceased trading, confirms owner Mark Shapiro. AP spoke to Shapiro who indicated Print Dynamics had shut down, but would not comment on any other matter.

Shapiro said the business had not gone under, but had ceased trading. Print Dynamics was a commercial printing company established in 2000. The business was a complete offset printing service

offering prepress to finishing, supported by accredited quality management and environmental processes. It is believed that much of the work for Print Dynamics came from print brokers. According to Find The

Company, Print Dynamics generated $9.5m in annual revenue and employed around 25 people. Print Dynamics was also owned by Anthony Saben. The company’s website has been taken down.

National Print Awards appoint chief judge

Salmat: letterbox mail unsung hero

JENNIFER Baile has been appointed Chief Judge of the 2017 National Print Awards (NPA), while the deadline for submissions has been extended to March 31. Baile has experience judging for the awards, having been a participant judge in the 2015 and 2016 editions. She says, “It is a great experience and amazing opportunity to see the calibre of work created by our industry, and it continues to blow my mind every year with printers pushing technology to the absolute limit.” Beyond the criteria set out in the NPA, Baile says what she and the other judges are looking for is creativity and innovation. This means “Creativity on how they are using their printing technology to create something remarkable” she notes. “Trade, offset, labels, digital, every year across every category we are surprised. People take the everyday and push it to do something extraordinary. It makes us ask: how did they do it?” Baile chose not to reveal her favourite works from previous years when asked.

LETTERBOX mail is the unsung hero of marketing, because customers engage with it, says marketing company Salmat, citing its longevity as evidence of its success. According to Nielson research, consumers spend 29 minutes with letterbox material on weekdays and 33 minutes over the weekend, 45 per cent of letterbox readers have considered buying something featured in letterbox media, while 24 per cent have told their family and friends. Roy Morgan data displays that 670,000 Australians had looked up a website in the last four weeks because of catalogues. Most importantly, it drives purchases, says Salmat, referencing Roy Morgan research displaying that 55 per cent have bought something from a catalogue in the last week. Salmat says letterbox marketing is still going strong, so make sure you are using the power of print to help build your business. This follows on from revelations that marketing departments in mid-tier

Letterboxes have been freed up by email, says Salmat businesses are looking to print as the top three categories for new marketing spend in 2017. While the top three channels that saw the most investment in 2016 were online, offline channels are expected to experience a renaissance in 2017. When asked what channels they plan to use in the next 12 months that they do not already use, letterbox drops (14.9 per cent), print catalogues (12.4 per

cent) and magazine advertising (12.4 per cent) came out on top as the new channels mid-tier marketers are planning to invest in this year. Salmat has recently finalised a three-month print marketing campaign with franchise Pizza Hut, driving profit up by 15 per cent across Pizza Hut’s Australian stores, with a 19.25 million run letterbox leaflet run printed by IPMG.

Epson unleashes superfast WorkForce printer EPSON Australia has used the Formula One event in Melbourne to launch what it describes as the next generation of superfast ecoefficient business inkjet printers, the WorkForce Enterprise. The company says the 100 page per minute (ppm) digital colour A3 printer delivers the ecological benefits that only inkjet technology can offer, providing a low power solution with far fewer supplies than a laser copier. The 100ppm WorkForce Enterprise WF-C20590 is joined by a 75ppm version, the WF-C17590. Print quality is up to 600x2400dpi. It has a 5,350 sheet (at 80gsm) maximum paper input with optional paper feed, and an inline finishing finisher unit available with stacking and stapling for up to 10

4000 sheets. To enhance the print quality, Epson has incorporated a number of technology innovations, including a selfmaintaining printhead to deliver what it says will be consistently outstanding print quality, and an electrostatic transport belt to maintain quality at high speed. Epson claims this new technology delivers a stepchange in environmental performance, reducing power usage by up to 96 per cent compared to the same speed laser printer without needing a specialist power supply. Craig Heckenberg, general manager, Business Division, Epson Australia says, “The WorkForce cuts the environmental impact of print by providing a low power

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solution, with fewer supplies, while delivering remarkably fast print speeds at high quality. Having far fewer parts than equivalent laser-based MFDs, the WorkForce Enterprise will deliver higher reliability and significantly increase printer uptime.” The inkjet linehead that delivers high speeds and print quality is designed around scalable technology that Epson first used in industrial systems, such as large-scale label presses. The new full width linehead design measures just 43mm across and contains approximately 33,500 nozzles, that incorporate nozzle verification and variable size droplet technology designed to eliminate banding. According to Epson this

compact level of engineering precision not only enhances performance; it also provides speed and reliability for highly productive teams where downtime is not an option. The optional WorkFlow Enterprise Finisher unit enables automatic document finishing, a 5,350-sheet max paper input with optional paper feed and a 4,000-sheet stapler and stacker to improve efficiency, saving time and effort. In addition, these models are compatible with a wide-range of solutions and built for user efficiency smart device mobile printing and scanning with NFC. Tools and software such as Email Print for Enterprise, Epson Print Admin and Document Capture Pro add additional functionality.

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The Dumor 520-Swift 52 creaser PAPER Handling Equipment (PHE) is now the exclusive agent for the Dumor range of print finishing equipment, designed for digital printing work, in Australia and New Zealand. Manufactured in Guangzhou, China, the Dumor range includes creasers/perforators, crease, slit, cut, crease folding machines, storage carts, booklet making, window cutters and round corner cutters. The company says that as digital printing evolves to become an all-in-one operation, giving printers the ability to do finishing in-house can reduce the time and cost of print runs, and allows printers to give more accurate schedules for when work is completed. Garry Hengst, general manager, PHE says, “The Dumor range is helping with the automation of a number of different roles with print.”

Disquiet over new Waivestar ownership THE Melbourne print community is in fractious mood over the liquidation and sale of major print buyer Waivestar which went broke last week, and was subsequently bought by various people associated with Mercedes Waratah. Waivestar is rumoured to owe a lot of money to a lot of printers, although the first creditors meeting has yet to be held. It was founded in 2000 and owned by Laurie Clark, former owner of Superior Press which also went broke owing significant amounts of money, and by former Telstra businesswoman of the year finalist Michelle Powell. One of the businesses that Waivestar was in debt to is Complete Colour. Tim Michaelides, owner, Complete Colour has confirmed he is not happy with the sale of Waivestar. “I am not comfortable with the whole set up there. We will see how things pan out as they have not had a creditors meeting yet,” he says. Michaelides confirms Waivestar does owe the company money for previous jobs, he says, “It is not a six-figure sum but it is a substantial amount of money.” Abbey Aboughattas confirmed he was among the buyers.

Company liquidation: Waivestar Neither Clark nor Powell from Waivestar or Moody Aboughattas was available to comment on the situation. The notification of Waivestar’s liquidation was posted on March 8 saying, ‘Notice is given that at a general meeting of the members of the Company held on 07 March 2017, it was resolved that the Company be wound up and that Matthew Terence Gollant and Neil Stewart Mclean be appointed liquidators.’ Complete Colour has been running for 25 years. The date of the first creditors meeting will be announced soon.

Lithocraft buys super-fast laminator VICTORIAN print and communications business Lithocraft has installed a new Autobond Mini 105 TPH S High Speed laminator through GraphPak, upping its throughput tenfold. The Autobond laminator has lifted Lithocraft’s capacity from 1,500 A1 sheets per hour to 10,000-11,000 per hour. Paul Paten, owner of the Truganina-based business says, “We had an old GVC laminator, and that was quite slow at 1,500

A1 sheets per hour. We were looking to improve that. We did a little bit of research, looking at European laminators. “With the assistance of Tom Ralph, we checked out the Autobond. It was able to produce 10,000-11,000 A1 sheets per hour. It improved out efficiencies immensely, was installed in two days, with two days of training after that. It was seamless, with minimal interruption. The guy did a good job. “It has not missed a beat

since it has been up and running.” Tom Ralph, owner, GraphPak says, “This was a prestige sale for Graph-Pak, and is our one-hundred and eleventh machine sold. “Lithocraft will see short and long term benefits from the investment, it is a machine that will run for the next 20 years, with minimal maintenance investment. “We are proud to be associated with Autobond.”

Magic found in FileGenie FILEGENIE, an online tool for preflighting, has been launched, after years of development between AM-PM Communications (AM-PM) and Spawnit. According to research done by the companies, an industry average of 70 per cent of files require some form of fix, resulting in costly and time consuming touch points during the preflighting process. Spawnit says FileGenie is 12

designed to quickly transfer, check and fix multiple PDF files at once, so you are not limited to just one wish. Customers can upload as many files as they like and FileGenie will magically fix them all. Ryan Naughton, brand manager, FileGenie says, “We identified a gap in the market for this product. Testing it, everyone has thrown the most difficult files they could think of at it and it has passed with flying colours.

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“It is a simple product which cannot be oversold. We offer a seven day trial so that customers can see it and understand it for themselves. “FileGenie covers all bases, including processing the fixes. The suite of fixes we offer covers more than other products on the market. All the feedback has been positive,” says Naughton. He says printers simply drag and drop files onto FileGenie to check and fix PDF issues.

Waivestar is a significant buyer of print, and had a number or national and international clients. It says it connects customers to its clients personalised marketing, the physical environment, the digital experience, the supply chain, seamless payment options, and most importantly to help staff to deliver a branded customer experience. WaiveStar Group also won the Victorian Government Business Growth Award, and the Australian Business Awards in the categories of Innovation, E-Business and Enterprise.

Heidelberg, Gallus aim for zero-defect packaging HEIDELBERG and its Swiss subsidiary Gallus have combined to create what they call zerodefect packaging, which they say is made possible through digitisation, automation, and communication between machines. Heidelberg and Gallus will display this networked production environment at Interpack, under the motto “Smart Print Shop - Zero Defect Packaging”. The company says that digitisation of all key process steps in production offers a way of greatly reducing the risk of defects, even eliminating it altogether. As the packaging segment of the print industry grows, both companies are underlining the strategic significance of packaging and label printing for their economic future. Stephan Plenz, management board member for Equipment at Heidelberg, says, “The appearance of packaging at the point of sales has a direct influence on the purchase decision and the brand.”

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Canon launches new Océ ProStream CANON is launching its latest digital continuous feed colour inkjet printer, the Océ ProStream, which it says pushes inkjet further into the commercial printing mainstream. The new Océ ProStream prints uncoated, inkjet-optimised, gloss and

matt-coated papers at 80 metres per minute at premium quality, according to Canon. It is designed to produce direct mail and marketing collateral. It offers a resolution of 1200dpi, with multilevel dot modulation at full 1,076 A4 per minute productivity across

uncoated, inkjet optimised and offset-coated substrates. Canon says the latest piezo drop-on-demand inkjet print head generation is leveraged with Océ Multilevel technology for sharper details, smoother halftones and smarter ink usage. It says the sensitive floatation

air dryer ensures that the printed paper is not touched until the print images are fully robust, ensuring no scratches or changes to gloss levels and minimal paper stress for maximum quality. Canon is the market leader in high volume inkjet printing.

Xeikon previews new UV inkjet label printer XEIKON is launching its first UV inkjet label press, the Panther PX3000, and says its digital front end is what will separate it from the competition, reports Wayne Robinson direct from the Xeikon Cafe even in Belgium. The new Panther PX3000 is designed for self-adhesive labels and is targeted at specific applications across health and beauty, household chemicals, industrial chemicals and industrial labels. Filip Weymans, marketing manager at Xeikon says, “Among UV inkjet label press manufacturers, only Xeikon has the dedicated digital front end the X-800 - and this is what will deliver leading productivity.” The drop on demand and

Xeikon Panther PX3000 Panther PX3000 will print at 50 metres a minute at 600dpi on a web width of 350mm, maximum print width 330mm. It uses

Kyocera print heads and its own PantherCure UV inks in CMYK and white. It will print on PET, BoPP,

PE, Vinyl as well as uncoated and coated papers. Xeikon says its characteristics include resistance, high colour gamut, a 3D or tactile feel, glossy look and light fastness. Inkjet digital labels currently represent about 20 per cent of the digital label market, with the majority toner based, either Xeikon or HP Indigo. Panther will be launched at LabelExpo in September, with Xeikon Cafe attendees in Belgium having been given a before-market preview of the press and its capabilities. Competition in the UV inkjet world comes from EFI, Epson, Konica Minolta and Screen among others.

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APP on track for zero-deforestation

Zero-deforestation: a bright idea A new report shows paper manufacturing giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is on track in implementing its zerodeforestation, in its fourth year of its forest conservation policy (FCP). APP is one of the world’s biggest papermakers, and a major supplier to Australian commercial printers. It fought a ten year battle with environmental groups before the two sides agreed a way forward. The FCP has four key principles, protecting national forests, best practice in peatland management, partnership with local communities and a responsible global supply chain.

BJ Ball reviewing paper prices BJ Ball is currently reviewing its paper prices, in consultation with its suppliers who are dealing with higher costs to produce paper stocks. Pricing pressures are impacting all paper merchants in Australia, as Australian Printer previously reported that Spicers will be increasing costs to paper, as of April 10. Craig Brown, chief executive, BJ Ball says, “We are in discussion with a number of our suppliers who have flagged increases to BJ Ball. Specifically, increases in the costs of pulp, energy, chemicals, and transport. “We are reviewing this, and will revise our position shortly, letting our customers know what is happening.” Paper accounts for roughly 30 per cent of the costs for printers, meaning a hypothetical 10 per cent increase would add 3 per cent to the cost price of a job. BJ Ball rival Spicers has announced increases in the range of 5-8 per cent for some of its grades beginning April 10. KW Doggett has yet to return calls to Australian Printer, but will be going through the same review. Between them the three supply more than 80 per cent of Australian commercial paper. In addition ink supplier Flint

Increased costs for raw materials, energy, transport are driving paper prices up for paper merchants around the country Group has said that the costs of raw materials for ink have risen, due to a short supply of chemicals following increased Chinese environmental standards and factory fires, alongside the same transport concerns as paper. As a result, ink prices for printers may be on the rise at the same time as paper. Raw materials to offset blankets are also rising, however Mamdooh Sidhom,

managing director, National Blanket Converters, which supplies to 60 per cent of the offset printers in Australia, says “Our manufacturers have told us that the costs of materials for blankets would be rising, however we have not increased our prices at all. A strong Aussie dollar against the Euro is helping us with our European manufacturers, and we have no plans to increase costs to customers.”

Paper illegally dumped: ADC

Keep Me Posted holds Canberra public forum

THE Anti-Dumping Commission’s investigation into alleged dumping and illegal subsidisation of A4 copy paper imported into Australia has been finalised, with the Parliamentary Secretary ruling that paper companies in China, Brazil, Indonesia and Thailand have caused material injury to the Australian paper industry from dumping, and countervailable subsidies. While the investigation has been taking place, Australia’s last paper manufacturer, Australian Paper, based out of Maryvale in the LaTrobe Valley has cut the pay of its production workers, and cut the hours of its maintenance workers. Australian Paper says that the dumping of A4 copy paper in Australia has directly affected this. The investigation, which was initiated by a submission from Australian Paper, sought to discover whether the Australian paper industry had suffered material injury due to loss of sales volume, price suppression, price depression, reduced profits, and reduced revenue from A4 copy paper as a result of

TSA limited, the creators of the Keep Me Posted and Two Sides campaigns, held an open forum in Canberra on Friday hosted by Labor MP Andrew Leigh, Shadow Assistant Treasurer. Keep Me Posted is a consumer campaign advocating Australian’s right to choose how they receive important financial information, without paying what it says are exorbitant fees for paper correspondence, which it says rapidly add up for lowincome households. Leigh says, “The practice of charging a fee for paper bills is excluding many in Canberra’s community that don’t use, or don’t have access to the Internet in their homes. “We know that these fees are disproportionately hitting those who can least afford it and are particularly unfair on our elderly community members and vulnerable Australians to be charged with extra fees that can easily stretch to hundreds of dollars a year. “ACT residents should be entitled to choose printed communications without risking a penalty from their corporate service providers.”

price undercutting from foreign paper exporters. Craig Laundy, assistant minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, is the Parliamentary Secretary who handed down the decision. Laundy says, “I am satisfied that the amount of the export price of the goods is less than the normal value of those goods, and because of that material injury to the Australian industry producing like goods would or might have been caused if security had not been taken. “Therefore, I declare that the Dumping Duty Act applies to the goods and like goods that were exported to Australia from China and Thailand on or after 30 September 2016, and like goods that were exported to Australia from Brazil and Indonesia for home consumption on or after 7 November 2016. “The A4 copy paper investigation has been complex and consequently lengthy. “It involved numerous parties including 11 exporters, nine importers and three governments. During the investigation, interested parties made a total of 151 submissions

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– 63 of those provided after the commissioner’s preliminary findings were published last December. “I thank the independent commissioner for this significant work and have accepted his findings and recommendations in full. “The measures imposed as a result of this investigation will provide an effective safeguard to Australian Paper from the effects of dumped and subsidised imports from the four countries subject to this investigation. “Those four countries accounted for 94 per cent of A4 copy paper imported during the investigation period.” Laundy says almost 100 per cent of the exports from China – the largest source of A4 copy paper imported into Australia – would be subject to a dumping margin of 34.4 per cent. “This decision is about ensuring a level playing field between Australia and our trading partners.” According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, affected parties have 30 days to lodge an appeal with the ADC.

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KBA’S 2016 full year financial report reveals the company’s highest profit margin in 199 years, with 26 per cent coming from the Asia Pacific region. The company says this growth is largely attributed to its packaging printing segment, and increased market share. Gross profit climbed to €346m ($490), from last year’s result of €247m, with the gross profit margin widening from 26.8 per cent to 29.7 per cent. EBITDA also rose, from €65m to €92m. EBIT more than doubled from the prior corresponding period (pcp), reaching €87m from €35m. Claus Bolza-Schünemann, CEO, KBA says, “The profitable growth was generated in existing and new packaging markets, from industrial applications in digital web printing and the continued expansion of service business - despite the absence of any macroeconomic support.” Group revenue increased 13.9 per cent from the pcp, coming in at €1.1bn. KBA says thanks to market share gains, revenue growth in the packaging segment was stronger than in

the global market as a whole. The company’s Digital & Web division grew its revenue by 59 per cent to €156m, exceeding what KBA says was its mid-term goal of €125m. According to KBA, growth in the packaging market and substantial market share gains allowed its Sheetfed segment to achieve a 9.5 per cent increase in revenue to €615m. As a result, the KBA management board wants to increase group revenue organically by around 4 per cent per year until 2021, mostly through packaging printing, where it is recording some big wins, including in Australia. Dr Mathias Dähn, CFO, KBA says, “We do not want growth at any price. Rather, what we are seeking is profitable growth. Depending on global economy, end markets and the necessary investments in growth, the group is targeting an EBIT margin of between 4 and 9 per cent for the period until 2021.” The company’s global workforce expanded in 2016, increasing by 69 to 5,318 employees.

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Narrowing growt Print’s Economic Digest is a monthly column dedicated to key economic indicators and issues impacting on the printing industry and the Australian economy, by Hagop Tchamkertenian.

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HE release of the national accounts by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the December 2016 quarter confirmed that the Australian economy avoided a technical recession by growing and expanding during the most recent quarter. If the Australian economy had entered a technical recession it would have been based on seasonally adjusted data, and not trend data, as the latter had remained positive during the preceding quarter when the seasonally adjusted data was reported to have contracted. While discussion about whether the Australian economy was heading towards a recession is now purely academic since the Australian

economy managed to register economic growth based on both measures – seasonally adjusted and trend terms during the most recent quarter, there are a number of important considerations that need to be highlighted when analysing the contemporary economic growth dynamics. This column discusses these considerations and draws attention to the more relevant and applicable measure of economic growth. Becoming informed about the current growth dynamics as well as the likely economic prospects is critical as it allows printing industry participants to be better positioned to make informed business decisions pertaining to future investments and business direction.

Economic growth dynamics ANALYSIS that follows is based on trend data as it tends to provide a better reflection of the underlying growth dynamics. The chart depicts the primary drivers of economic growth, that is, the factors that are making positive contributions to economic growth, the engines of growth so to speak during the most recent quarter, compared to a year ago and a decade ago. What becomes evident from the contributions to economic growth

chart is that is shows how the growth dynamics have changed over time which in turn has implications not only for overall economic growth but also for economic activity within the printing industry. Both a decade ago and a year ago, economic growth in trend terms as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was more robust than it is currently. The economic contributions made by some pivotal indicators have essentially remained the same over the timeframe subject to the analysis. This is particularly true of general government expenditure. Household expenditure is making less of an economic contribution to economic growth in the recent period, while public investment is making an increased contribution but not as significant as it did a decade earlier. Investment in dwellings did not make a positive contribution in the most recent quarter but contributed positively during the earlier timeframes. Nondwelling construction has gone from a significant positive contributor of economic growth a decade ago to a detractor from growth in the recent period. This development reflects the reduction in resources driven engineering construction activity. Machinery and equipment investment have yet to make positive contributions to economic

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th impacting print growth during the period under review. Exports have made positive contributions to economic growth while imports made a positive contribution to growth a year earlier but detracted from growth in the most recent quarter and a decade earlier. Net exports the term used to measure the net impact on economic growth of exports and imports detracted from growth a decade ago; made a positive contribution to growth a year ago and had a neutral impact during the most recent period.

Sectoral contributions ANALYSING the growth drivers by the components that comprise the GDP is a valuable exercise per se but another equally useful analysis involves determining which sectors are contributing to overall economic growth and how those dynamics have changed or are changing. This section looks at the key Australian sectors that comprise the Australian economy providing key insights on the sectors that are driving economic growth. Sectors that made positive contributions to economic growth in the most recent quarter comprised of agriculture, forestry and fishing, wholesale trade, financial and insurance services, professional,

scientific and technical services and health care and social assistance. This compares to a year ago when sectors such as mining, construction, financial and insurance services, health care and social assistance, information media and telecommunications, rental, hiring and real estate, and public administration and safety all made positive contributions. Within a period of 12 months the number of industry sectors contributing to growth declined from seven to five implying the current growth dynamics are narrower focused. A decade ago six sectors made positive contributions to economic growth comprising of mining, manufacturing, construction, transport and storage, financial and insurance services, and professional, scientific and technical services.

Growth prospects in the printing industry generally improve when households develop positive sentiments and those sentiments get reflected in household expenditure patterns. This is why the noticeable decline in household expenditure has serious ramifications for printing industry participants with the percentage points contribution to economic growth in GDP declining steadily from a reported 0.5 per cent a decade ago to a reported 0.3 per cent during the latest quarter. The fact that fewer industry sectors are making positive contributions to economic growth in the latest economic cycle compared to a year earlier and a decade ago implies that printing industry participants are now faced with a narrower economic growth base and economic drivers. This does not mean that sectors that printing industry relies on or services for economic prosperity such as retail trade, education, arts and recreation or accommodation and food services are not growing or expanding economically, they are, but their growth rates are not as significant relative to other sectors to make a positive or noticeable contributions to overall trend rates of economic growth.

What it means for the printing industry HOUSEHOLD expenditure remains a pivotal driver of economic activity and this is important also for the printing industry as household expenditure directly influences the growth dynamics of sectors that consume significant proportion of goods and services produced by the printing industry.

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Sectoral contributions to growth Public administration & safety* Rental, h iring & real estate* Information media & t elecommunications*

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Printing industry growth dynamics change REVIEWING the latest economic growth data for the printing industry makes for some baffling analysis. The significant revisions to the data especially during the June and September 2016 quarters have dramatically altered the printing industry growth landscape. The June and September 2016 quarters industry value added data have been revised downwards by $23m and $65m, representing 2.7 per cent and 7.5 per cent downward revisions respectively. The impact of these revisions have meant that within the period of one quarter, the printing industry has gone from reporting four consecutive quarters of economic growth to now reporting three consecutive quarters of economic decline. The data revisions have fundamentally altered the printing industry growth dynamics changing it from an industry that was until recently growing robustly and expanding to one that is now trading through a period of economic downturn. To gain better insights into the causes of the recent data revisions I contacted the ABS seeking answers. Unfortunately they were not able to provide initial answers over the phone so I followed up on their suggestion and I drafted a detailed email highlighting the revisions and their impact on the economic growth dynamics of the printing industry. The feedback I received from the ABS confirmed what I had 22

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suspected. I was informed that the revisions were caused by updated source data. The ABS incorporated late survey forms pertaining to the preceding quarter which tended to vary significantly from the initial imputed rates. Simply put the initial data capture and reporting by the ABS in effect overestimated the level of economic activity in the printing industry. The inclusion of supplementary data corrected that situation and helped to better reflect the actual strength of economic activity within the printing industry.

Conclusion TO the delight and relief of both the media and economic analysts the Australian economy managed to avoid a technical recession during the most recent quarter when seasonally adjusted data confirmed that the Australian economy registered strong quarterly growth of 1.1 per cent. The other more prevalent data set that of trend growth showed the Australian economy expanded modestly by only 0.3 per cent during the quarter. It is the latter data that I use for analysing growth and as explained earlier, it is the trend data that better depicts the underlying economic strength and direction of the Australian economy. Paying close attention to the current drivers of economic growth is important for industry participants as it impacts and potentially shapes their economic prosperity going forward. The current drivers of economic activity from a macro perspective and micro

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sectoral perspective were analysed and shown that they do not provide the printing industry with the economic condition and momentum for dynamic growth and expansion. The number of sectors making positive contributions to economic growth has steadily declined over the past decade and those making positive economic contributions are not necessarily the main sectoral clients of the printing industry. Sectors such as retail trade or arts and recreation remain important industry sectors for the printing industry but they are not amongst the sectors that are driving contemporary economic growth. Finally a serious issue for printing businesses revolves around the question of how sustainable is the current economic growth dynamics. With household income growing very modestly due to wage restraint forcing wage growth to fall to an all-time low, household consumption is being supported by a rundown in household savings. If household consumption growth weakens then it would be necessary for business investment or more specifically non-mining based business investment to pick-up and commence making positive contributions to economic growth. Such a development will not only make economic growth more diverse and sustainable, but will also help foster a feeling of increased prosperity and security for Australian households. Hagop Tchamkertenian Email: hagopt@i-grafix.com Mob: 0414 953 271

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Power of print on the move Kellie Northwood says campaigns by Two Sides Australia are seeing tangible successes in promoting the power of print

HE print and paper industry could make Mark Twain’s famous quote its own. We have endured a chapter of our pending or ultimate death, however, we remain strong, effective, and innovative. Recent research indicating Millennials are more inclined to read direct mail (77 per cent), retail inserts (73 per cent), catalogues (54 per cent) and magazines (51 per cent). All the while Google is reporting that 76 per cent of digital banner ads are not read by humans. Let us do our industry a favour – let us not simply read this article, but take note and talk to these points with our clients, prospects and wider networking communities. The achievements of TSA’s three campaigns in recent months are here to give us all reasons to be optimistic about the future and as is my current mantra – embrace improvement. Print works harder than ever before with all other media channels and it is this hard-work that sees us achieving a 50 per cent uplift in sales when partnered with digital banner advertising.

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TWO Sides Australia, our environmental campaign, has announced a remarkable success in its anti-greenwash campaign that urges companies to remove misleading claims to encourage their customers to Go Paperless. In Australia, many companies have been found to be greenwashing to push their customers to use digital communications instead of paper ones and 70 per cent of them have changed their messaging after we contacted them.

KEEP Me Posted, the consumer advocacy campaign for the consumer’s right to choose, is celebrating its first anniversary this month. The campaign has engaged with more than 60 politicians, at a local, state and federal level, and is getting more traction every day. More than two hundred people have contacted the campaign after the publication of an article in The Senior Newspaper and more than three-hundred and fifty have expressed their support at Keep Me Posted forums. People care about their rights to receive paper communications without a fee, and now want their political reps to know how they feel. Mainstream media coverage has seen more than 160 television, newspaper, magazine and radio article promoting the campaign with the most amazing thing happening – Australians are ringing up and talking through all the reasons they love print. It is indeed a highlight of the campaign to see our communities talking in positive terms and supporting our industry. The campaign has also participated in several public inquiries and been invited to submit our submission to the Australian Consumer Law Review, the Productivity Commission and now we care working with Senators to support a Senate Inquiry to give Australians a voice in a matter which has been overlooked by other consumer groups.

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated Mark Twain More, this success is worldwide and it is globally that mentalities about the environmental credentials of paper are changing: Two Sides in North America and in the UK are reporting similar successes. Even Greenpeace, a long-term detractor of forest products, recognised just this month that their attacks on a Canadian forest product company were ‘non-verifiable statements of subjective opinion’ . Hurrah. We have been given credibility from one of the fiercest environmental activist groups. Stand tall and be proud of our industry’s environmental credentials.

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VOPP, the value of paper and print, is just about to release the second issue of its magazine. VoPP Mag covers the entire spectrum of print marketing, providing the readership with news, research, insight, interviews, opinion and case studies that prove the effectiveness of the channel both independently and as part of a multi-channel campaign. With a readership consisting of an influential mix of senior decision makers in all areas of marketing and advertising, as well as brand owners such as heads of marketing and marketing directors, the magazine talks directly to influencers and decision makers. Following the success of the first issue, the magazine has seen more partners coming on board and the distribution will be extended. In parallel, VoPP, through its case studies and re-usable charts, keeps providing TSA’s members with high quality curated data about the effectiveness of print marketing and the latest print and paper innovations to inspire them in pushing the boundaries of our powerful media channel. With fast paced innovation both in print and paper technologies, the only limit is only our imagination.

41 per cent membership increase: TSA AS an organisation, TSA Limited has seen a 41 per cent membership increase between FY15 to the present. With industry briefings delivered across Australia and New Zealand, our membership engagement programme has shown that our members are eager to work collaboratively and innovatively. More, they are all united in willing to build a strong and sustainable future for the industry. Embrace the tide – we are the new black, and we are well and truly back. If you’re not a member, jump on (membership starts at $25 plug, plug). If you are a member look-out for the new website coming, filled with lots of good old fashioned bells and whistles to help you kick goals in your next client discussions. Good luck out, I know it has its challenges, however together we can sell the value of print. The results, quality and industry support you. Sources 1

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Signs Unique buys first CAMM-1 vinyl cutter SIGNS Unique Installations of Artarmon, Sydney, is the first printer in Australia to purchase Roland DG’s latest vinyl cutter, the Camm-1 GR Series, supplied by Starleaton, less than a month after it was introduced to the market. Andrew Brown, managing director, Signs Unique Installation says, “The installation of the new Roland

GR cutter so soon after its release is a statement of our intention to be right at the forefront of innovation and progress as we expand sign production capabilities to add to our installation services.” Following a relocation from Mascot to Artarmon, Brown and his growing team of ten have established a separate business, Unico Creative, to focus on sign

production as an adjunct to the Signs Unique Installation business. It works with major national brands such as David Jones, Star Casino, Hungry Jacks, Witchery, Saba and Cue. According to Starleaton, the Australian suppliers of the Camm-1 GR cutters, the new 64” Roland cutter is the largest of the new range and was chosen to closely match the size and speed

of the new OKI ColorPainter printer, also purchased by the Artmaron sign makers. At 1,485mm/s it is claimed to be the fastest vinyl cutter in its class. Both perforation and contour cutting are supported and increased downforce of the blades means that denser materials can be cut. All operator controls are via the LCD panel.

Canon launches high productivity Colorado IMAGING giant Canon is launching a new roll-to-roll 64” printer which uses a newly invented UV Gel, which says Canon means super-fast output at high quality for low ink cost. Pitching the Colorado 1640 between the eco solvent market and the high end UV and latex market Canon says the UV Gel means instant drying and low ink cost, typically between 20-40 per cent lower than conventional inks. Adrian Morris, display graphics manager at Canon says, “Canon took the best of eco solvent, latex and UV inks and created UV Gel. It has the colour gamut of eco solvent, the no odour of latex and the productivity of UV. UVgel ink is faster drying, more viscous, and less liquid than other inks, giving better end results for printers.” Garry Muratore, product manager Display Graphics, Canon says, “Colorado will enable small and medium sized

Adrian Morris (right) launching the new Océ Colorado 1640 at Canon printers to compete at the top end of print, thanks to its super high productivity, which at 159sqm per hour is four times as fast as many machines out there.” At the highest level of quality for close up indoor applications, the printer outputs at a speed of 40sqm an hour.

Canon will launch the Colorado 1640 at PacPrint, although it is already taking orders, with delivery in the second half of the year. Pricing has not yet been finalised, but is likely to be around the $100,000 range. Ink pricing will be competitive with other ink

types. The Colorado is a 700kg printer, which says Muratore is a reflection of the rigidity of the printer necessary to handle the high output. Among the new features on the Océ Colorado is a selfcleaning print head, meaning the days of a technician sitting down with alcohol and a cotton swab are past. And the days of operators loading media onto spindles are gone, as Colorado has a drawer into which two media rolls can be loaded. Muratore says, “Canon UVgel technology incorporates continuous automatic nozzle failure compensation on the fly. This ensures that even when a malfunctioning nozzle is detected it is temporarily switched off and replaced by neighbouring nozzles - a fully automated process that requires no operator intervention. By testing pre-emptively, nozzle defects are identified before they impact negatively on print quality.”

Out of home media surging forward THE Out of Home (OOH) industry has achieved yet another increase in revenue, with the first quarter of 2017 seeing $186m, up from Q1 2016’s result of $176m. According to the Outdoor Media Association (OMA) this is a 5.7 per cent year-on-year increase, and follows from the all-time high revenue growth at the end of 2016, 15.8 per cent. Broken down by month, January saw records broken with a 12.4 per cent increase, February showed small growth of 2.7 per cent, while March grew by 3.6 per cent to $73.2m. Charmaine Moldrich, CEO, OMA says, “OOH’s continuing growth in the first quarter of 2017 confirms it is the ‘tradigital’ channel that is taking on the future, and investing in technology is one of the drivers of this success.” 26

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figure of 36 per cent. Moldrich says, “OOH can connect advertisers with their audiences anywhere, anytime,

whether via a traditional Outdoor poster or a digital screen. Unlike other media channels, OOH can’t be blocked, it can be measured, and it reaches real people when they are out and about in an active state of mind.” This is the latest in a series of revenue increases for OOH, as Q2 2016 saw a huge surge, July 2016 shattered expectations while research showing the ‘double response’ factor of outdoor advertising means that it is an easy sell to customers. Some prominent media buyers have speculated that the growth of OOH has come directly from television advertising spend, with outdoor’s success siphoning more media spend than online giants Facebook and Google, who are often quickly blamed for declining revenues.

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Starleaton: colour management at PacPrint STARLEATON says it will display the colour knowledge it gained from the acquisition of DES at PacPrint, with a focus on colour management, including experts from CGS, Germany. According to Starleaton, acquiring DES in late 2016 came with a reputation in colour management. With products such as CGS Oris and PressMatcher; X-Rite, Pantone, Eizo, Just Normlicht and what was once the Best Rip, now EFI XF, Starleaton says DES had the tools and human expertise to solve almost any colour issues in offset, flexo, digital and wide format.

Russell Cavenagh, NSW sales manager, Starleaton is now in charge of the colour management portfolio, and was with DES for 13 years before the merger. He says, “I believe we earned a reputation as the company for colour management and now we are part of Starleaton, I know the commitment is stronger than ever. Visitors to our stand at PacPrint will see a sizeable area devoted to colour management. We will have two highly qualified experts on the stand from CGS, Germany – Christoph Thommessen and Bernd Rückert – who have visited many times

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OOH! Media is teaming up with the Australian Traffic Network (ATN) delivering simultaneous messages to commuters this week for health insurer ahm, which excludes print. Digital advertising is driving huge growth at oOh!, and is now up to 44 per cent of revenue, up by a third from last year’s 32 per cent. However the company says print, also known as or classic, or static, still has a major role to play. In a first for Australian advertising, the campaign will synchronise ahm’s out of home and sponsored traffic report advertising, across six strategically located digital billboards and ATN’s commercial radio traffic reports in Melbourne. Brendon Cook, CEO, oOh! Media says, “The collaboration, jointly conceived by ATN and oOh!, is a great example of realising the potential of out of home and radio advertising working together. Here is an opportunity for a client, being able to align two media channels for a captured audience using the same messaging in a contextually relevant way. Working together has allowed us to bring this opportunity to life.” Kelly McIlwraith, marketing and strategy director, ATN says, “Our high-interest traffic content offers a great synergy with billboards as the two are consumed while the consumers are on the road. “Working with Posterscope and oOh! to create the campaign has been exciting.” During peak hour traffic, oOh!’s roadside digital billboards will show an uninterrupted ahm ad for six minutes while the radio ad runs at the top and the bottom of the hour at the same time as the ATN traffic reports air on radio. 28

CHARTI is a new Victoria-based wide format supplier, led by industry insider David Cheng, who has 12 years experience with GBC, Neopost and Alloys. Cheng has won some major deals with domestic and global clients, and says he now intends to leverage this and his experience ‘to take large format printing to a new level’ with his newly founded business, Charti. Cheng says, “We believe in customer centricity. We focus on the highest quality, the fastest response and the best price. At Charti, everything we do is geared towards making business life easier and solving customer pain points effectively in our pursuit for continuous improvement. “To be frank and in simple terms the more successful a customer’s business is, ours will be too, so we start with the customer.” Charti says it is a, ‘large format specialist team with a

and will be demonstrating, among other things, how ORIS PressMatcher and InkSaver can transform a printer’s business and save money.” Starleaton says it has four local colour experts of its own in Cavenagh, Peter Way, Daniela Barth and John Bennett, all capable of going beyond plain ICC profiling and matching output across devices and processes such as UV, Solvent, Aqueous and Latex. “It is a completely comprehensive colour service offering,” says Cavenagh, “and one which I would say is unrivalled from a single source

Focus: David Cheng, Charti dynamic energy, turning old heads’. The company’s products and services include hardware and leasing, media, ink, displays and supplies. It markets itself as a start-up that is “here to make your life easier by helping you to do your job better.” Charti says it does this by “simply being there whenever you need us - when you need

in Australia. With a portfolio that includes EFI VUTEk, Epson, Roland DG, OKI and Canon wide-format hardware; colour management becomes even more critical as the higher productivity devices are attracting commercial offset buyers. “These are buyers who want the same output quality from flatbed UVs and roll/hybrid machines as they get from their offset and proofing devices.” Starleaton will be at PacPrint 2017, Melbourne Exhibition Centre from May 23-26 on stand E30, right in the middle of the show.

to know what to order, when you need to know how to order, when you need to know where the goods are. Our response mechanism is fast, efficient, and always on-point. “We are experts in sourcing the best materials for your application and we cater to your needs with expertise, know-how and quality.” It says its How To section of the company’s website is a testament to these ideals, and lets customers find everything they would need for a hassle-free shopping experience. The company also boasts 24hour metro delievery, and what it says is a best-in-class website to order supplies from. The Williamstown, Victoriabased Charti sells nationwide with products from Contex, Epson, HP and Canon and its own branded media, displays and supplies. It offers free shipping on orders of more than $300.

EFI releases Vutek 5r and 3r DIGITAL solutions supplier EFI has brought out two new UV LED inkjet printers, EFITM Vutek 5r and Vutek 3r. The new printers will be shown at Fespa in May in Hamburg. EFI says the Vutek 5r and 3r help printers re-define the market opportunity enabled by high-volume, roll-to-roll signage and graphics printing. The company claims these printers offer the fastest throughput available in its product class. The Vutek 5r and 3r have LED curing technology which EFI says deliver cost savings and environmental benefits, resolutions up to 1200dpi, native EFI UItraDropTM Technology seven, colour distribution

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algorithm providing advantages with ink usage, a litre of ink covers up to 148 square metres. The 3-metre-wide 3r model offers speeds up to 345 square metres per hour, and the 5-metre 5r model is offering speeds up to 454 square metres per hour. Scott Schinlever, senior VP and general manager, EFI Inkjet says, “We have listened to our customers. They are pushing the envelope in terms of the applications they are producing and the speed and quality with which they can do so. Our response is continued innovation, and the Vutek 3r and Vutek 5r are an example of the results.” Both new printers have optional features which

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Neon Yellow for R Ricoh launches innovative fifth colour Neon Yellow to enable printers to cash in on new applications

RINTERS looking to provide added value solutions to their clients and move into new areas will be taking a close look at the PacPrint stand of Ricoh, and specifically its new Neon Yellow product. For it is at PacPrint that Ricoh will have the Australian launch of the Neon Yellow fifth colour for its Pro C7100x series digital colour printers. In launching Neon Yellow, Ricoh aims to help printers to produce eyecatching value-added print. The new colour, developed for the fifth colour station on the Ricoh Pro C7100x series colour cut sheet digital production press, targets the need to differentiate printed products in markets such as magazines, direct mail, retail, marketing material, and point of purchase. Henryk Kraszewski, senior product and marketing manager Production Print, Ricoh, says the new toner reflects a commitment on the part of the company to maintain support for its customers by placing cutting edge technology at their disposal. He says the Neon Yellow has a number of applications for Australian print companies to take advantage of, “Neon Yellow expands the colour gamut, enhances images and can be used as a solid or highlight or graphic colour.” 32

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In addition it is reflective under UV light, which opens up a host of promotional, invitations, and also security print applications, for print business that use the Neon Yellow. The effect could be used as a security feature, the company says, because the toner is difficult to copy. It could therefore be used to print admission tickets and wristbands or other event industry applications that only light up under UV light.

The market continues to demand high quality personalised stand out print Henryk Kraszewski, Ricoh Ricoh says Neon Yellow offers printers a chance to extend the range of printing possibilities offered by standard CMYK, white, or clear printing. Kraszewski adds, “The market continues to demand high quality personalised stand out print and this latest addition to our portfolio will open up a wide number of opportunities. "This adds a creative edge to every day print possibilities, ranging from business cards and invitations to brochures and catalogues. The toner provides a new way of making short or personalised print runs even more effective.” The toner can be used on existing Ricoh Pro C7100x printers that have the fifth toner option. Ricoh’s digital colour printer already provides options of a fifth unit which can

print white or a clear spot varnish effect. Printers who have the five unit machine can simply implement the Neon Yellow by changing the fifth unit as they already do when switching between white and clear. Kraszewski says, “It takes a round 15 minutes, there is no cleaning required. Around 80 per cent of our Pro C7100x customers have the five unit version, so we expect take up of the Neon Yellow to be strong, the cost of an additional developer cartridge is minimal, but the opportunities Neon Yellow provides are significant, and will enable printers to sell the feature on value, not on cost. “The Neon Yellow toner will help our clients create more impactful, high quality, vibrant print,” says Kraszewski. “Everyday print possibilities, ranging from business cards and invitations to brochures and catalogues, can now benefit from an inventive twist. The toner provides a new way of making short or personalised print runs even more effective.” The take up of the fifth unit on the Ricoh Pro C7100x for white and clear printing has been immense. Kraszewski says, “Ricoh is all about providing solutions that enable our customers to optimise the opportunities that are emerging and produce print in the most effective way. The Neon Yellow fulfils that mandate. For a negligible cost Pro C7100x users implementing the Neon Yellow can enter new markets, offer more to their existing markets

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Ricoh Pro C7100x Believe in the power of print – Ricoh at PacPrint Fifth unit for Neon Yellow, or white or clear: the Ricoh Pro C7100x series

RICOH will show applications from multiple new technologies on its stand, and highlight automation and software efficiencies. The Ricoh theme at Pacprint will be ‘Believe in the power of print’, with Henryk Kraszewski saying, “This sums everything about Ricoh, we believe that print has the power to deliver results. Our booth will focus on applications, we will be showing printers ideas to generate more volume, add more value, automate the workflow and enter new markets. We will be demonstrating how to generate more revenue, more applications, more jobs and more finished product.” The company will highlight both hardware and software, with the latter under its TotalFlow umbrella.

Kraszewski says, “We will have a dedicated studio for workflow solutions. Printers will be able to see for themselves what a simple process it is to increase efficiencies. For instance with the Neon Yellow we will show how we can take an existing PDF and add a layer for Neon Yellow. It is straightforward.” TotalFlow software has also been designed to eliminate bottlenecks, and connect directly to the customer through web to print and MIS. Kraszewski says, “We will be showing our QuickPrint suite for the first time. This includes EFI Storefront web to print and PrintSmith Vision MIS. Both of these are available on a subscription basis, which means low cost, no upgrades, and no IT infrastructure.”

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and differentiate themselves from the competition.” The white unit for instance enables printing on a black stock, thanks to its high opacity, enabling a host of added value applications. Kraszewski says, “The ability of the Pro C7100x to interchange between white, clear and Neon Yellow is key. This gives tremendous flexibility and cost optimisation.” That flexibility extends to substrates, with the Neon Yellow, like the white and clear, not restricted to substrate type. Kraszewski says, “The Pro C7100x printers can print on virtually any substrate, from paper to synthetics, we have even put a wood veneer through and printed successfully on it. The Neon Yellow in common with the other fifth units can print on all these substrates. "Synthetics for instance are used extensively in the outdoor activities world, in training applications, and in menus. This flexibility and ability to produce multiple applications is one of the reasons why the Ricoh Pro C7100x has been so successful since its launch." Neon Yellow has been developed by Ricoh in response to customer demand. Kraszewski says, “Ricoh conducts extensive customer research, and one of the areas we wanted to look at was what other functions the fifth unit could be used for, with UV responsive Neon Yellow among those at the top of the list. Now we have delivered it, and printers at PacPrint will be able to see it for themselves.”

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RICOH will launch its Pro C5200s series at PacPrint, its new entry level colour production printer aimed at in-house print centres, corporate reprographics departments, print-for-pay operations and commercial printers. The new Ricoh Pro C5200s and Pro C5210s produce colour and black-and-white documents at up to 65 and 80ppm, respectively, reaching VCSEL resolutions of up to 1,200 x 4,800dpi. Along with optional oversized media support, the Pro C5200s works with medias of up to 360gsm simplex and 300gsm duplex, and can print an oversize 700mm length sheet. “With the Ricoh Pro C5200s series, we are helping

expand customers’ capabilities so they can serve as a one-stop shop for their clients, whether they are an in-plant or print-for-pay. This series is designed to fit easily on our customers’ production floors, within their information flows, and within their budgets,” says Kraszewski. The system has a total paper capacity of up to 8,250 sheets and four paper trays available as standard. This feature combines with the series’ saddle-stitching, embedded paper library, and folding capabilities to make the Pro C5200s devices suited for booklet production. Optional cover interposers and booklet finishers are available.

New: Ricoh Pro C8200 THE company will also launch a new monochrome press, the Pro C8200 which comes with enhancements over its predecessor including improved image quality, greater substrate flexibility than previously, and more finishing choices. These extra options includes the inline connection

to Watkiss PowerSquare 224 and the Duplo DBM 600 booklet maker. This machine also features a BDT feeder able to feed 5,000 700mm long sheets into the press. Kraszewski says, “The 8200 series will go into printers producing training materials, manuals, legal documents, books, and schools work.”

Direct to Garment RICOH will be showing an AnaJet direct to garment printer, a flatbed device which can print directly to a garment, even from an image downloaded from a mobile phone. It will also print on baseball caps and the like. This becomes available in a new design and in two formats in the new year and is the sort of product that Ricoh is convinced commercial printers need to be

looking at. Kraszewski says, “Ricoh acquired Anajet last year, and is recreating the system with Ricoh printheads and inks. The PacPrint machine will be a preview, but there is no doubt direct-to-garment printing represents an opportunity for printers, with t-shirts, caps, shopping bags and many other garment products all able to be printed on Anajet.”

Technology insight: VC60000 RICOH will be using its live video technology to give daily demonstrations of its high speed webfed inkjet digital colour VC60000 printer direct from its regional customer experience centre in Thailand.

Kraszewski says, “We used live feed from drupa which proved successful, and this will be similar. Printers will see the VC60000 producing work on a range of regular offset stocks.

New: Ricoh 4100 wide format PACPRINT will see the official launch of the Ricoh 4100 digital inkjet wide format printer. Using Ricoh printheads and inks the company says the 4100 can produce high quality jobs on a wide range of substrates. Kraszewski says, “Because it has a low curing temperature of just 60 degrees it means that when prints

come off the 4100 they can go straight to postpress or distribution, there is no need to set them aside for a day or two. "It also is the reason why the 4100 can print on such a wide range of stock, as the low temperature means the stock is no subject to undue amounts of heat.” Australian Printer - April 2017

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PacPrint 2017: Conn Vendors will be exhibiting their latest and greatest, showing attendees how they view the future of print in Australia and New Zealand

NNOVATION and progress inevitably occurs at the intersection of technologies, skills, experience and knowledge. At PacPrint 2017, there will be plenty of opportunities to connect with the people and ideas which can help you innovate into a successful future. PacPrint has always been the venue at which business owners and decision makers can view and compare equipment, systems and services all under the one roof. That showcase is the platform on which such shows are built – and PacPrint 2017 will be no exception – but more than that, this year’s show is shaping up as a hub for industry professionals to connect with the people who can help translate new ideas into future realities. The show’s focus on the future will become immediately apparent approaching the MCEC from the Yarra River concourse, where a large, walk-through installation of printed organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar panels will grace the lawns adjacent to the Polly Woodside. Brought to the show by the University of Newcastle, the installation will be staffed by researchers and technology specialists from the Universities of Newcastle and Wollongong and the CRC for Polymers, keen to discuss the commercial potential of this, and other functional print applications, with print service providers and industry suppliers. A public lecture on the progress of their research will also be held at 5.30pm on Wednesday May 24. Inside the exhibition space, Currie Group will certainly be one of the most impressive exhibitors, featuring eye-catching examples of automation and end to end solutions, which flow from input to finished product, reducing touchpoints and increasing productivity and profitability. The show will see the Australasian debut of the druparelease HP Indigo 8000, claimed to be the fastest digital label press in the world, connected to an AB Graphics Series 3 finishing line, designed for high-end embellishment. There will also be an 34

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HP Indigo 7900 demonstrated for the first time in the world connected inline to the fully-automated Horizon SPF 200 booklet maker; a new range of fluoro inks, and new applications of the company’s EPM high productivity mode technology. HP Australia, working closely with partners Currie Group, will encourage visitors to ‘reinvent printing’ with an array of large format design and industrial printers. A number of HP Indigo digital presses making their Australian debut and customised innovation will feature, with the HP SmartStream Mosaic software

driving production of personalised bottles of wine for the first 5000 registered PacPrint visitors, bespoke wall and window coverings produced on HP Latex, and corrugated applications on HP Scitex. HP DesignJet T3500 and Z6800 wideformat printers, HP PageWide XL 5000 and 8000 models will complete the range. During the show, a range of materials from A2 and A3 personalised posters, pamphlets, stickers and even customised tablecloths will be produced for Cancer Council Australia. Another big player, Canon is also

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quality, to produce a wide range of innovative and relevant print pieces, and the productive iGen 5, the flagship cutsheet digital press, with clear toner option, which Fuji Xerox says has been ‘built for the changing world of printing’. Agfa Graphics will cover the prepress, sign and display sectors, with its Avalon N4 thermal CTP system which embodies Agfa’s latest thermal plate technology, Energy Elite Eco; the economical and productive Arkana Smart Plate Processor; and the latest in the popular Anapurna printer range, the high-performance M3200i RTR

3.2m wide six-colour roll-to-roll UV inkjet printer, and H3200i LED high-speed hybrid UV LED-curable inkjet system which can handle board and roll-to-roll print jobs. The latest Ferag Skyfall overhead conveyor system will dominate the WRH Global stand, where visitors will also be able to see the Tolarans inline stitcher for quaterfold products, innovative Planamet adhesive technology, Xingraphics Primus Plus thermal plates and the IBF Direct-T develop-on-press plate. Starleaton’s varied display will feature the OKI ColorPainter range of eco-solvent wide-format printers, including the super-fast M-64S and new economy version, the E-64S. They will be shown alongside Zünd table die-cutters, colour management systems, inkjet media, films and laminates, inks, toners and coatings, cutters and laminators, monitors and plan storage systems. Nowhere will the focus on the future be more apparent than on the PES stand, which will feature the ground-breaking Massivit 1800 3D printer that created excitement at drupa with its capacity to create super-sized, 3D displays for advertising, promotions, marketing activations and entertainment. PES will also demonstrate other solutions including the latest Durst Rho P10 160 HDR wide-format printer. Spicers will also point to the future with an innovative LG LCD refrigerator on stand, but the focus will no doubt be more on its popular range of Elitron SDC automatic cutting and routing solutions, the heavyweight EFI Vutek super-wide printer, Mimaki JFX-200 and JV400 LX printers, and the company’s new Spike by Ike smartphone measuring system. The display will be rounded out by a huge range of substrates including Dichroic and Di-Noc from 3M, Dichroic and DiNoc from 3M, X-Board, Fotoboden, dtec Acrylic and Skybond. Also in media, Rojo Pacific will present a range of wide format media products, including its versatile and eco-friendly Katz Display Board, which it says is the perfect alternative to rigid plastics and ugly corrugateds, SupaCling vinyls, Rodure synthetic papers and magnetic media and Rotex fabrics. Alushine will present its aluminium composite panels and Pozitive will demonstrate the new, improved DGI Fabrijet range of reliable, sublimation printers for the sportswear, clothing, textile and soft signage markets. PacPrint will be a pivotal show for Graph-Pak, which will launch its own range of ancillary equipment and host the Australasian launch Continued on page 36 Australian Printer - April 2017

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Continued from page 35 of the latest-generation smart collators from blue chip supplier, Col-Tek, among other solutions from Busch, Autobond, D&K Europe, Vacuumatic, TRS and Thermotype. Those interested in finishing and value adding will not want to miss stitching solutions from Miruna or Trimatt Systems range of inkjet addressing, numbering and barcoding, and polywrapping and inserting systems, which can help enclose printed media ready for mail and distribution. In the sign and display sector, Sign Essentials will bring the Lamidesk EasyShift flatbed application tables and Impact CNC Lightning CO2 lasers, illuminated signage options will feature on stands like SA LED and LED Works and Multicam will focus on its latest routers. In the areas of MIS, workflow and colour management, several leading names will bring their latest solutions including PrintIQ, Tharstern, Esko, Optimus, Accura and Objectif Lune. Workflowz will feature its breakthrough Chili publisher, iC3D real-time, all-inone 3D packaging design software, Enfocus tools for PDF file quality control and workflow automation solutions. Nearby, Kodak, will be featuring new digital and packaging capabilities and cloud connectivity in its Prinergy Workflow, and

colour management and ISO colour certification specialist. For those in packaging and labels, PacPrint stalwarts Aldus Tronics will demonstrate the latest Mark Andy Digital One press, Rotoflex label inspection rewinders and digital finishing systems, as well as products for flexo plate washing, roller cleaning and web inspection, while Bottcher will be taking visitors through its innovative solutions for commercial printing, flexo and labels and carton board packaging. Visitors will also be able to connect with a range of business and trade services, from equipment finance options from Ecolease, to a new W2P portal from wideformat print specialists, Vivad. The company says its Vivtrack 2.0 has been custom-designed for the notoriously diverse large format industry, and will make it easy for print service providers to expand into sign, display and exhibition solutions with a reliable trade partner. Also presenting as a trade partner are digital label printer Foxcil and continuous plastic poster printer Roller Poster. PacPrint co-hosts Visual Connections and Printing Industries will present their range of services at the show, with the Packaging Council of Australia also represented on the Printing Industries stand. PrintNZ will once again bring a strong contingent to provide

representation for the hundreds of Kiwi visitors expected to attend. Perhaps most importantly, PacPrint visitors will be able to connect with each other, in the aisles of the exhibition, at events like the Women in Print Breakfast on Wednesday May 24 from 7.30 - 9.30am and the National Print Awards Presentation Night, which will be held on Thursday May 25 in the adjacent Convention Centre, and at the free PacPrint Forum Series which will run throughout the show to inform and inspire. Morning keynote sessions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from futurist Steve Tighe, helicopter paramedic Peter Davidson, comic and author Marty Wilson, and rescue and film pilot Jerry Grayson â&#x20AC;&#x201C; will be followed by panel discussions, in-depth presentations and hands-on workshop sessions on a wide range of topics from future technologies, to industry issues, opportunities and challenges, business management and marketing, funding and tender opportunities, employment issues and industry best practice. More information is on the PacPrint website. PacPrint 2017 is hosted by Printing Industries and Visual Connections, and will run from 2326 May at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Register online for PacPrint 2017 now, or find out more at www.pacprint.com.au.

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Packaging: Simplified

SKO will introduce significant innovations in both the software and hardware product offering to help customers to manage, create and produce better packaging, signs and displays. Esko says as the market today demands shorter but more print production runs, and needs a faster time to market, leading to more complex processes and operations. At the same time, operations are facing a lack of skilled operators. These global trends span across the entire packaging process from idea to shelf, from the brand to the designer, premedia and tradeshops to the printer/converter. Visitors to the stand at Pacprint will experience how Esko solutions can inspire them to improve their operations and face these challenges.

Short runs and lead times TO ensure that products are relevant and appealing to consumers, brands have embraced diversification. Variation in size, introduction of new flavors and regional marketing campaigns improve shelf appeal but can have a profound impact on packaging and label production. Add to that the ever greater need to comply with government regulations, which means more onpack languages and symbols, all of which require frequent updates. These developments present a distinct challenge in managing and producing for CPG brand owners, and – as a consequence – for packaging, label, display and signage premedia, tradeshops and converters. They need to take control of smaller batches of printed packaging and labels for ever more SKUs with just-in-time delivery and more stringent quality demands. Scott Thompson, Inside Sales & Marketing - Oceania for Esko says, “The number of jobs per shift continues to increase. Today, label and packaging converters, sign makers and display manufacturers often spend more time setting up their printing presses and converting equipment between jobs than in the actual printing and converting itself. “Press changeovers have to be faster to ensure margins are maintained. And the same is true for design, artwork creation and making jobs print ready: short lead time requirements demand higher throughput for these processes and better control of operations. “Esko facilitates these pressing challenges by integrating and simplifying every step of the packaging management, prepress and production process. That is why we have chosen Packaging Simplified as our Pacprint theme.”

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Esko is launching solutions to enable its customers to manage, create and produce better packaging

Integrated and connected

Addressing the skill gap

TO remain profitable today, printers and converters must ensure their prepress and production workflows are integrated within their business operations and connected with the entire supply chain, 24/7, around the globe. At Pacprint, Esko will be showing solutions that address these demands for every step of the production process, from idea creation and briefing to printing and finishing. The complexities do not stop there. Packaging converters and premedia providers also need to think about structural design, shapes fit for purpose and finishing. They have to get the design print ready while managing barcodes, critical content and other legally required elements. T hey must prepare printing plates and die-shapes for all possible output, often in mixed production environments where digital and conventional print are used side by side, each with their specific requirements. But whether using offset, flexo, gravure or digital print; brand colors must be accurate and consistent. Thompson says, “Esko has built tremendous expertise over decades, understanding and mastering all these complexities and delivering smart and proven technologies, that enable converters to achieve a smooth, efficient operation while taking cost and complexity out. That is why Esko is the natural choice for making Packaging Simplified.”

OF course, perfect quality, ecofriendliness and a more complex printing technology mix are table stakes these days. And it is also true that companies are facing a skills gap that adds to operational complexities. Thompson says, “None of this is trivial. As we develop and enhance our products, we talk to many business owners and our product managers also analysed support calls over an extended time period. They watch operators observing how they work and scan for improvement opportunities. This customer intimacy has been the driver behind changes to hardware and software user interfaces “Packaging Simplified is our path forward and our promise to the industry. At Pacprint, visitors to our stand will see many ways to bring this theme home to their own operations. Our goal is to bring to each element of the production process an outstanding user experience across software and hardware that reduces the learning curve while increasing flexibility, speed, productivity and quality.” “We are helping our customers master growing complexity with innovative solutions. Esko has applied its many years of expertise to redefining our offerings to master short runs effectively, improve equipment uptime, avoid errors and maintain quality. Packaging Simplified: Esko is whom they will remain successful with in the world of tomorrow.”

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High output print with low ink cost

MAGING giant Canon is launching a new roll-to-roll 64” printer which uses a newly invented UV Gel, which says Canon means super-fast output at high quality for low ink cost. Pitching the Colorado 1640 between the eco solvent market and the high end UV and latex market Canon says the UV Gel means instant drying and low ink cost, typically between 20-40 per cent lower than conventional inks. Adrian Morris, display graphics manager at Canon says, “Canon took the best of eco solvent, latex and UV inks and created UV Gel. It has the colour gamut of eco solvent, the no odour of latex and the productivity of UV. UVgel ink is faster drying, more viscous, and less liquid than other inks, giving better end results for printers.” Garry Muratore, product manager Display Graphics, Canon says, “Colorado will enable small and medium sized printers to compete at the top end of print, thanks to its super high productivity, which at 159sqm per hour is four times as fast as many machines out there.” At the highest level of quality for close up indoor applications, the printer operates at a speed of 40sqm an hour. Canon will launch the Colorado 1640 at PacPrint, although it is already taking orders, with delivery in the second half of the year. Pricing has not yet been finalised, but is likely to be in the sub $100,000 range. Ink pricing will be competitive with other ink types. The Colorado is a 700kg printer, which says Muratore is a reflection of

Canon is using PacPrint to launch the Colorado 1640 1.6m wide format printer, which comes with a new ink technology UV Gel and can output up to 159sqm of print an hour

Superfast: Colorado 1640 the rigidity of the printer necessary to handle the high output. Among the new features on the Océ Colorado is a self-cleaning print head, meaning the days of a technician sitting down with alcohol and a cotton swab are past. And the days of operators loading media onto spindles are gone, as Colorado has a drawer into which two media rolls can be loaded. Garry Muratore, product manager Display Graphics, Canon Business Services, says, “Canon UVgel technology incorporates continuous automatic nozzle failure compensation on the fly. This ensures that even when a malfunctioning nozzle is detected it is temporarily switched off and replaced by neighbouring nozzles - a fully automated process that requires no operator intervention. By testing pre-emptively, nozzle defects are identified before they impact negatively on print quality.” “The printer also features Océ MediaStep System, which uses an optical feedback loop that

continuously monitors media advance to automatically correct the subsequent step size as needed.” Muratore says, “The Colorado 1640 raises the bar in every way; productivity, quality, profitability. It has been called the latex killer because it offers more for less. It prints indoor and outdoor media, at high quality and will give the customer a positive experience. “Canon spent $2.85bn in R+D in 2015, and has been I top five companies applying for patents for the past 28 years. This is indicative of the kind of company Canon is, and how it has been able to develop this new technology. UVGel is a remarkable development, and will certainly benefit printers.” Muratore says the instant drying and high productivity will enable printers to meet the demands of the on demand market. According to InfoTrends some 41 per cent of wide format customers now want their print back in less than 24 hours, with a further 21 per cent wanting it in less than two days.

Canon launches new imagePress digital colour with Fiery rip CANON Australia has released a new digital colour press, the imagePress C10000VP and C8000VP series, which support a wide range of media types and weights from 70gsm to 350gsm. Canon says this new digital colour press meets the demand for a solution with outstanding output quality and colour consistency. The new series R-VCSEL laser scanner unit creates more precise images up to 2400 x 2400dpi. Peter Britliff, senior managerproduct marketing, Canon Australia says, “Listening to our customers’ evolving demands, the next generation imagePress will take imagePress quality and productivity to the next level. 38

“Integrating industry proven imagePress features with new technologies, the imagePressxC10000VP and C8000VP provides print service providers with the necessary competitive edge for today’s business.” The new series has dual fixing technology to maintain high productivity, even on long runs jobs, Canon says the imagePress delivers high-quality output with a robust print speed of up to 100 imagesper-minute (ipm) for the imagePress C10000VP and 80ipm for the imagePress C8000VP. For heavy duty environments, the imagePress C10000VP can support a monthly duty cycle of up to 1.8

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million prints. Additionally Canon says it offers easily replaceable operator maintenance parts and an extended lifetime of key parts, helping to increase uptime and reduce the number of service calls needed. Some of features the C10000VP has includes the combination of the new CV toner and advanced Intermediate Transfer Belt, allowing for a smooth image transfer and enables the imagePress to deliver colour-rich prints on a variety of media. The real time automatic calibration multi density adjustment technology and in-line spectroscopic sensor automatically corrects for disparities in gradation and provides more accurate feedback to the engine

for consistent colour reproduction. The imagePress C10000VP Series can run media of up to 350gsm, with what Canon says is outstanding output quality, even on textured or specialty stock. The new air knife enables the engine to run thinly coated media as light as 70gsm suited for applications such as direct mail. The series offers users a selection of digital front end options, including Prismasync and imagePress Server powered by EFI Fiery. The latest versions of the platforms allow the system to integrate seamlessly into any type of workflow or environment. Fiery imagePress Server, delivers substantial gains in efficiency such as more accurate colour reproduction.

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ITH more than 70 per cent of all commercial print still produced by offset it may surprise many printers to note that Cyber alone will be showing an offset press on the floor of PacPrint, with a new Ryobi 924 LED-UV four colour SRA1 8-up on daily demonstration. Bernard Cheong, managing director of Cyber Australia says, “Offset is a long way from dying off. Our focus has always been seeing is believing. This is the driving force behind us putting in the extra effort to bring in a printing press to the show.” The Ryobi on show for printers coming into PacPrint has LED-UV technology, the low energy instant drying printing system. Cheong says, “Ryobi has long been market leader for LED-UV technology. Our first commercial release was in 2008 and we will be showing the third generation LED-UV device. Our competitors has just released their LED-UV technology at drupa 2016, this is eight years behind us. Today we have many installations all across Australia and SE Asia.” Ryobi believes that a litho press equipped with LED-UV can happily compete with digital printing on a cost-per sheet-basis on run lengths as short as 200 sheets. The system is not simply a reduced-power UV option, it is a genuine and fully integrated LED-UV curing system. The growing acceptance of LED as a significant benefit to printers has meant that the vast majority of orders for this press during the last 18 months have included the LEDUV option. The 920 Series LED-UV is proving a winner in Australia, with many printers, including trade printers, installing the press, thanks to its ability to print 8-up A4, dry the sheet instantly and its low energy requirements. And Australian printers are far from alone, Printpac in Japan installed its first Ryobi 920PF-8 LED in

LED-UV Ryobi 920 series, only offset press at PacPrint

Cyber is showing the only offset press at PacPrint, the Ryobi 924 LED UV, as well as a host of finishing solutions

September, 2015, currently it has 10 Ryobi 920PF-8 LED presses, and has just ordered another 10 920PF8 LED, meaning it will have 20 presses, making it the biggest single user of Ryobi 920PF-8 LED. Visitors to the Cyber stand will see samples printed on stock that normally may take a significant amount of time to dry come off the press dry and ready to finish. The Ryobi 920 series on show at PacPrint is the 10 Year edition. Cyber says it will have a new look with many improvements and added features. Cheong says, “The already highly automated and highly productive press is made even more user friendly with a 55” LED press information display, and features all designed to and bring higher profits to its users.” The new series introduces the PQS-D for the first time in Australia. This Print Quality inspection system does full image inspection, automatic density and register controls. With the 55” LED press information display, live viewing monitors and density measuring monitor can be viewed simultaneously. The smart printing solution can be fully digitally integrated with CIP4-PPF, CIP4-JDF, MIS or installed with Ryobi’s Print Job Manager for scheduling and

collection of real-time production analysis data. Cheong says, “This is a highly versatile press with more than 100 different configuration. All our presses are custom produced to suit the individual printer’s requirements. The scope of paper handling has been improved among the new features on the Ryobi 920 series is the V-Feeder, which comes from the 1050 series presses, for stable high speed printing on a wide variety of paper stocks. There is also a new infeed drum fan out mechanism for improve registration with thin paper, a new front lay design (again from the 1050 series presses) to handle thick cardboard and curled paper. In addition there is a new swing under blower, a new pneumatic pull side guide, a new automatic feeder pile lateral alignment function, a new Smart-Fully automatic platechanger. A new roller arrangement prevents ink emulsification by reducing water usage (from the 1050 series presses), a new anti-ghosting mechanism (from the 1050 series presses), a new roller cleaning design to reduce cleaning time and usage of cleaning solution, from the 1050 series presses, There is a new auto stop position function for roller nip checking, a new auto stop position function for greasing, and a new auto ink key zeroing function.

Finishing first at PacPrint from Cyber CYBER is known for installing more offset presses in Australia than anyone else with the RMGT (Ryobi) presses going in to an increasing number of printers. It is also building a reputation as a supplier of first rate finishing solutions, where the criteria is the same as its presses – efficiency, innovation, cost effective and the highest quality. In guillotines Cyber supplies the Perfecta range which includes the 115 Premium Line, which will be on 40

show at PacPrint, and 132-TS. Bernard Cheong says, “The Perfectas are the fastest, safest, most productive and most accurate paper cutters on the market today. These first-class, heavyduty, computer-controlled, highspeed guillotine’s feature Perfecta’s Premium Line CIP4/JDF touch screen computer controller, oversize tables, stainless steel air bed, high speed knife change, and slotless table.” The Perfectas allow automation of a printer’s entire cutting system, or

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are suitable as a flexible stand-alone machine. Rear table loading with numerous useful options enables the creation of individual products In addition to Perfecta guillotines Cyber will exhibit a wide range of high quality print finishing solutions. These include the Hohner Economy 25/40, a robust single head wire stitching machine for standard and loop stitching of pads and brochures, and the Hohner Easy Stitcher an economical and compact single

head stitching machine for standard and loop stitching of booklets, pads, paper and plastic bags in packaging, attaching labels and tags. The company will also show a range of Uchida finishing machines. These include the Countron AT paper counting machine, which is a twinblade counting system. It counts thick board without any corner bending the Uchida XA-4 spindle stroke type paper drilling machine and the Uchida Tapit-W paper bundling machine.

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INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS TUESDAY 23 MAY, 2017 10.30am SMART SENSING TECHNOLOGY Professor Donald McCallum – University of New South Wales 11.30am MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES Sandra O’Neill – The Marketing Division 1.30pm PRINT IN A DIGITAL FIRST WORLD Victoria Fratin – TSA Ltd 2.30pm TAKING PRINTING TO THE NEXT DIMENSION: 3D PRINTING FOR THE JEWELLER, PLUMBER, MUSICIAN, SURFER AND CLINICIAN Adam Taylor – Additive Fabrication Engineer, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science University of Wollongong 4.00pm INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRY Charles Watson – Printing Industries Association

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2.30pm EFFICIENT USE OF SPECTRODENSITOMETERS FOR COLOUR QUALITY CONTROL Albin Baranauskas – Managing Director, TECHKON GmbH 4.00pm COMMERCIAL CONTRACT Grace Kim – Printing Industries Association FRIDAY 26 MAY, 2017 10.30am CRACKING THE TENDERING CODE Celia Jordaan – Ichiban Procurement Services 12.30pm INDUSTRY VALUES AND BEST PRACTICE PROGRAM Rebecca Mason – Print Industries Association & David Carter Packaging Council 2.30pm TIPS, TECHNIQUES AND SHORTCUTS – COREL DRAW X7 Richard Windeyer

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ITH its deep commitment to innovation and to the print industry Epson is one of the must-see stands at the show. The company has just been awarded a spot, yet again, in the Top 100 Global Innovators listing, giving external validation to its credentials, which as far as printers are concerned is being made manifest in a number of new solutions, all designed to enable print business owners to exploit new and emerging opportunities.

Labels SurePress L-6034VW The Epson SurePress L-6034VW digital press has been designed for label converters seeking to move into the digital age, either for the first time or as an expansion, with enhanced customer service, marketability and operational profit. Presses combine digital image processing with the latest ink and drop-on-demand print technologies to facilitate flexible production with outstanding print quality. Craig Heckenberg, general manager at Epson says, “The Epson label printers produce labels with exceptional colour and resolution on a wide range of industry standard substrates, without the need for special coatings or pre-treatment. Machines are easy to operate, simple to install, and support a wide range of industry standard finishing equipment. “They are particularly suited to medium, short and ultra-short length jobs where they offer rapid and cost-effective turnaround. They deliver a precise, premium product with low running costs, minimum maintenance, and low downtime.

Epson has a host of technologies for emerging applications on show at PacPrint

ColorWorks C3500 and ColorWorks C7500 Epson’s ColorWorks Desktop Label Solutions are aimed at high mix label requirements, these solutions feature commercial inkjet printers; fastdrying, durable colour inks suitable for a range of media types and sizes. With on-demand colour printing, instead of maintaining an expensive inventory of pre-printed labels, you can print the labels you need, when you need them. Already Epson’s ColorWorks Desktop Label Solutions are delivering proven results for a wide range of labelling applications from packaging and manufacturing to logistics, retail, ticketing and more. High print speed up to 300mm/second and print resolution 1200 x 600 dpi.

Signage SureColor S60600 and SureColor S80600 Epson says its signage and décor printers have been designed to produce superior output with faster, more efficient, and cost-effective operation. They are compatible with an enhanced range of media including the full range of paper, canvas, film and vinyl substrates. According to the company they produce images that are brighter, and are more durable, have a higher gloss level and gamut range than competitors. Heckeberg says, “Whether you are producing indoor POS or outdoor signage, backlit displays or window decorations, banners or vehicle decals, wallpapers or floor finishes, posters or labels, our printers can do it all. We offer a range of models to suit different production volumes and output requirements, all with easy loading, simple operation and reduced running costs.”

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SureColor SC-F9200 Epson’s fabric and merchandise printers are designed to enable rapid and cost-effective production of printed goods and material. Aimed at those producing clothing, sportswear, soft-signage or gifts, Epson fabric printers offer flexible output capabilities with easy management and low maintenance. All models are backed with Epson warranties and a range of service options. When the Epson SureColor Fabric DS series was first released it represented a new beginnning; designed from the ground up for dye sublimation, it provided one of the first turn-key single-vendor production platforms. Heckenberg says, “Today it continues to lead the way with predictable, consistent

and superior image quality that is augmented with a range of models to suit different production requirements. The F9200 combines wide format output with low running costs, and efficient roll-to-roll operation. It suits production of clothing, soft signage, and fabrics.” Prints are made on paper which is then transferred (sublimated) via a heat press onto material that contains a polyester base or has received a polyester pre-treatment. The SC-F9200 is designed to operate in conjunction with a calendar style heat press. It combines Epson’s advanced PrecisionCore print head technology with UltraChrome DS ink, a large Continuous Ink Supply System (CISS), 64” wide print engine with media output heater, and high precision Auto Take-Up. Dual print heads enable high resolution output with adjustable dot sizing, precise ink density and placement control at high speed. The ink supports a wide range of industry standard transfer media with output that is not only cost-effective but has predictable and precise colour. The engine, supply system and ATU all work together to facilitate continuous roll-to-roll printing at up to 100sqm per hour for an efficient production process. SureColor F2000 The SureColor Fabric series has been designed from the ground up to ensure superior quality, performance, and reliability when imaging on cloth, garments, and merchandise. The F2000 is a direct to garment (DTG) printing platform for work involving cotton based shirts, caps, bags, and promotional items. Prints can be made to pre-cut fabric or directly onto a finished garment with a heat press then used to fix the dye. It enables production of customised and value-added goods with high impact and good wash/ wear durability. The printing platform and ink have been developed together, this integrated approach ensures exceptional image quality with reduced running costs, and also enhanced mechanical durability with reduced maintenance. Epson says the system is easy to operate and offers fast, flexible production for low volume applications. The SC-F2000 uses Epson UltraChrome DG ink along with an advanced PrecisionCore print head. Epson says the ink provides a significantly enhanced colour range with high brightness, formulated for easy fixing with a flexible and durable finish. The head provides improved resolution and enhanced reliability with precise dot sizing and placement for smooth predictable colour with minimal bleed and ink consumption.

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Quality, Simplicity and Speed

THE NEW EPSON S-SERIES SIGNAGE RANGE Introducing Epson’s new roll-to-roll sign and display printers incorporating the latest technologies for quality signage made simpler, faster and more cost effective. • Fast media loading with automatic set-up and skew correction • Self cleaning Print Heads and Advanced Auto Tension Control • Next generation ink produces prints with superior gamut and gloss for maximum impact • Reliability guaranteed with warranty packages up to 5 years

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Niche printing opportunities

ICHE markets can offer printers decent margins, certainly compared with the ultracompetitive general commercial market, and visitors to PacPrint will have the opportunity to assess two of those niches for themselves on the Foxcil and Roller Poster stand. Foxcil is a trade printer of short run labels, while Roller Poster is a trade printer on continuous rolls of printed plastic. Both are part of Roger Kirwan’s group of companies, and both offer new revenue streams for printers. Kirwan says, “We felt it was important to be there as we expect all nearly all our customers to be there (other printers and print buyers) so a great opportunity for us to catch up with our many partners in the industry. The stand will be manned by myself, Sarah Kirwan from Foxcil sales, and Daniel Benham, who is responsible for Group sales. “We also have the opportunity to showcase some recent products and product developments –including introducing our new shopping bag capability – Creatabull bags – which is a brand of Roller poster. We will also be demonstrating a new concept in flag bunting – which is provided as a one piece, and we will be launching a new concept in partially sticky labels.” He says, “I started Foxcil because it was becoming apparent that there was a need for short-run on demand labels but no-one to service that need. Variable data was also emerging, although this has been a bit of a slow burner. I had the commercial experience and the label experience. And I had a lot of contacts through working with Geon and Opus. My main market was trade printing. Many print businesses are asked for short run labels. At the start though it was a struggle to convince them that we could produce what they wanted, but eventually they realised that there weren’t that many trade label printers that could offer a two day turnaround service on labels.” Kirwan started Foxcil with just himself and one other person, with himself the main printer, servicing

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Trade supplier of labels, Foxcil, and trade producer of continuous rolls of printed plastic, Roller Poster, will show printers how to exploit new revenue streams

other commercial printers with labels. Today here are five times the number of people working at the company, and business comes from all over Australia. Kirwan says, “We know what commercial printers want, we know what pressures they are under, and we give them what they need when they need it.” The main production equipment at Foxcil is the Xeikon digital press. Kirwan knew Xeikon well from his time at Kiwi Labels, and is a fan of the Belgian manufactured digital colour printer. He says, “It has been brilliant, reliable, and consistently producing high quality work. I have been to the factory in Belgium, talked to the people there, they really know what they are doing.” He also invested in a Roland DG wide format printer, for ultra-short run stickers. Roller Poster is a specialised print business producing LDPE and BOPP in continuous reels, and has a Simon VK central impression flexo press as its main piece of production equipment. Simon flexo presses were used at the first printer Kirwan ever worked at Mainguard Packaging in Christchurch, which at the time had 120 staff and half a dozen of these

types of presses, and he was entirely comfortable with what he saw. When Kirwan bought Roller Poster he says, “I walked in, saw the big Simon, and I knew exactly what it was and what it was capable of.” Now that Roller Poster is bedded in to the Group Kirwan is looking to expand the product offering, and has been investing in plastic bag production equipment, and is looking at alternate applications in the flexible packaging space, with products sold under the Creatabull bags brand. Kirwan says, “Roller Poster is based on quick turnarounds and short runs. We have a got a fantastic machine and guys that really know how to run it. Finishing options will become our focus.” Kirwans’s investment in equipment is set to continue following the new GE DLD320 digital plotter / cutter 320mm from Gulmen Engineering. Kirwan says he expects to be shortly announcing two further major investments in print capacity and capability for both Roller Poster and Foxcil, to ensure both companies can remain at the front of the curve for their customers.

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Reinventing printing: HP

Keep reinventing printing

with HP

HP will be taking its biggest-ever stand at PacPrint and will be showing an array of advanced printing technology

P Australia will present an extensive array of large format design and industrial printers at its biggest ever stand at the upcoming Pacprint 2017. A number of HP Indigo digital presses never before seen in Australia will also be showcased, in partnership with Currie Group. HP is highlighting its personalisation credentials by creating a treat for Early Bird Registrations for the show. The first 5,000 pre-registered attendees for this year’s Pacprint 2017 will receive a complimentary bottle of wine by famed Australian winemaker, Wolf Blass, featuring an individually personalised label. 46

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These one-of-a-kind wine labels highlight the latest in customised innovation HP offers its Indigo users via HP SmartStream Mosaic, a design technology software that enables the creation of exclusive products for a memorable customer experience.

On show at Pacprint At its biggest ever stand HP will demonstrate the unlimited customisation opportunities on offer, from bespoke wall or window coverings for the interior décor segment with HP Latex, to digitally printing corrugated applications with HP Scitex. HP DesignJet large format printers will also be on show, with devices including HP DesignJet T3500 and Z6800, allowing users to turn jobs around in record time, making all the difference for businesses wanting to produce AEC, CAD drawings, or high-quality photos. And priners coming to the stand will experience some of the fastest large format printers in the market, with several HP PageWide XL printers on display, including HP

PageWide XL 5000 and 8000. Currie Group will be demonstrating the HP Indigo 12000 inline with Horizon SmartStacker, HP Indigo 8000 and HP Indigo 7900 inline with Horizon booklet maker, a world first. Check out the action as HP and Currie Group prints for the Cancer Council. HP Indigo presses will be printing marketing collateral for one of the country’s most iconic charities, Cancer Council Australia, live on-site across the four days of the show. Attendees are invited to visit the HP and Currie Group stands to see the various printing devices that will help to bring the Daffodil Day appeal to life. Each day, HP will be producing a range of materials, from A2 and A3 posters with a personalised message of thanks relevant to a specific location, to pamphlets, stickers and even personalised table cloths.

Find the HP stand HP and Currie Group will be at Stand No D10 and D12 of Pacprint 2017 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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Jet brings Pulse to the show

MONG its solutions on display at PacPrint, Jet Technologies will showcase the new Pulse UV-Flexo ink range. James Montgomery, technical sales manager at Jet Technologies, says, “The UVFlexo print process has evolved remarkably in the past decade. We have seen the continual enhancement of high definition plates and reprographics in general; better understanding of Anilox engraving styles; increased quality tapes; and innovations in substrates. And all of this around the evolutionary technology that the latest printing presses exhibit themselves. “We have never seen the emphasis placed on global brand management than what we are witnessing today. Visual brand management has amplified with the digital revolution and we see more companies taking true ownership of their corporate colours and it is

Jet Technologies has the answer for accurate colour in UVFlexo and its taking it to PacPrint

imperative to ensure repeatability of colours and to have a target to aim for in relation to the colours. “Brand owners globally have embraced digital and colour spectrometry as a means to set colour masters with spectral values they can use across all aspects of their media to ensure brand integrity. This drove Pulse to develop an ink system that permitted colour to be easily matched, achieving the widest colour gamut from its base range. To do this, Pulse came up with a mono-pigmented system that enabled the creation of a database of extremely strong, vibrant shades using the least amount of pigments in their base colours and really minimising the phenomenon of metamerism. “Additionally, the research and development team at Pulse has created a versatile system suitable for the many substrates and conditions we encounter in this diverse market we operate in – producing labels, sachets, shrink

Food packaging compliance a natural step WITH the diversity of end-user applications, James Montgomery sees it as a natural step for Pulse to develop a food packaging compliant (FPC) version. He says, ““At Jet Technologies our primary focus for UV-Flexo inks is the Narrow Web. The environment around FPC makes it particularly challenging for the ink manufacturer when selecting raw materials for development and production of new inks. PureTone FPC complies with the latest European Commission Regulations, Swiss Ordinance, EuPIA Guidelines and the Nestle Guidance Note for Manufacture of Packaging inks. The company also supplies FPC coatings to complement PureTone. He says, “All the core varnishes are covered such as UV-Flexo FPC, gloss and matt; laminating adhesive, cold foil adhesive, and additives. 48

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They have plans for further innovative coatings and quirky finishes in this range too. There is also a range of UV-Flexo FPC metallics. “The safest raw materials have been evaluated and selected to conform to the latest market regulations and guidelines. “The PureTone FPC range is not exclusive for the food and beverage industry but is also demanded in other sectors such as tobacco, pharmaceuticals, health and beauty, personal care and household.” The PureTone FPC range has applications for selfadhesive labels, shrink sleeves, sachets, tags, and IML. He says, “With press speeds of up to 150mpm, PureTone FPC suits all modern presses encompassing tray and chamber systems and UV lamp configurations.”

Jet technical sales managers Dom Farnell (l) and James Montgomery will conduct live colour matching demonstarations at PacPrint in May sleeves, IML, un-supported and various other applications that we see. “With cost also a factor in decision making, Pulse has added value by vastly increasing pigment loading to ensure optimum colour strength – film-weight can be greatly reduced retaining strong vibrant colours but with the benefits of achieving greater mileage from the inks. Solids and halftones can be printed from the same plate exhibiting a high definition dot and high density solid. “The whole PureTone concept is geared towards creating a closed loop colour management situation from prepress through to the end product. The result is a controllable, repeatable and best in market colour matching database. This concept fits perfectly in to the Jet Technologies strategy. We have a passion for getting things right first time and essentially this is what we are all about with the PureTone range. “We have seen a rise in the use of CxF data to exchange and communicate colour in the past year with many end users requesting LAB & LCH values to ensure the end-user’s brand integrity is not compromised. PureTone FPC is the quintessential UV-Flexo ink for such requirements. PureTone inks have excellent wet out properties over temperamental substrates and over digital print. So, with the emergence of more digital machines and hybrid digital and flexo presses, PureTone is a real solution.” He concludes, “At PacPrint, we will conduct live colour matching demonstrations using the PureTone inks and ink formulating software. Bring along some matchings and put our system to the test.”

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Kiwo bringing colour to life OU want to print directly onto a Wine bottle? Or onto a T-Shirt? Half tone printing or spot colors? Water based or UV based inks? One colour or eight colours? Using screen, digital or offset printing? All of us are using and encountering numerous things in our daily life which are printed or decorated. Quite often we just don’t know it and let’s be honest – who cares, right? For example, have you ever asked yourself who is decorating all those T-Shirt, tea towels and other garments you can buy in the stores and also at sightseeing places like on Philip Island or along the Great Ocean Road? Or maybe you did even buy a T-Shirt when you enjoyed on of the recent music gigs which hit Australia like the mighty Guns & Roses, the energetic Bruce The Boss Springsteen or even the lovely Adele? How colourful is the team kit of your favorite AFL, NRL or A-League team? Or did you ever have a closer look at the colourful wine closure when you open up a tasty red from Barossa? How about the design and the colours? Most probably you – and no offence taken – just opened the bottle, threw away the closure and enjoyed the liquid content of the bottle. Good on you. How about those cool billboards you find along our major roads? Don’t they look amazing and convey all the messages from brands like BMW, Nova 100 and so many more? Ever thought about how they are made and printed? What is behind that and who is producing them? Martin Stacher, managing director of Kiwo says, “What all the stories above have in common – all the substrates used are at one time during the manufacturing process printed one way or the other. That means what we at Kiwo care about that part – because ‘We Supply Colour’. Whatever the requirements are Kiwo is here to help. We will guide you along to find the right printing method, materials and processes to be successful in whatever you need to print or decorate. Our philosophy is to be your one-stopshop for all your printing needs. “At the 2017 PacPrint show in 50

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Visitors to the Kiwo booth will be taken on a colourful journey across many applications

Melbourne we show in our Kiwo Ink Lab in more details what we mean about the one-stop shop philosophy – we will be showcasing a variety of printed samples and explain in all details how they were made. You will even decorate your own frisbee to take home for your family by using the versatile screen printing method. Also on show are two different digital printing systems (direct-to-garment systems from Kornit and Epson) to decorate textiles, from T-Shirts to hoodies and bags and many more. There will be plenty of printing demonstrations going on where you will be able to get a free T-Shirt to take

home as well if you want to. “For those more into the large format printing would you need to prime, colour coat or liquid laminate your screen or digitally printed flexible and rigid substrates? With the Buerkle LFC 1600 using UV-liquids from the Marabu product range you can do exactly that and at a breathtaking speed.” The company says any visitor to Kiwo at booth G70 will be taken on a colourful journey. Its dedicated and experienced staff members are looking forward to showing visitors how different Kiwo is and what it can offer to make life easier.

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to experience the followinG: The Kiwo inK lab will allow you to print your own frisbee as a gift for coming to visit our stand! Furthermore you will be amazed to see more printed products which we all use in our daily life and might not even know about it. In an Australian first, Kiwo will be exhibiting the Kornit storM hexa â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this is the first time a 7 colour DtG printing system will be shown in Australia. Complementing the DTG experience is the aDelco 5 Drawer Dryer. KIWO is the exclusive distributor for Kornit and Adelco in Australia. Also part of our DtG range of products is the epson f-2000 printer, a universal printing system for low to medium volumes. We are showcasing the F-2000 together with a pre-treatment system called spraJet from nite and the high quality and enduring stahls heat presses. The buerKle lfc uV roller coating machine will continue to awe at the show! Main features are the capability to prime, colour coat and laminate a huge variety or flexible and rigid substrates at breath taking speeds.

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Neopost covers the print spectrum

ANGING across the print and mail spectrum, Neopst Australia will bring a raft of solutions to PacPrint in May. Phyabae Leong, marketing manager at Neopost Australia, says, “The Neopost stand is going to be exciting this year with some very cool, interactive features that we will reveal in our communications, or at the stand itself #F40.” The company will showcase its own Neopost solutions as well as brands including Duplo, HP, Canon, Riso, GBC, Graphtec, Epson, Aristo, StudioJet, LG Hausys, Ahlstrom and more.

Duplo automates finishing AMONG the Duplo finishing solutions that Neopost offers, it will highlight the Duplo DC-646 slitter/ cutter/creaser. This machine offers a process speed of up to 30 sheets per minute, using automatically positioned tooling it can perform eight slits, 25 cuts and 20 creases in a single pass. It has application for creating a range of products including direct mail, menus, business cards, post cards, greeting cards, and photobooks. Leong says, “Designed from the ground up in response to market demands and anticipating future trends, the Duplo DC-646 forms the foundation for smarter finishing. A heavy duty build guarantees robust performance and its innovative design and efficient dynamics, together with its high-quality and motorised tooling, make it a standout. “Quite possibly the most versatile finishing system available in the market today, the Duplo DC-646 presents as the perfect solution for a mid to high volume digital printer.”

Multigraf creases and folds NEOPOST will show the Multigraf Eurofold Touchline CF375 creasing and folding solution to PacPrint. This integrated creasing and folding system combines the two operations in one process. Leong says, “This is the new dimension in creasing and folding with more automation than any other product in its class. By integrating creasing and folding all in one, this generation of technology gives you greater flexibility. “A small, centralised, multifunctional operating panel offers all necessary functions for a fast production start. It also has a user friendly touchscreen that allows 52

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Clockwise from top left: the Aristomat high speed cutter; the HP Latex 560 printer; the Multigraf Eurofold Touchline CF375 creaser and folder; the Komfi Amiga laminating machine; and the Duplo DC-646 slitter/cutter/creaser

Visitors to Stand F40 will see a comprehensive range of print and mail solutions provided by Neopost Australia

you to enter the job information. Just press a button and away you go. The machine creates all settings automatically.

Compact lamination ALSO on show at the Neopost stand, the Komfi Amiga 36 laminating machine, which can handle digitally printed output. This laminator processes small orders up to large. It offers two feeding variants and continuous automatic checking of the whole lamination process from feeding to temperature, air pressure, and sheet separation. Leong says, “This versatile laminator has application for on demand and low-volume print jobs. Its compact footprint makes it an ideal addition to any print shop.”

Latex advantages IN wide format solutions, Neopost will run the HP Latex 560 printer. It prints at 23sqm/hr in indoor quality mode. Leong says, “With the HP Latex 560 printer, you can take advantage of the water-based HP Latex Technology. It delivers a combination of true application versatility, high image quality and high productivity, and a sustainable approach that’s more environmentally friendly; better for your operators’ health; and improves your bottom line. “The HP Latex 560 printer enables you to manage peaks

efficiently with no compromise on quality. It delivers vivid colour and consistent quality over time by producing highly saturated prints with up to 50 per cent more ink density. HP automation enables you to keep running costs lower through planning, supply optimisation and utilities that predict the quantity of resources needed.”

Cutting at speed ALSO for wide format, Neopost will show the Aristomat TL high speed cutter from Aristo. This robustly designed cutting table uses powerful AC-servomotors and a modern CAN-Bus-steering technique to enable high throughput. It uses up to 54 controllable vacuum zones to hold even the smallest of remnants safely on the work surface. Using a various tool heads, the Aristomat TL offers a variety of possibilities for material processing which can be supplemented with an automatic measuring system and data provided via mobile barcode reader. To automate processing, the machines can be supplemented with a revolving conveyor, a powered unwinding device for continual material transportation of roll materials. The machines also can be converted to ProductionLineCutters with an integrated loading and/or unloading table. It also offers easy to use operable Cutter ControlPanel software via PC.

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Blue chip portfolio Morgana: finishing for digital

OLLOWING the recent buyout of Ferrostaal Australia, Print & Pack Australia are proud to announce local ownership and a return to the wellknown company name of the past. Those printers, trade binders and packaging companies which have been dealing with this company for the past 37 years will recognise the long-standing support provided by the organisation. Decades of experience has been invested in this company, which brings peace of mind to its customers looking to make the next investment and improve their offering. Print & Pack Australia is recognised as the exclusive representatives for the top level – blue chip companies it chooses to partner with, and delivering the responsibility and expertise that comes with the representing these equipment suppliers. The company says Pacprint 2017 is the perfect platform from which Print & Pack Australia can reach out to the industry to discuss plans for future investments. The sales team from Print & Pack Australia will be on hand to meet and to present the latest technology from some of the industry’s most recognisable brands. During the four-day exhibition, Print & Pack Australia will present the latest offerings from three major suppliers on the smaller scale of the range. Morgana Digital Finishing Solutions will showcase the new Digifold Pro 385, Autocreaser 385 and Digibook 200 PUR binder. Alongside the Morgana equipment you will be able to see the latest from Baumer HHS – gluing systems and Ultrasonic - Anilox Roller cleaning through Alphasonics and Daetwyler doctor blades. All of which featured at drupa 2016 which took place less than a year ago.. A host of well-known brands including Komori presses, Bobst, MBO, Herzog-Heymann, Bograma, Palamides, Osako, Meccanotecnica – Aster, Wohlenberg and Kolbus book binding equipment are all sold and supported by Print & Pack 54

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Print & Pack Australia represents a host of the world’s leading print and packaging solutions

Australia. Staff will be on the stand to discuss all the latest developments from this range of leading solutions developers. Print & Pack also supplies equipment from QI Press Controls, EAE, Recmi post press and palletising, Lamina system and Bickers – POS solutions. Carsten Wendler, managing director of Print & Pack says, “Our solutions continue from here and go beyond the normal reach including logistic, automation and palletising solutions. “With so many quality equipment manufacturers being represented,

Print & Pack Australia has a great understanding of your production requirements, be it a short run digitally printed brochure, book of one single copy or mass producing print for packaging, newspapers or magazines. “The team at Print & Pack Australia will be in high demand during the show. Be sure prearrange an appointment time prior to arriving at the booth to ensure they have enough time to discuss your future needs, please make an appointment through Wendie Jones, email her at wendie.jones@ printandpack.com.au.”

Understanding production requirements: Carsten Wendler, CEO, Print & Pack

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New opportunities in display with PES

ES will be at PacPrint with two main parts to its stand; the Durst Rho P10 160 high speed high quality wide format printer, and the Massivit large format 3D printer. PES has had a long and successful relationship with Italian wide format inkjet manufacturer Durst, now lasting for 20 years, and this relationship goes from strength to strength, helping support our customers develop their businesses to meet the challenges a PSP (print service provider) encounters today. Paul Taylor, managing director of PES says, “We have also realised our customers need to explore wider opportunities and to explore new technologies to boost profitability and versatility, so this year we have added the large format 3D printer from Massivit to our portfolio.”At Pac Print PES will showcase one the latest developments form Durst, in the form of the Rho P10 160 HDR high speed 1.6m wide printer. PacPrint will also see PES show the latest large format 3D technology from innovative Israeli developer Massivit, with the Massivit 1800. Both machines will be demonstrated live at the booth and PES staff will be on hand to discuss the functionality and the business opportunities both these devices can offer. Additionally staff from PES will be happy to discuss other products from Caldera and Barbieri, as well as their industry leading service and support packages.The Rho P10 160 is a 1.6m wide Hybrid UV printer, seven-colour including white, capable of printing up 100sqm per hour and with the possibility to print at up to 1000dpi. Paul Taylor says, “With the included HDR heavy duty roll tool, both larger format rigid media and heavy rolls can be printed with outstanding quality.”PES says the Rho P10 160 UV inkjet printer offers unrivaled media flexible both in size and type, with productivity the same for both rigid and roll material. Taylor says, “As a result of Durst’s latest Quadro Array 10 printhead technology, the Rho P10 160, delivers exceptional print quality at high levels of productivity. It is capable of printing up to 100 sqm an hour at up to 1000 dpi.”The P10 series is a flatbed and roll-fed convertible press, featuring 10pl ink drops from its Durst Quadra printheads, with a resolution of 1,000dpi. The 160 is the smallest model in the P10 range, it has a 1.6m (62in) media width.Durst pitches its P10 160 as a relatively affordable all-rounder that is the entry level option in its range. ‘Relatively’, because Durst doesn’t do cheap – it has always gone for build

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Highly productive inkjet printing and new opportunities in large scale 3D printing will be on the PES stand Attention grabbing: Massivit 3D

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Opportunity: the Massivit 3D printer

Supersize 3D produced by Massivit, available exclusively through PES

Large 3D printing and image quality in its inkjets, and this costs serious money. For instance a Rho P10 drop size is 10pl, compared with many systems in the industrial inkjet market that run at 80pl, so 10pl is going to give you the high definition high quality result.

THE Massivit 1800 large format 3D printer is a totally new technology for printers, offering the ability to 3D print large models for POP, display and exhibitions. It comes with its patented UV curable Gel, delivered by two high speed heads to a print plane that can accept models up to 1.8m high. “We also have the ability to print two models simultaneously for higher production, says Paul Taylor, managing director at PES “With speeds up to 30cm per hour this is a production 3D printer.”PES is the exclusive distributor in Australia and New Zealand of the Massivit 1800, which is equipped with the capacity to print 3D objects. According to PES, the machine is suited to rapid production of display, promotional and branding objects to a maximum size of 1800 x 1500 x 1200mm.Taylor says twenty of the machines were ordered by international printers at this year’s drupa, and its fast printing of 3D models generated a lot of interest from domestic buyers.Melbourne based OMUS and Sydney based Composite have installed the Massivit 1800 with OMUS recently producing a fully 3D printed store for a major fashion brand.

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Ahead of the pack

T is interesting to note that tradeshows have essentially been going since medieval times – different to how they are now, of course, but based on the same principles. Today’s trade shows follow in the tradition of what were called trade fairs which were established in the 12th century in Europe. Produce and craft producers visited towns for these fairs to display and sell their products. By the 18th century when the industrial revolution was underway, these types of exhibitions had become commonplace. Fast forward to the late 19th century and the idea of a yearly tradeshow for industry had spread from Europe to North America. By last century, specialised companies were born into existence simply to manage the trade show, and

Production printing: EFI Vutek supplied by Spicers

With PacPrint rapidly approaching, Spicers took the opportunity to look back at their initial beginnings in the world of tradeshows

Brand names Spicers will be displaying at its PacPrint stand MIMAKI, 3M, Elitron, Skybond, EFI, LG Hausys, dtec, Fotoboden, Spike by ike, Imposa, OJI Labels, Ritrama, Manter, Yupo, Pacesetter, Monza Recycled, Splendorgel, X-Board Print At PacPrint 17 Stand C39, Spicers will be displaying:  The Elitron Kombo SDC  The EFI Vutek LX3 Pro  A Mimaki JFX-200  A Mimaki JV-400LX  Imposa LED Loiters  Spike by Ike smart laser measurement solutions  Its friendly, helpful and knowledgable team 58

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permanent grounds were established for the rotating roster of shows. As the team at Spicers steer towards the mammoth trade show that will be Melbourne’s PacPrint 17, it is hard to believe that the team have only been exhibiting at industry exhibitions for ten years. “We have certainly come a long way,” comments Harry Pagoulatos, Spicers marketing and business development manager. “We really began to focus strongly on our sign and display portfolio when we launched ‘The Dependables’ - the six superhero products that made up our initial portfolio – Ace Screenboard, Foamstar and the like. That was at POPAI in 2007. Now here we are at PacPrint 2017 with a more extensive range of consumables, not to mention our hardware offering.” Beginning with two sales staff and a robust strategy five years ago, the Spicers Hardware team have also come a long way. “We now have six engineers, a dedicated sales team, and a full solution offering,” comments Jason Hay, Spicers national sales manager for Hardware. “We actually have one of the largest and most comprehensive product ranges of any printing hardware supplier in Australia, which is pretty impressive in its own right.” Indeed, this Spicers business arm has grown exponentially since 2012. Its extensive offering ranges from plotters and laminators to digital contour cutters and routers, flatbed applicators to LED technology. With high quality and innovative brands such as Mimaki, EFI and Elitron on board, the business also supplies and installs flatbed/cutting solution packages for printers that are interested in bringing the majority of their sign and display work in-house. Spicers will be at Stand C39 at

the upcoming PacPrint Trade Show, and is inviting everyone to ‘make a splash with Spicers and discover a wave of solutions’ for themselves. The always popular Elitron Kombo SDC automatic cutting and routing solution will be a focal point, while the heavyweight EFI Vutek LX3 Pro is sure to peak interest. Visitors will be able to give Spike by Ike (its smartphone measuring solution) a test run, and then check out what it says is the picture-perfect quality of its Imposa LED Loiters. The always reliable Mimaki JFX-200 and Mimaki JV-400 LX round off the hardware offering. They will also have a huge selection of their substrates on board, with consumables such as Dichroic and Di-Noc from 3M as well as X-Board Print, Fotoboden, dtec Acrylic and Skybond. Plus there will be plenty of giveaways, samples galore and an innovative LG LCD refrigerator that gives a nod to the future. The company will also be decking out their stand in true Spicers style. Ice creams made from X-board Print, a glistening 3M Dichroic swimming pool, dtec Acrylic cocktail glasses and X-Board Print palm trees are just a hint of what can be expected. “Active Display in Keysborough are our stand builders and they have done a spectacular job – we are really excited about seeing the application based examples of this stand come to life,” adds Harry. Considering their previous shows featured (respectively) a cage made from Skybond and a hovering LED halo, their display at PacPrint 17 is going to be big. With such a diverse range of hardware and consumables on display, Spicers C39 is one stand you will want to stay and indulge in.

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Fujifilm to co-present with Fuji Xerox at PacPrint

UJIFILM Australia has its preparations well underway for PacPrint 2017. For starters, the company will showcase its wide format inkjet technology with a mixture of both live technology and static print displays. As it has for previous PacPrint shows, Fujifilm will share its stand with sister company Fuji Xerox. Peck says, “Across the stand, we will highlight an array of print solutions and visitors can see samples of our other wide format technologies including a floor-standing display of corrugated material produced on the Inca Onset UV flatbed.” The company will also highlight its traditional technologies under its Superia branding including lo-chem and processless offset plates and the award-winning ZAC plate processing system. For PacPrint 2017, Fujifilm has created a distinctive multi-sided Point of Display module, or PoD, which has video enhancement.

Visitors to Stand E10 will experience a mix of traditional and wide format ink technology as Fujfilm Australia showcases its range of innovative solutions.

Steve Peck, project and marketing manager for Graphic Systems at Fujifilm Australia Peck says, “The PoD will highlight, among other solutions, the Fujifilm Superia technologies, CtP systems and Sericol narrow-web products. Visitors can view the PoD and speak to Fujifilm experts about what is of greatest importance to

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their business. We will also have a demonstration area dedicated to our XMF workflow. “Once again, visitors can discuss the best options for their workflow with Fujifilm specialists at the show.”

SCREEN INKS OFFSET PLATES PLATE PROCESSING SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LABEL & PACKAGE PRINTING WIDE FORMAT INKJET SYSTEMS COMPUTER TO PLATE (CTP) SYSTEMS

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Graph-Pak bringing experts to PacPrint INCE last year’s drupa, the team at Graph-Pak has found itself busier than ever. Tom Ralph, managing director of Graph-Pak, says, “We have had a full-on year, helping our customers take full advantage of the opportunities that drupa had to offer. With PacPrint, they can expect even more. “We will exhibit and run solutions from our long-term suppliers like Autobond, with its latest high speed laminator and ColTec, running its latest smart collator, which operates with variable data.” Graph-Pak has acquired the agency for Italian sheet counting machine manufacturer B.matic, which produces a comprehensive range of paper counters and sheet counters.

Visitors to the Graph-Pak stand will have access to industry specialists running live demonstrations on the latest technology

He says, “B.matic uses a proprietary Dual System technology, which enables you to count and batch a pack of sheets, even thick ones, without corners deformation or without shifting them from the ream. "Another clever innovation is the Pack Mover, the only paper counting equipment to count, pick, and shift a pack of given number of sheets directly from the pile. Among its range at PacPrint, we will have a machine that can count stock from 40gsm to 800gsm, a first for Australia.” Graph-Pak suppliers will send specialists from overseas to help on the stand. Ralph says, “We have four international suppliers flying down to support the equipment on the stand. Having the actual principals here means we can pass on invaluable information about the solutions to visitors at the show and they can learn about global trends.” The company understands that automation holds the key to

greater profits. Ralph says, “We are helping our customers automate more and more aspects of their production process, which has led us to supplying an end to end solution. All of our equipment is linked; from prepress to going out the door. We are looking at the whole shooting match. “This initiative comes as a result of us listening to our customers’ feedback, so we are doing what the market wants and providing the appropriate solutions. PacPrint provides us with an ideal platform to show several of our solutions in one place.” He adds that post-drupa, PacPrint represents a golden opportunity for print companies to find ways to increase their margins. He concludes, “While Pac Print is a major investment for us, we are really looking forward to seeing everyone there. Our Graph-Pak team is vigorously working to get there and to prepare the equipment kit before the show.”

GRAPH-PAK QUALITY PRODUCTS AT BATCH INLINE YOUR OUTLET PILES WITH: “TAB-IN COUNTER” TAB INSERTER Compact, precise insertion and long tape rolls. For application on printing presses, high and low piles, die cutters and other machines with outlet stackers. Complete with mechanical unit and control, electronics with all function, including the adjustment controls, counting and waste copy subtraction. Counting pulse from external sensor or from the copy counter of main machine through the pulse cable. Simple programming by membrane panel. Application by pedestal or fixing bracket. TAB-IN COUNTER tab inserter may be easily transferred among machines. Accurate insertion thanks to “double ribbing” technology impressing side ribs on the tabs to keep them straight. Tape rolls 80 GSM 200 Mt long for LESS frequent tape replacements. APPLICATIONS: -printing presses -die cutters -laminators -other equipments with outlet stackers.

FEED / COUNT / BATCH (AND INSPECT) YOUR FLAT PRODUCTS WITH: “F320 COUNTER S” FRICTION COUNTER / FEEDER

COUNT SHEETS UP TO 800 GSM WITHOUT CURLING NOR SCRATCHING THE CORNER WITH: “PROTEC ADR 32” SHEETS COUNTERS

Professional, with easy set up and maintenance. Can be integrated with VISION or MARKING systems. F320 COUNTER S is perfect to feed, count and split into batches stacks of flat products such as:  envelopes  plastic cards  greeting, invitation and business cards  labels, coupons, stickers  leaflets and booklets  security counting such as scratch prizes, tickets, lottery etc.

Original ADR 32 counting technology based on twin suction palette able to count paper, cardboard and plastics from 40GSM to 300/500/800GSM achieving a fast speed of 3.000 sheets per minute without curling nor scratching on the sheets. The same speed is achieved during tab insertion. Easy settings and quick replacements of counting plates without tools. PROTEC ADR 32 is fit for big size sheets and for heavy use, with a rugged structure and the best technical solutions. Object of continuous improvements down to the tiniest details drawing on a 30 years long experience. PROTEC ADR 32 line includes the following models: - “PROTEC ADR 32 L” counting from 40 to 300 GSM (SEE ME AT PACPRINT) - “PROTEC ADR 32 H” counting from 200 to 800 GSM - “PROTEC ADR 32 W” counting from 40 to 800 GSM  Counting with latest “ADR 32” technology without corner deformation nor scratching, up to 3.000 sheets minute.  Wide and sturdy side knock ups for an effective ream alignment  Sturdy 250 KG structure to curb vibrations.  Curled-sheets tolerant counting with the “Stabilizer” system.

F320 COUNTER S is a professional feeder / counter equipped with the best solutions to stand a long life. It is based on twin cantilever separating assembly to introduce the following outstanding innovations: 1. It solves the problem of the periodical replacement of the friction and feeding belts without need for specialized technicians 2. It allows quick adjustment to products width. By turning one single knob it is possible to shift the complete separating assembly, (including all the rollers, belts, etc). Driven by PLC can be easily integrated with VISION or MARKING systems.

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Innovation

in ganging

NTIL a few years ago imposition software was mature and all was well. But with emergence of digital printing in past few years with tighter deadlines and shorter lead times, creation of print ready layouts rapidly became challenge. Especially ganging of hundreds of jobs. There are improvements in all types of software. And this includes digital imposition and ganging solutions. Enter Imp Software from InSoft Automation, a company based out of India. This innovative solution rapidly automates the print ready files creation. The software has builtin intelligence ensuring consistency in creating cost efficient layouts for wide range of printing technologies - offset, conventional web, digital web and large format. InSoft says the ganging engine of Imp software is most powerful as of today. The company says the standout feature is single interface for all kinds of jobs – books, posters, folding cartons, labels, die cut jobs and signage.

Imp software automates ganged jobs across a range of platforms

imposition

Versions - Automated and Hands Free

Integration with MIS / ERP Solutions

THERE are two major versions of Imp software – a desktop version with user interface for automated planning and ganging and Imp Flow – a hot folder which enables fully automated hands free ganging and imposition workflows. Automation can be achieved in several ways, using either comma separated (tab data) from imported CSV files (comma separated values), or XML (eXtended Metadata Language). Imp’s JDF can be exported for imposition parameters and to setup bindery equipment. The ganging engine of Imp software is evolved and versatile. It does ganging of hundreds of jobs of both rectangular and die cut jobs with ease. It has some breakthrough solutions which automates nesting, resolving bleed, placing furniture dynamically, minimising human interference, and thereby avoiding human errors.

IMP software also comes with application programming interface (API) for integrating with MIS / ERP solutions. Imp is only software integrated with Dynamic AX ERP by Microsoft. The print IQ Management Workflow Solutions is integrating with Imp Software for printers in Australia and New Zealand. Major MIS developer Tharstern has proven installations around the world of MIS solutions integrated with Imp. At PacPrint the Imp software, which was an 2016 InterTech Technology Award winner, will be demonstrated at Tharstern’s stand number B16. The distribution of Standalone Imp software is by Soltect in Australia and New Zealand. Soltect based out of Sydney, provides customised workflow automation solution with Switch as per the needs of printers. Imp software will be demonstrated at the booth.

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Automate & Optimize!

GANG YOUR WAY TO PROFITS

OFFSET . DIGITAL . LARGE FORMAT Experience Imp at Stand B-16

Rapid Print Layout Creation

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DESIGN

DIGITAL

LABELS

MAIL

OFFSET

PACKAGING

SIGNAGE

WIDE FORMAT

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Think outside the box In the type of fast-changing business environments, that we now operate in, people must adapt their strategies and innovate just to remain, let alone become successful. At IQ we specialise in transitioning you from your outdated MIS to a system designed and built for your future growth. Why not take a look outside the box?

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printIQ: far more Australian and New Zealand-owned technology company IQ says if your MIS is not keeping pace with your company growth and diversification, and lacks the capabilities needed for the modern workplace, then please read on

ICK Rowan, director and head of R+D at IQ, says whether you are looking to solve your estimating turnaround problem, take your business online or take the leap into being an efficient and modern print company, IQ has the solution. With printIQ you get a web-based application in which production staff manage the factory whilst customers quote, order and track, all from within same application. Rowan says, “With no software to install, no separate web portal or online ordering system to add on, printIQ certainly does represent a quantum shift from what most printers are doing right now.” With printIQ the goal was always to be far more than just an MIS, according to Rowan. He says, “Our aim was to replace the old style MIS. We wanted to introduce a leaner and more dynamic approach to managing print, with dedicated

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workflows and streamlined job management tools. “In the type of fast-changing business environments, that our customers now operate in, they have to adapt their strategies and innovate just to remain, let alone become successful. “When they choose IQ they get a company that specialises in transitioning customers from an outdated MIS to a system designed and built for future growth.” The printIQ Core is made up of eight modules that the company says create a seamless, end-to-end workflow. Rowan says, “From estimating to ordering and into production, printIQ has all the elements needed to run a modern print company. It is 100 per cent web-based, so the web2print solution is built-in, as opposed to bolted-on. And printIQ also fully integrates with an array of appliactions to remove those integration headaches.” According to Rowan, Everything has been developed with customer access in mind. He says, “We believe that the best solutions go far beyond IT. They support a vision and business strategy like a trusted partner. Let’s be honest, collaboration is how business is done today. Companies need to collaborate in a real-time business world, and to do that they need seamlessly integrated applications that enable them to tap into relevant information as quickly as possible.” According to Rowan, the integrated whole is more than just the sum of its parts, “We offer our customers the perfect solution. This requires us to choose the best possible integration partners and collaborate to take our strategies from concept to reality. As R&D guys we love working with new partners to take printIQ ever further, and all of our customers get the benefit of our geekiness.” Rowan says the team at IQ

is continually expanding and developing printIQ to ensure that it remains a market leader. It has a range of new modules that the company will be demonstrating on stand C40 at PacPrint.  IQCONNECT-APOGEE, which provides a direct interface from printIQ to Apogee, that allows you to pass job data and PDF files into your prepress system for pre-flight, layout, or to calculate the ideal imposition. It fuses different software into one streamlined whole.  IQCONNECT-CHILI PUBLISH, which offers a template option in addition to the standard web2print functionality within printIQ. The IQconnect-Chili Publish module delivers editable template information, Meta data, annotations and artwork files and provides functionalities such as online document editing, document and asset management, user management, and data connectivity.  IQCONNECT-ENFOCUS SWITCH provides a dedicated workflow to match a range of business configurations. We start with printIQ delivering the artwork and job meta data to Enfocus Switch, preflight, proofing, rip and email workflows, then commences with Switch passing back data to printIQ to keep production boards updated. The connect-enfocus Switch module allows user to integrate an Enfocus workflow within printIQ and manage it via a printIQ PreProduction Board.  IQCONNECT-ESKO enables printIQ to send job specs directly to a pre-defined workflow, create a job in Automation Engine and kick-off the various stages. Preflighting is managed via Pitstop Server, with printIQ

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than just an MIS passing data to determine profiles and job specs, whilst proofing is handled through a combination of printIQ and WebCenter to deliver soft proofs to customers and to manage the approval process for both hard and soft proofs. With the Layout module in place, Automation Engine will take the artwork and impose it ready for production. In fact all the way through the process, Automation Engine is pushing updates back to printIQ to confirm preflight, proofing and imposition statuses in a two-way communication channel. And printIQ can even interact with the artwork library held within the Esko environment to automate the re-ordering process  IQCONNECT-FREEFLOW CORE removes time consuming manual prepress steps, reducing costs and the time it takes to get jobs through the shop. Implementing the IQconnect-FreeFlow Core module into the workflow will allow printIQ to deliver the artwork and job data directly to FreeFlow Core, for imposition and transport through to the DFE (Digital Front End).  IQCONNECT-INTEGRATE is a series of fully documented API’s, that expose many of the workflows in printIQ. Essentially Integrate is the key to the toolkit that allows you to produce your own custom integration requirements. Rowan says, “In addition we work with business efficiency specialists, Squirrel Business Hub, who can help match you with the right CRM and train you to use it. At present we have pre-built printIQ CRM integration options for both Hubspot and Zoho. Finally some of our APi’s are published in Zapier so you can use a third party tool to simplify the integration. Zapier lets you

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connect the web apps you use, making it easier to automate tedious tasks.”  IQCONNECT-SMARTSITE allows printers to take their complex print business online and offer print products with all their diversity. Rowan says, “This means that we take the best out of your marketing orientated website and power it up with printIQ as the shopping cart to create a real online presence. IQconnect-SmartSite is a selfcontained module that allows you to simply copy and paste a few lines of code onto your SEO website to create a product ordering widget. Choose to display pricing on your website or have your customer first register. The SmartSite widgets are selfcontained with built in API calls that allow you all the features of the printIQ simplified ordering process.”  IQCONNECT-XMPIE allows printers to connect XMPie directly to printIQ with two-way communication via its API. With this seemless integration printIQ will consume the XMPie data and generate a job or sales order (pick and pack) directly in printIQ. Rowan says, “This is achieved via three distinclty different methods. Firstly we can create a fully defined print job based on a SKU or product code. Secondly we can use the SKU as the base and add additional finishing to it. This method avoids creating a product catalogue to define every possible combination of catalogue items. Thirdly we can consume XMPie orders and create a fully defined print job within printIQ with no setup in printIQ. There is no double entry or risk of incorrect data being input by an operator and printIQ will update the XMPie status as milestones are achieved.”

CUSTOMER

THE printIQ solution is a 100 per cent web based MWS with the web2print solution built in. Rowan says, “This means that without any effort, you have moved your entire business online. Everything has been developed with your customers’ access in mind.”  Fully secured access to the customer portal  Customers can quote simple products ranging from banners, business cards, and stickers right through to complex booklets, labels with multiple finishing options, or the most demanding multi-site signage campaign.  Credit card payment gateway  Artwork submission with built in proofing  Full Job tracking

 ESTIMATING

ROWAN says, “We have addressed the age-old problem of estimating complex print jobs quickly and accurately. In fact, we have taken this to the point where your customers, sales, and non-skilled staff can complete their own quotes online.”  Jobs are estimated across every press and sheet size combination in less than 10 seconds  Choose between input based pricing (labour, machine and materials), catalogue pricing or specific contract pricing per customer  The ability to use market driven pricing for your sell price while still maintaining actual costs

 A toolbox full of automation options to control your layouts, control margins and automate many of the mundine processes  Sales and non-skilled staff can quote work online with the confidence that they cannot order something that your factory cannot produce.  Easily replicate all your current Excel based calculators within a centralised quoting environment

 PRODUCTION

ROWAN says, “The production management tools within printIQ focus on communicating information in real time to everyone within the factory. With tailor made views of a job for each department, we have delivered a tool that eliminates the in-trays, the talk and the re-work.”  printIQ in 3D separates the job from the estimate so you can freely update the production path without affecting your quote information  Online production boards give you the full view of the floor regardless of where you are  Digital job bag to manage the job in real time which feeds status updates back to the production board  Tablet optimisation to keep you moving  Time capture functionality directly from the job bag or Job Details screen  Control and plan your work with the scheduling module  Switch production path and still retain details from previously processed work.

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Digital innovations de The pathway to digital profit has become a whole lot wider as digital production print manufacturers vie for ways to add value to their customers’ products

LTHOUGH the quality of inkjet print continues on an upward arc, the world’s major digital print production press manufacturers still see room for improvement in and around their engines. While most manufacturers talk about closing the gap in quality between digital and offset, they also see the necessity for the technologies to remain side by side for the time being, hence the talk of complementary technologies. They have also moved away from the concept of selling their latest digital press as a stand-alone solution. Manufacturers understand that commercial print houses have greater flexibility to capture work in-house. So the makers of digital solutions marry their machines to digital front ends; to their own or other print finishing devices; and to software systems designed to take the hard, and manual, work out of production print. However, the move to establishing functional end to end solutions has not stopped manufacturers boasting about the innovations in their technology and fair enough. The improvements they have made to their flagship devices, whether those improvements involve colour management, image quality, or media handling ability, deserve our attention.

Indigo powers on NOT satisfied with the success it has enjoyed with its first massive B2 press, the HP Indigo 10000, HP has released the second generation HP Indigo 12000. HP says the 12000 allows customers to print more every month, with greater variety and flexibility, higher quality and increased reliability. The press uses HDLA, High Definition Laser Array, a new writing head system which will help in doubling the addressable print resolution. Moving from 800dpi to 1600dpi allows the customers to generate new high lpi screens, at 220, 270, and even 300lpi (compared to its standard 175, 200lpi screens) The company has introduced a package of colour management features and a new set of automated 66

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tools around colour to ensure colour consistency on press over time, between presses, between sites, and between Indigo and offset technologies. Meanwhile, the Indigo 7900, the company’s sheetfed SRA3 press uses HP’s ElectroInk liquid toner technology and features one-shot printing. In one-shot mode, it assembles all the colours on the blanket and then transfers them to the substrate in one shot, which enables a wider choice of substrates like canvas, synthetics, lenticular, and metallised media. Indigo Optimiser, a software tool, increases throughput per shift by up to 40 per cent, according to HP, by using features like intelligent job sequencing and the production of proofs without stopping jobs in production. HP’s SmartStream Mosaic produces millions of one-of-a-kind products using variable design technology. HP says productivity benefits come from the new features that improve uptime and reduce the need for intervention, such as an inline spectrophotometer, and a new screening configuration for the three-channel (CMY) Enhanced Productivity Mode. The 7900 photo version consists of a new super fine blanket for even better photo quality, the new binary ink developers and Photospeciality softwares.

Five for Fuji Xerox AT Fuji Xerox, its iGen 5 features a fifth colour to offer printers a wider colour gamut. Fuji Xerox says the fifth colour will increase the ability to match a larger gamut of Pantone or unknown spot colours without reducing print speed, thereby meeting customer needs in the printing industry to reproduce colours correctly while maintaining high printing productivity. Not everyone can afford, or even need, a digital press that delivers the output and quality of an HP Indigo 12000 or a Fuji Xerox iGen 5. The new Fuji Xerox Versant models, the 3100 and the 180, have been designed to meet the finishing needs of on demand printing. Combined with Fuji Xerox’s suite of finishing solutions, these presses now offer an end to end digital print and finishing solution. This enables printers to take advantage of any number of new opportunities such as short run booklet making. The Versant 3100 Press prints at 100ppm and the Versant 180 Press prints at 80ppm. Both deliver 2400dpi fine resolution with paper handling capability ranging from 52 to 350gsm. At the front end, the printers use the GX Print Server, equipped with the latest RIP technology APPE3. They use EFI Fiery with the latest Fiery NX Premium ad NX Pro servers,

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eserve consideration

also incorporating the new Fiery QuickTouchTM. They have colour management technologies built in. For example, Conﬁdent Colour lets you emulate a range of industry standards, like Gracol and Fogra, and to adhere to Pantone standards. This allows you to match colours accurately, from job to job, shift to shift, and from press to press. Fuji Xerox says the flexibility these solutions deliver means you can retain jobs in house and retain control of the work as move to a larger proﬁt margin.

Konica Minolta range OFFERING a broad range of digital solutions, Konica Minolta has revamped its toner-based line-up. Locally, the company has solutions across the board, ranging from standard digital print production, wide format, 3D printing. It has recently added two new presses to its digital portfolio: the AccurioPrint C2060L and AccurioPress C2070/C2060. The AccurioPress C2070 series, a new line of light- to mid-volume, digital colour print systems, succeeds the bizhub Press C1070 series. The AccurioPrint C2060L print systems target entry-level production or anyone looking for an easy transition into digital printing, with expanded

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media input and delivery options. The company has equipped these new presses with an internal web server that enables the user interface to be customised based on operator requirements. OpenAPI provides an interface between Konica Minolta production printing devices and third-party solutions for accounting, authentication, or scan routing such as YSoft Safe Q and Nuance eCopy ShareScan. AccurioPro software products help optimise processes and workflows to streamline customer print production. Konica Minolta says every new entry-level professional printing systems will be branded with AccurioPrint instead of bizhub Pro, while AccurioPress replaces bizhub Press for high-end production printing devices. Like HP Indigo, Konica Minolta has entered the B2 market with the KM-1, a sheetfed duplex B2-format digital inkjet press that uses UV-cured inks. The company calls this the ﬁrst machine in the industrial inkjet heavy printing segment and predicts it will match offset quality more closely than any other digital press to date. The UV-cured inks and cool LED lamps will enable the KM-1 to handle a range of substrates including standard offset stocks or synthetics, with no need for special pre-coating. It can also handle thicker carton board stocks up to 0.6mm as well as heavily textured or embossed papers. Target markets include packaging, books, and commercial.

Ricoh races ahead RICOH has looked for points of difference in its digital production machines. For example, the Ricoh Pro C9100 series offers a maximum standard sheet size of 49X35cm. It boasts a maximum recommended monthly volume of one million A4 pages, printing at a speed of up to 110ppm for A4 and 75ppm for A3 with 1200 x 4800 dpi. With the ability to support paper weights of up to 400gsm in both simplex and duplex while maintaining rated engine speed, Ricoh says can deliver increased applications and efﬁciency without degradation of quality. Other features include air assisted duplex banner printing, up to 700mm in length, from a bypass feed unit. Compatible substrates include uncoated, textured and coated media, plus specialty media such as super-gloss, magnet, metallic, transparent and synthetic. Ricoh says the ability to print the whole 49 inches is a major selling point in this market, as it can reduce the number of pages used and prove to be a cost effective solution and make the difference in price.

The Ricoh Pro C7100 series prints at speeds up to 90ppm, supporting paper weights up to 360gsm in both simplex and duplex. It achieves image quality of 1200x4800dpi and supports a range of media including new textured media technology. Applications include light packaging, demo packaging, direct mail, books, brochures and business cards. An expanded media library allows operators to adjust and associate different parameters per substrate. Like other manufacturers, Ricoh offers advanced Fiery controller options and has worked with EFI to improve its engines’ performance.

Canon fires up LOOKING to take its share of the Australian digital pie, Canon has launched two digital colour printers, the imagePress C10000VP and the C8000VP. The imagePress C10000VP will deliver 100ppm and 80ppm for the imagePress C8000VP, which means the C10000VP can support a monthly duty cycle of up to 1.8 million prints. With a quality of 2400x2400dpi, the C10000VP will compete well with similar printers on the market. Canon sees it servicing printers wanting to complete booklet making, brochures, business printing, especially for short runs. The imagePress C10000VP Series can run media of up to 350gsm. Air suction ensures reliable feeding of heavier and coated paper across the life of the press. Air separation reduces the chances of mis-feeds prior to printing and the air knife helps ensure lightweight substrates are properly separated from the ﬁxing roller without scratching for reliable throughput. The air knife also enables the engine to run thinly coated media as light as 70gsm, suited for applications such as direct mail. It also offers real-time colour calibration with new Multi-Density Adjustment Technology and an inline spectroscopic sensor. Like other digital manufacturers, Canon has worked to ensure that active registration technology makes every sheet correctly positioned with a side guide for skew correction. Its ﬁnishing capabilities mean applications can include stapled documents, saddle-stitched booklets with square fold options, full-bleed booklets, perfect-bound books and bound presentations and manuals. Options for digital front ends include Canon’s Prismasync and imagePress Server powered by EFI Fiery. Canon offers replaceable operator maintenance parts for the new imagePress series and an extended lifetime of key parts, which it says helps to increase uptime and reduce the service calls needed. Australian Printer – April 2017

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Automation the key at Currie Group

INIMISING touchpoints will be the theme of the Currie Group stand at PacPrint, with the iconic print solutions supplier aiming to show the nation’s printers the innovations that will keep them producing profitable print. Phillip Rennell, sales and marketing director at Currie Group says, “We are making a big investment at PacPrint because we want to give Australian and New Zealand printers the opportunity to see how far automation has come, and to see the significant benefits it can deliver to their businesses. “The printing industry continues to be a challenging arena, which means that print business owners need to be aware of the latest developments that will enable them get more work out the door, at a lower cost, with less waste, and faster than before. Currie Group and its partners are committed to developing production solutions that enable the most efficient print production possible, and this is what printers at PacPrint will see on our stand.” Currie Group has now installed more than 250 HP Indigo digital colour presses in Australia, and a growing number of them are the B2 HP Indigo, launched as the HP Indigo 10000 and now superceded by the HP Indigo 12000, which will be on the stand. Rennell says, “The B2 HP Indigo market is growing rapidly, as commercial printers realise the range of new products and services it enables them to offer. The 750x530mm sheet size means it is not two times an SRA3 sheet, it is two and half times. This means more A4 prints, more DL prints and more flexible sized prints.” While the new press features many of the same headline specifications of the 10000, it has a widerange of productivity and quality enhancements. These include the addition

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of One Shot technology to enable a wider choice of substrates, an inline spectrophotometer, and a new screening configuration for the threechannel (CMY) Enhanced Productivity Mode (EMP). It will also benefit from Indigo Optimizer, a new software tool that HP claims can increase throughput per shift by up to 40 per cent, through features like intelligent job sequencing and the production of proofs without stopping jobs in production. The 12000 will ultimately feature the option of a new imaging system, the 1,600dpi High Definition Laser Array (HDLA) technology. Printers at PacPrint on the Currie Group stand will be the first in the world to see what many believe is the future of print, with a robot taking work off the HP Indigo 12000 and taking it to an Horizon perfect binder. Rennell says, “We believe robotics can play a significant part on the print production process, as part of the drive to automate and reduce touchpoints. Robotics have obvious benefits. The system on show at PacPrint is developed by Currie Group in Australia. Currie has always taken a leadership position I the Australian print industry, and the introduction of robots is in keeping with our strategy, it is all about operational efficiencies and creating a sustainable industry.” The HP Indigo 12000 on the floor at PacPrint will work with an inline Horizon SmartStacker, and this inline automation cutting out touchpoints will also be seen on the HP Indigo 7900 which will have an inline Horizon bookletmaker attached. Rennell says, “This is a world first development between HP and Horizon. It will enable booklets up to 64pp to be printed, folded and stitched in one automated line. We have all seen the inline high speed book manufacturing line at Griffin Press which has given the company such an edge, well

the inline HP Indigo 7900 and Horizon bookletmaker is the same concept, sheets of paper in one end, booklets out the other end. The HP 7900 is the top-of-the range SRA3 Indigo which will feature many of the same enhancements as the new HP Indigo 12000. Print speed is 120 fourcolour A4 in pages per minute (twoup); 160 A4 in colour pages per minute in EPM (two-up); 240 two-colour or monochrome A4 in pages per minute (two-up). Print quality colour is 812 and 1219 dpi at 8-bit, addressability is 2438x 2438dpi HDI (High Definition Imaging). It can handle Media thicknesses of between 70 and 400 microns, and print on a range of stock including paper, board and synthetics.

Horizon A raft of solutions from innovative finishing manufacturer Horizon will also be on the stand, some operating inline with the HP Indigos and some being shown in stand alone format. Two Horizon perfect binders will be on the floor, a PUR and a hot melt. There will also be brand new the Horizon StitchLiner Mark III, as well as a smaller perfect binder, and a creaser folder, and the SmartStacker. Rennell says, “We want to show the options that are available. Horizon is powering on with automation and integration, with super-efficient systems for printers of all sizes, as visitors to the Currie Group stand will see.” Innovation in finishing also comes in the form of the Scodix Ultra Pro digital embellishing system. Rennell says ,”It is the latest generation of digital enhancing, from Scodix, enabling both trade printers, commercial printers, and packaging printers to offer to offer tailored client solutions. We invite printers at PacPrint to have a look for themselves at Scodix, and at all our solutions on the booth, where they will find fresh ideas for taking their business forward.”

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UJI Xerox Australia is once again set to showcase a range of innovative solutions at PacPrint 2017. So what does the lineup look like? Quentin Sandery, national manager, Production Solutions Business Group at Fuji Xerox Australia says, “As market leaders, we are excited to participate in this pre-eminent industry event that is recognised both locally and internationally. This year at PacPrint we are looking forward to the opportunity to help our current and future customers focus on what really counts in today’s rapidly evolving business environment, that is efficiency, productivity and innovation.” On stand this year, alongside some of the company’s latest solutions will be subject matter experts, available to discuss how new technologies can address business requirements in terms of reducing costs, saving time, producing a wider array of jobs more efficiently, automating repetitive tasks, and enabling revenue and profit growth. Fuji Xerox Australia will be showcasing two of its high-end, digital presses. These solutions convey the Fuji Xerox Australia core proposition, enabling customer profitability with agile innovation.

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Digital printer pioneer Fuji Xerox will have new solutions on the stand

THE new Versant 180 and 3100 digital colour presses have the ability to produce a wide range of innovative and relevant print pieces combining workflow flexibility, automation and productivity with industry leading quality. This is the result of consistent high definition print quality, stock flexibility and an array of newly developed inline finishing translating to increase a businesses ability to meet the needs of its customers, and the challenges in the market. With more standard features, a powerful performance option and an end to end workflow that enables the production of more jobs in less time the Versant 180/3100 is a solution that will exceed expectations. Multiple finishing options inline are available with the new Versant printers. Previously a printer could only do booklet making inline with Versant, and everything else would go to a third party. With these new models, there are more options; three-edge trim booklets, squarefold trimming and two sided trim and/or creaser for up to five creases inline. The compact size fits into limited spaces and offers stacking, stapling, hole-punching, cover page insertion and folding. The Versant 3100 prints at 100ppm, with 2400dpi and can handle stocks of 52-350gsm. The Versant 180 prints at 80ppm, with

the same 2400dpi and stock range of 52-350gsm. The printer is compatible with Fuji Xerox’s own Versant developed DFE - GX Print Server, as well as Fiery and FreeFlow Print Server Digital Front End - recently acquired by EFI earlier this year. With the addition of the Finisher D6 with Booklet Maker, Crease/Two-sided Trimmer D1 and SquareFold Trimmer D1 to the presses, the process of creating high quality booklets is simplified through increased automation. With fewer touch points and less intervention, the conventional method of manually setting up margins and placing images is no longer an issue.

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ONICA MINOLTA is expanding rapidly, with the company that made its name in the commercial print industry through its bizhub cutsheet digital colour printers set to bring the wow factor to PacPrint with exclusive print production equipment, including its new B2 sheetfed inkjet press, a new B1 digital foil and varnish system, a new digital label press, as well as new cutsheet digital colour printers. David Cascarino, national manager, Industrial Print at Konica Minolta says, “The centerpiece of the stand will be the new B2 KM-1 AccurioJet, which is having its official launch at PacPrint. This press heralds a new dawn in commercial print, with its ability to print a B2 sheet at offset quality, but with no make ready and the ability to incorporate variable data.” The Konica Minolta KM-1 is a sheetfed duplex B2-format digital inkjet press, using UV-cured inks. The company has made toner-based digital colour presses since 2006, the KM-1 is its first sheetfed inkjet press and has been developed as a joint venture with Komori. Konica Minolta has extensive experience of inkjet through its Nassenger textile printing systems, the KM-1 printheads and ink are Konica Minolta’s own. UV-cured inks and cool LED lamps enable the press to handle a wide range of substrates including standard offset stocks or synthetics, with no need for special precoatings. It can also handle thicker cartonboard stocks up to 0.6mm as well as heavily textured or embossed papers. Its configuration is broadly similar to other B2 format sheetfed inkjet presses, with offset type feeder, gripper-to-gripper sheet transport and delivery. Konica Minolta makes the print engine (including its own inkjet

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KM-1 new dawn in commercial printing: David Cascarino, national manager, Industrial Print, Konica Minolta

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print heads and controllers), inks and front-end, while Komori provides the substrate feed, transport and delivery mechanisms. It takes oversized B2 sheets up to 585x750mm, allowing four-up A4s. New 600dpi printheads with piezo shear technology are fitted in pairs to give 1,200dpi. There are eight pairs per full-width print bar and one print bar per colour. Initially, the presses will be wide-gamut CMYK, with five and six colour options in future. Inline sensors detect misfires and correct on the fly. The head carriage retracts sideways for maintenance and heads can be replaced by the operator. The most unusual aspect is the UV-cured ink. This was specially developed for the KM-1 and is heated to reduce viscosity, allowing thin ink films. The LED curing lamps are compact and cool, though a simple fan extractor and duct is required, largely because of the heated inks. Production presses will print 3,000 simplex or 1,500 duplex B2 sheets per hour at up to 1,200dpi, with full variable print. Cascarino says, “The main markets for KM-1 AccurioJet will be digital printers who are running multiple high end digital presses and want to consolidate into one unit, and offset printers who want a B2 digital alternative to enhance their offering to the market. Operation is straightforward. We are already engaging with the market, and the PacPrint press has been sold, it will be the first one in the country.” Konica Minolta is also bringing the MGI JetVarnish B2 sheetfed digital inkjet: KM-1

EVO to PacPrint, which is a digital B1 UV varnish and foiling system. It will varnish, including raised spot varnish to give an embossed effect, and will foil through its iFoil system including gold foil. Cascarino says, “The MGI JetVarnish EVO will be a boon to large commercial printers and packaging printers. It will enable them to produce a host of embellishment inhouse for the on-demand market, and in B1 size. There is no set-up, no dies for the spot UV, and it can raise the spot UV up to 200 microns, producing a tactile effect, and more than enough for instance for Braille work. Similarly there are no dies for the iFoil unit, saving both time and money.” Also on the stand from MGI – of which Konica Minolta now owns 43 per cent – will be the MGI Meteor high volume digital colour print system, and which prints on a virtually any substrate. Cascarino says, “The MGI Meteor comes with inline finishing options including a DF Pro unit that will slit, guillotine, perforate horizontal and vertical all inline. The Meteor is designed specifically for high volume high quality work with flexibility of product.” Konica Minolta will also use PacPrint as the official launch of its digital label press, the bizhub C71cf, which Cascarino says has already hit a nerve in Australia, he says, “It sits in a great spot in the middle of the market between the high end digital label presses from Israel and Belgium and the low end systems. Interest from the market has been intense, and we expect that will continue to be the case at PacPrint. The bizhub C71cf provides label and commercial printers with the opportunity to exploit the rapidly developing short run label market at a great investment level.” The company also has plenty of developments in its core digital cutsheet technology, with its new next generation bizhub 2070 entry level printer being launched at the show. This will print and duplex on thicker paper, up to 350gsm, and will print a large 650mm sheet. It can also accommodate inline finishing. The company will also launch its new top to the range 100 pages a minute C6100, which supercedes the C1100.

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FFERING a comprehensive range of digital print and finishing services, Whirlwind Print enables its customers, including small to medium sized print companies, to sell printed products that previously lay out of their ambit. Andrew Cester, managing director at Whirlwind Print, says, “The digital print service is an extension of everything else we do. Our strategy is to provide our customers with the highest quality print, especially in a range of substrates and formats which they can’t get on their own equipment.” The company maintains a strong reputation in the industry as a trade printer that offers quality work, on time. He says, “We strive to provide a full range service. Everything that we offer across our offset printing and finishing range, we also supply for our digital printing and finishing.” Digital printing dominates the short run quick turnaround sector in the market and Whirlwind Print finds that also makes up a large portion of its digital work. He says, “It is generally short run work, often quantities less than 250, and everyone wants the job done quickly. We offer same day and next day services. “Digital has established its place for short run books; low quantity products; and specialty products with specialty stocks. There are a number of ways customers can take advantage of our service, for example, by ordering a short run on the digital and then a longer run on offset. It depends on their circumstances.”

Best practice AS with its offset production, Whirlwind works to the philosophy that quality is paramount. He says, “We only use HP Indigo and Fuji Xerox iGen to deliver high quality print. Whirlwind’s position is about buying the best technology and making it affordable for our customers, so we have UV offset, offset, Indigo and iGen and all of the finishing around those technologies, which can be unaffordable for trade customers.” He sees the ongoing situation where many printers no longer want to risk the investment in the latest capital equipment, but still have customers to satisfy. He says, “It’s our business strategy to invest long term in technology and equipment. To ensure our customers have access to more quality digital products.” For digital print finishing, 74

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Whirlwind Print enables its customers to sell printed products that previously lay out of their ambit

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Whirlwind offers a wide range of detail finishing; PUR; stitched books; foiling; and all different types of binding. He says the company will add more finishing services, especially in the range of more specialty finishing within the coming 12 months.

On line saves time WHIRLWIND also offers its clients low costs and flexibility through a range of technologies, including its internet capabilities. Cester says, “Online ordering enables our customers to order endless amounts of products – over 10 million combinations of different products. This means they can consider all kinds of different substrates and mixes of digital and offset. Clients have a need for speed. He says, “It is all about speed now. Printers need to be able to advise their customer what they can expect more or less straight away. Now the client’s expectation is instant, not 48 hours for a quote. “The software continues to improve at a great rate. We recently surveyed our customers and they communicated that our web site is becoming easier to use all the time, in fact nearly 90 per cent find it easy or very easy to use. We will keep developing the online capability

progressively, meaning we can place more products online with instant quoting and more intuitive ordering.” Like everything else it does, Whirlwind’s digital printing service covers the entire country. Most of the work comes out of its main production facility in Melbourne but it also has suppliers around the country for when printers need work in more of a hurry. He says, “We have customers who find themselves in a jam, so they need the product quickly.” The company anticipates the advent of fresh technology. He says, “We are watching the inkjet space closely and we will keep an eye on it. We are seeing that space tested quite a lot at the moment. It makes sense to know what is going on around new products. Of course, it depends on your business model and we have seen successful models and unsuccessful models in this space.” Through continuous improvement, Whirlwind makes a strong ongoing case for trade printing. Cester says, “Our aim is to become the go-to supplier, to extend our customers’ services and products. We’ll continue to invest in software, hardware and our people to ensure our customers get the best value in the market.” He concludes, “Our goal? To make our customers look great.”

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USTRALIAN Printer caught up with Australian Graphic Servicing (AGS) to discuss the decision not to attend this year’s PacPrint, and to discover where the company sees itself. Ross Gilberthorpe, equipment sales and marketing manager AGS says the company focuses on a sales and service model, and not a purely sales-based model. “Service is the cornerstone of our business and has been for 25 years. It could be anything from a platesetter service or an electrical fault in a finishing line to fixing a large flexo press,” says Gilberthorpe. UK-based print finishing equipment manufacturers Watkiss has recognised the ability of AGS to maintain and service machines. They awarded the Australian distributorship to AGS at drupa in 2016, since then AGS has helped many Australian customers who were struggling with their systems due to poor local servicing and have also installed a number of new systems throughout Australia. More recently AGS took on the role of Australian distributor for Cron CTP Systems, and have been awarded as the best new dealer for 2016/7 by Cron after selling five new systems in 2017. Having a smaller, more targeted range of equipment allows AGS to have a better understanding of its products, making repairs and maintenance more thorough. Glenn Maynard, managing director, AGS says, “There are two ways to do things; be a supermarket that offers everything, or a specialised supplier that offers targeted equipment solutions. We certainly do not have everything, nor do we want to, we are focused.” AGS says the print market in Australia has its own dynamics compared to the rest of the world, due to smaller volumes, relating to the relatively small population. “We have been specific in trying to pick a range of equipment that will not only help the current customer

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base, but the future customer base as the industry transitions from offset to digital. There is a need for solid, good equipment that will help people transition. The challenge is to get the right equipment, at the right price, which does the job economically.” says Gilberthorpe. AGS has not forgotten the fact that consumables for the traditional print industry are still important, Maynard says “We are one of the only suppliers left who still supply a full range of products for the traditional printer. Inks, plates, chemistry, cleaners and accessories including items like Kompac parts, cylinder jackets and blankets. If you cannot find a supplier for a product you want, we will likely have it.” Economics were a factor in the decision made by AGS to not have a stand at PacPrint this year. Gilberthorpe explains, “We want to give our customers the best value, spending an excessive amount of money on PacPrint, to only then incorporate those costs at some stage into the price, is not fair. “We would rather pass the savings onto our customers. Besides, we have just installed a new demo centre, so we have a PacPrint every day, and will do so for the foreseeable future. The demo centre can also be a production room, so if someone for instance wanted to finish a print job with a UV or AQ

coating to show their customers how it looks and feels they can use the facility. If they wanted to do a run on a 500gsm board or timber veneer or die cut a label to show the capability to their customers, we can do that." As for the solutions offered by AGS, there is a strong focus on CTP with Cron, and on digital finishing with Watkiss, Kompac, Mamo and digital printing and finishing with Intec adding to a printer’s arsenal. Andrew Dunn Business Develop for pre-press at AGS believes Cron is a world leader in CTP systems, offering value for money for systems that are equal to and in some cases better than the better known brands. The Intec range of digital machines and finishing equipment for is label and sheetfed digital. Gilberthorpe. “It is not about heavy volume, but if you want to make something look different on small runs, the Intec ColorSplash series printer can handle a variety of stocks. Magnets, plastics, timber veneers, a lot of different things. You can run posters at 1.3m long. The machines are at a great a price point, a third of the price of others. Our Intec machines can do up to 500gm weighted stocks, they do white inks, and a special clear spot coating." Watkiss is an established name in bookmaking and binding, while Mamo is an Italian manufacturer that uses the core Watkiss SquareBack technology in its entry level bookmaking system, but at a lower initial investment cost. " We focus on quality products that are reliable and do the job,” says Gilberthorpe.

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