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The Print & Visual Communication Association’s (PVCA) annual Print 2 Parliament! event will stream live on its Facebook page on Wednesday 21 October. Guests include Communications and Arts Minister Paul Fletcher and Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

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Printing United is the peak industry body in the USA and the result of merging the PIA with the SGIA. In October at Phoenix, Arizona, no fewer than six Product of the Year Awards went to Mutoh wide format and benchtop UV technologies, in respect of ability to reproduce images and colour totally accurately, in particular in the Adobe RGB colour space.

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FESPA Australia says its new online colour management sessions will be presented by certified instructors from Celmac, Fujifilm and Colourhead who’ve completed a workshop led by US colour guru Ray Weiss.

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EFI’s two new printers for the high-end, high productivity soft signage market – the COLORS 340 and POWER 340 – can print with higher quality on a wider range of materials, with 100% penetration on both sides.

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Digital print technology manufacturer Durst says its innovative new UVC-R Air Disinfection System is designed to lower viral loads in indoor environments. An anti-viral coated membrane can also be “personalized with our digital printing systems.”

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Konica Minolta has joined digital print giants Xerox and Fujifilm in withdrawing from rescheduled global print expo drupa 2021 over health concerns and says it will instead use digital and hybrid formats to engage with customers. Canon and Ricoh also bailed out of drupa this week, following the earlier exits of HP, Xerox, Fujifilm, Kodak, Komori, EFI, Screen and Heidelberg, amongst others.

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Registrations are open for a Planning and Building Permits webinar announced by the Australian Sign & Graphics Association. Julie Rochester and Glenn Hain will feature in the event on Tuesday, 27 October.

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With studies confirming that Social Distancing signage will be with us for a very long time, Orafol Australia has focused on Orajet 3162, a sustainable self-adhesive floor graphic film that, laminated with Oraguard, is Australian-certified slip resistant.

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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell says the Federal Government’s 2020 Budget will help lift small businesses out of the COVID crisis and provide a much-needed boost to economic confidence. But she says it failed to address several critical issues including insolvency laws.

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Agfa has added a new entry-level hybrid six-colour printer to its Jeti Tauro inkjet range. The Jeti Tauro H3300 S LED “marks another step in the expansion of our high-end large-format inkjet printer family.”

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“The company believes that demand for industrial printing will shift more to on-demand than ever before," says Konica Minolta, announcing an additional investment in France-based MGI Digital Technology (MGI), a manufacturer of digital decoration printing machines.

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In a not unexpected move following the exits of HP, Xerox, Fujifilm, Kodak, Komori, EFI, Screen and Heidelberg amongst others, two of the biggest names in digital print have decided not to exhibit at the April 2021 trade fair, for the same reasons - health and safety. However, both are looking forward to the 'virtual platform.' Andy McCourt comments.

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Two weeks ago, we announced a great initiative by Mutoh Australia, to donate $500 to the Fred Hollows Foundation for every Braille-enabled UV printer sold between now and Christmas. Now, as World Sight Day approaches on October 8th, Corporate Match 2.0 will double that – another $500 to the Foundation.

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“Sign makers - have your say - take 5 to help us collect valuable data to help you make better business decisions and help inform our lobbying, training and supply plans,” says suppliers association Visual Connections. The group’s Great Australian Sign Survey to map the current state of the multi-million dollar Australian sign industry closes on Friday 9^th October.  

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EFI IQ, a new suite of free and paid cloud applications that includes EFI IQ Dashboard, EFI Insight and EFI Notify, is designed to operate with Fiery Driven cut-sheet digital printers to minimize bottlenecks and boost equipment utilization.

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HP Inc. has agreed to pay US$6 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over charges that it misled investors by failing to disclose the impact of sales practices designed to boost ink sales in Asia Pacific and Japan.

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Suppliers group Visual Connections has announced its funding and support for a campaign led by The Real Media Collective (TRMC) designed to combat “the misrepresentation of the paper and print sector across Australia and New Zealand.” This is a further example of TRMC's pro-active industry lobbying, while  the PVCA (PIAA) appears strangely muted.

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Yohei Konaka has officially taken on the role of managing director of Konica Minolta Australia effective immediately, following a delay in his official appointment due to COVID-19.

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Inkjet printing technology group Xaar, which has invested £70m in R&D in recent years, has launched the ImagineX bulk printhead platform that will "drive a step change in performance enhancements including printing at resolutions up to 1440dpi and speeds of 150kHz.” Xaar also outlined a new company strategy to return to sustainable long-term growth. 

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Digital printing technologies manufacturer Durst strengthened its position in the wide format market with the acquisition of Vanguard Digital Printing Systems, headquartered in Lawrenceville, Georgia/USA.

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Graphic Art Mart, trade supplier to sign, display, printing and graphics industries, says industry veteran Michael Culver and Matt Christie, formerly with Spicers and Mulford Plastics, will join its operations in Sydney and Melbourne.