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The Hyatt Regency Sydney was the venue for the first in a series of Roland DG events being held up and down the east coast, to showcase the Dimense DA-640 wide-format dimensional surface printer. The versatility and opportunity of the machine dictating a customer guest list that reaches well beyond your professional print service provider and into the design, architecture, hospitality and even engineering sectors.

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Fujifilm Europe GmbH has announced the availability of two server-less device applications for its Apeos multifunction printer (MFP) range: Server-less On-Demand Print and Server-less Authentication.

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Mimaki has partnered with SMARTTECH3D, a leader in high-precision scanning solutions, to show case its UV-curable 3D printing technology - using the Mimaki 3DUJ-2207 printer at Formnext 2025 (18^th to 21^st November at Messe Frankfurt, Germany).

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Epson used October’s PRINTING United Expo in Orlando to formally launch its new SureColor S8160 64-inch solvent printer to the US market. First shown locally at PacPrint earlier this year, Epson claims the S8160  ‘delivers 20% faster print speeds and superior quality, making it one of the most productive signage printers yet’.

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Heidelberg has taken the automation of computer-to-plate (CtP) processing to the next level by integrating its new Compact Pallet Loader (CPL) and Compact Bender into a single CtP line.

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Xerox has announced a new ‘production printer’ master-brand, commencing with the launch of its new Xerox Proficio PX300 (85ppm) and PX500 (100ppm) digital presses. Based on Fujifilm’s 85ppm & 100ppm Revoria print engines, these presses are also the first products launched since the end of the Xerox Fujifilm joint venture in 2019.

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Roland DG Corporation has announced 3 new add-on features to its Raster Image Processor (RIP) software, VersaWorks 7, including new Remote functionality, an automatic Backup feature and Extra Job Queue capacity to expand the number of backlog folders from 5 to 20.

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Giant US retail and hyper-market brand, Walmart, has announced a collaboration with Avery Dennison to advance the use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology in fresh food categories previously not possible.  

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The new, next-generation AccurioPress C7100e and C7090e are now available for demonstrations at Konica Minolta’s showrooms across Australia and New Zealand.

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The winners of the 16th Epson International Pano Awards have been announced with ultra-wide panoramas clearly the flavour of the 2025 competition. Alessandro Cantarelli from Italy took top honours as the 2025 Open Photographer of the Year (also winning the Nature/Landscape category).

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The Ghent Workgroup, established in 2002 to work with the industry to develop best practices for print & publishing workflows, has welcome Adobe back into its fold.

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Scodix, widely recognised for its production of some of the world's most advanced digital embellishment solutions for the printing industry, has opened a new ‘Experience Centre’ in Düsseldorf, Germany. 

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Mimaki has launched its new UJF-7151plus II e next-generation flatbed UV printer at PRINTING United Expo in Florida, claiming the printer ‘sets a new benchmark for direct-to-object and industrial printing’.

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Konica Minolta Australia has announced it has reached the second tier in its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) journey, having officially achieved its Innovate RAP: Implementing change with Reconciliation Australia and acquiring the right to reproduce an artwork by Aboriginal artist Jasmine Coe, titled ‘Ripples’.

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Now in its fourth year, there was a bright spotlight on the FESPA Leaders program in and around this year’s FESPA Australian Conference. First, a cocktail party the night before the conference, to celebrate both this year’s crop of 14 participants and those that have gone before them. Then, at the conference itself, an opportunity for a couple of the 2025 leaders to share their story.

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Following quickly in the wake of Koenig & Bauer’s 'protected at print' initiative launch, Bosch has set up a new product authentication business and has teamed up with Koenig & Bauer to bring the product to the printing industry.

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Plockmatic Group has launched two new products at this week’s PRINTING United Expo in Florida: the SC7800 Pro XL Finisher (a compact, high-capacity booklet maker featuring patented sheet-cutting technology) and  the DigiCoater Pro 400 LED-UV (a standout digital finishing solution designed to apply high-quality protective coatings).

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A high-quality speaker line-up coupled with an innate ability to address meaningful and relevant industry topics ensured this year’s FESPA Australia Annual Conference (Shangri-La Hotel Sydney Friday 17^th October) hit the mark and lived up to the organisation’s brand promise to Connect. Inspire. Support.

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Take one enormous roller door, wrap it in a beautifully under-stated, original and authentic Aboriginal design, then drop a removable easy-dot print wrap over the top, to convince the other Block contestants that an arrogant self-portrait design is the finished product. What you are left with is TV gold, dreamed up by renowned design and printing company Grafico, in collaboration with The Block 2025 contestants Britt and Taz and local roller door company 4D Doors.

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HP has unveiled a new 3.2m-wide Latex FS70 W printer, the Latex Productivity Kit, and an enhanced PrintOS Production Hub.

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The biennial LIA National Graduate of the Year winners were announced last week, with Jackson Young from Harden Packaging in Victoria taking out the $10,000 LIA Visual Connections Scholarship Prize, and Kathy Doan from Corrective Services Industries in NSW winning the LIA Future Leader Award.