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Mimaki has announced a new member to the UJF-MkII product family, its latest generation of small format UV flatbed printers. The UJF-3042MkII EX, which will be unveiled at FESPA 2017, offers an approach to value-added printing by combining four steps into one: delivering the ability to place primer for strong ink adhesion, white ink for high print opacity, full colour CMYK printing and a clear print surface treatment, all in one operation.

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Ricoh has announced the launch of two new Industrial Inkjet Printheads: the Ricoh MH5421F and the Ricoh MH5421MF. Ricoh will start taking orders for both of these printheads from June 2017.

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Fujifilm Graphic Systems will be exhibiting alongside Fuji Xerox Australia on PacPrint’s second largest stand, stand E10, from May 23-26 at Melbourne’s Exhibition Centre. The theme is ‘Value from Innovation.’

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DP Lenticular has launched Motion 20 LPI UV-LF, Europe’s first large format Motion lens lenticular sheet designed and extruded in Europe.
Developed for large format Motion images such as zoom, morphing and a variety of animation pictures Motion 20 LPI UV-LF is perfect for outdoor uses such as bus shelters.  It is also ideal for indoor applications in airports, underground and railway stations.

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The Toyota Mirai eco-billboard campaign, in coordination with Clear Channel Outdoor Americas, is helping to clear the air from 3 April through to 28 May. Thirty seven billboards in Los Angeles and San Francisco will create 2319sqm (24,960 square feet) of pollution scrubbing surface and reverse the equivalent of 440 vehicles worth of nitrogen dioxide (NOx) emissions per month. NOx is a key ingredient in acid rain and smog.

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017 is the latest version of Corel's flagship graphics software that offers designers a new, hands-on creative experience that's unlike any other vector application. With LiveSketch, hand-drawn strokes are intelligently interpreted, adjusted, and combined with existing vector curves, making it simple to sketch and draw directly on a pen-enabled device.

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We’re constantly told that to succeed in a constantly changing market, businesses need to innovate – but how do you fund your future development? The PacPrint Forum Series tackles this important issue with sessions on Friday 26 May on competitive tenders, grants and other funding options.

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The outdoor commodity rigid sign market has long been dominated by trusty fluted plastics – a carry-over from screen printing days to flatbed UV digital production. Now there is an alternative for short-term outdoor signage, that offers several environmental and production advantages over fluted plastic sheets.

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Arlon has announced the global commercial launch of two new innovative products and a new technology for vehicle and fleet applications. SLX Cast Wrap is a premium gloss white repositionable cast film with FLITE Technology.

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Techkon’s managing director, Albin Baranauskas, will be presenting a free workshop at May’s PacPrint exhibition in Melbourne. Local distributor Colour Graphic Services will welcome Branauskas on his first visit to Australia and is proud that he will be presenting in the Workshop area of the show. It covers colour measurement for printing, packaging, photography, wideformat and digital reproduction.

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Drytac has has announced SpotOn SynPaper for HP PageWide XL printers. The new introduction is a 120μ(4.8 mil) white matte polypropylene film, coated on one side with a dot pattern printed pressure-sensitive polyacrylate adhesive.

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The Out of Home (OOH) industry has posted an increase of 5.7% on net media revenue year-on-year in the first quarter of 2017, posting $186.7 million, up from $176.7 million* for the first quarter in 2016. This ongoing growth follows the all-time high revenue growth at the end of 2016 of 15.8%.

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New products on display include KernowJet FloorSharK, an easy-to-apply and remove floor graphic film, designed for hard floors and carpet tiles. Using Kernow’s ‘sharkskin’ coating technology, the resultant floor graphics are tough, vibrant and R10-certificated. KernowJet FloorSharK does not need to be laminated, improving production workflow and offering a far wider colour gamut than traditional laminated floor graphics.

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Italian manufacturer Elitron will be appearing at both shows. At FESPA they have the slogan “Dare to Print Different.” At Pacprint, Elitron will be showcased by the local distributor, Spicers and will feature the popular SDC automatic cutting and routing solution.

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In June, Spandex will introduce their updated 2017 Essentials Product Guide to the digital, signage and display market. The new guide, they say,  will have the very latest new products from all leading brand manufacturers, as well as helpful information to help you grow your business and save you time and money.

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In today’s highly competitive environment, wide format printers should be looking beyond their production equipment to find an automated end-to-end workflow that ensures faster time to market, fewer errors and improved profitability. If they recognise that waste is created everywhere; via complex manual steps, equipment idle time, incorrect material handling or lack of workflow control and if they seek to eliminate idle time—in design creation, pre-press, on press and on the finishing table, they should visit Esko at FESPA 2017.

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Starleaton’s CEO Ben Eaton and Product Manager John Buitenkamp will have a busy May as they fly to Europe for the FESPA Hamburg trade fair and will be straight into PacPrint preparations when they return.

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Leading Australasian paper, packaging and print media distributors, BJ Ball and K.W. Doggett Fine Paper have announced the two businesses will combine. This new entity will become the largest, most diversified paper, packaging and print media distribution business across both Australia and New Zealand.The transaction remains subject to conditions, including ACCC approval.

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Esko has announced confirmation of the compatibility of the Esko Software Platform with new Ghent Workgroup PDF Output Suite version 5.0 . All 48 test patches in the output suite were processed perfectly using Esko Software Platform applications and workflows.

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US-based ink manufacturer Nazdar will be presenting two new series of digital solvent inks to avoid raw materials facing a clampdown by recent regulations.

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Downers Grove (Dover) announced today that it has acquired French RIP company Caldera Graphics for total consideration of approximately EUR 35 million, including an amount related to achieving certain performance metrics.