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EFI has introduced a new member of its award winning Vutek QS family of superwide format UV printers, the QS3200r.They say it is an exceptionally high quality, high-speed roll-to-roll UV printer that produces images up to 3.2 metres wide at 1,080 dpi with High Definition Print (HDP), at the rate of up to 1,850 square feet per hour. 

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Ron Preston the sales manager for Melbourne’s Eastern Press is currently in Hawaii competing in the Iron Man Competition.

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Wide Format Online has joined the growing ranks of sponsors of the SEES organisation and the Solar Boat Challenge and would urge other potential sponsors to consider this opportunity to a) help themselves with some great publicity and b) help many young schoolies to get involved with this great environmental project and c) for you to make a positive contribution to the development and improvement of solar power as an alternative to fossil fuel.
See http://www.solarchallenge.com.au/ for more information about SEES as well as a sponsor application form.

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The viscom Innovation Awards and the Digital Signage Best Practice Award were awarded for the first time at September's viscom show in Dusseldorf.

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Adkote has secured the official license for the Australian distribution of the first landfill degradable PVC; BIOflex.

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 Adi Displays, known as Bannerad, supplier of portable display equipment have appointed Q1 Media as their distributor in Adelaide.

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Gerber Scientific Products, Inc. have launched their Solara ion. It is, they say, a technologically advanced true flatbed and true roll-to-roll printer that meets the varied needs of wide-format, outdoor durable digital printing applications.

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Thieme GmbH & Co. KG has developed a special version of its proven model series Thieme 1000 and Thieme 3000. The flatbed screen printers are now optionally available with a camera-controlled print stock positioning system which automatically corrects position deviations of a tenth of a millimetre within one second.

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Printing Industries has been given assurances that a Federal Labor Government would not impose a one-size fits all workplace agreement model on employers.

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EFI has used Labelexpo to launch the full production model of its innovative Jetrion 4000 Series UV Inkjet System, which delivers full-colour labels in production volumes of flexo comparable quality at significantly lower costs than current digital colour presses. When compared with many competitors, who have yet to ship any production units of the systems they are showing at Labelexpo, Jetrion has clearly stolen a march on them and, now backed by the full power of EFI, is looking to strengthen its position with integrated workflow tools, an expanded European sales force and new offices in Brussels.

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Sun Chemical has announced price increases in Europe of 6-12% on it's complete portfolio of products and in all the markets it serves. Increases are effective from November the 1st.

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Wasatch Computer Technology has released 17 new drivers for popular inkjet printers and cutting devices. This SoftRIP release includes drivers for Epson’s new Stylus Pro x880 and x450 printer models, as well as devices from d.gen, DGI, Mimaki, Mutoh, and Roland.

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ISO may be the current buzzword of the industry but some printers still seem mystified at exactly what they need to meet the ISO print standard 12647.

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The Digital Impressions Group is the new venture of Warren Davey, formerly Managing Director of Xeikon Australia and Grish Rewal, Managing Director of Absolute Electronics, an experienced provider of niche service solutions to the printing and I.T.industries.

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In a statement released by 3M, both parties have reached a settlement of lawsuits brought by 3M in the United States and the Netherlands for infringement of 3M’s patents directed to release liners used in the manufacture and sale of pressure sensitive adhesives for large format graphics. The lawsuits have been resolved as part of a global settlement between 3M and Avery Dennison of patent disputes involving structured release liners, structured adhesives having air bleed capabilities and structured adhesives having repositionable capabilities.

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Halifax Vogel Group (HVG) is committed to the Western Australian graphics market and is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Bancroft to the HVG Perth office.

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Marabu GmbH & Co.KG, one of Europe's leading 3rd party ink manufacturers for the screen, digital and pad printing industries has announced that it has acquired the assets of USA- based Clearstar Coatings Corporation, a leading manufacturer in the production of liquid laminates and inks for digital printing.

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With over 13,000 flatbed cutters with the “Made in Switzerland” mark installed worldwide, Zünd Systemtechnik AG is recognised as one of the leaders in digital cutting.

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FESPA has announced its FESPA Digital Print Awards 2008, with the continued support of HP, a market-leading supplier of wide- and super-wide format printers and consumables.