When it comes to attracting and retaining new customers, the commercial printing sector is a highly competitive place. In the latest issue of Print21 magazine, Ricoh’s Henryk Kraszewski offers ten tips for differentiation.

Imagine a snowflake with textured details on a postcard or a book cover with a white horse on a dark stock. These types of enhancements are possible with the first White Dry Ink for the Xerox iGen 5 150 Press.

Epochal change for the peak industry body as prominent industry identity passes the South Australian baton to Sarah Leo of Openbook Howden.

Océ, acquired by Canon in 2009, has taken over marketing, distribution and service for the Océ branded wide format and production inkjet range from Canon Australia.

Trade only printing for resellers has been with us for decades but a rising phenomenon is trade wide format. Print21 magazine editor Andy McCourt looks at the trend in the latest issue.

Franchiser Worldwide Printing Solutions is one of the first printers in Australia to move up to the latest ISO colour standard. “To maintain our leading position as a provider to 35,000 customers, we had little choice but to upgrade," says MD Arnold Whiteside (pictured).

Michael Warshall, executive director of Nulab (pictured), is retiring after 45 years in the industry, and has sold his company to Victorian digital photo printer HC Pro. Nulab made the announcement in an email to customers, assuring them it will be a smooth transition.

After years of banging on about print’s sustainability, we are finally beginning to see some appreciation of the massive impact that electronic media and communications have on the environment, writes sustainability expert Laurel Brunner.

New technology, business mergers and let's not forget PacPrint. 2017 has been a significant year for the printing industry. Read all about it here.

Some local paper merchants have been caught flatfooted by the rapidity and scale of pulp and paper price rises around the world with some having to play catch up next year issuing three, four and five price rises.

Workplace safety regulator SafeWork NSW has issued a number of notices regarding electrical safety and work systems as it continues to investigate a fatal accident at DIC Australia that left one man dead and two injured two weeks ago.

Australia Post has installed the country’s largest single rooftop solar power installation at the Sydney Parcel Facility in Chullora, which will save an estimated $800,000 a year in energy costs.

Kmart will use Afinia Label L301 desktop inkjet label printers (pictured) powered by HP technology to produce personalised labels for Vegemite and Nutella jars over Christmas this year, with the aim of promoting its bricks-and-mortar retail stores.

The NZ High Court has upheld a decision by the Commerce Commission to block a proposed merger of the country’s two leading newspaper publishers, NZME and Fairfax New Zealand. The companies are now considering an appeal.

Screen, together with Jet Technologies, will bring two new Trojan digital label presses to market in 2018. Both compact - one with inline finishing - they are 'right-sized' for the short-run and variable version label market.

Digital press manufacturers including EFI and HP should be aware the EU is likely to introduce tighter regulations for the recycling of plastic packaging as part of the its drive towards circular economies, writes consultant Laurel Brunner.