The Melbourne-based signage company went into voluntary administration yesterday despite supposedly winning some big contracts recently and installing a HP Scitex 10000. The company, which is part of a multi-national corporation, has 60-70 employees in Melbourne and Sydney.

James Rodden touches base with customers in New Zealand following a decision to change to direct representation for sales and service ahead of the introduction of the DCS340 digital press.

Tony Abbott’s initiation of a ‘new federalism’ comes in the wake of a similar reconfiguration of the printing awards system around Australia. There are now at least three different types of awards with no automatic entry by state winners into the National Print Awards.

Australian pioneering developer cut off from developing and manufacturing Memjet-powered narrow-web inkjet label presses in shock, seemingly arbitrary, business manoeuvre by US private equity owners.

Being held for the 11th time, the Hunkeler Innovationdays event in the Swiss city of Lucerne once again has a great deal to offer. Allow yourself plenty of time to have in-depth discussions, make new contacts and discover innovative ideas and solutions dealing with every aspect of digital high-performance printing and paper processing.

HP users group draws over 100 Indigo and wide-format users to breakfast meetings in Sydney and Melbourne as a new committee ignites the organisation with an orientation towards the future.

Commercial printers are increasingly differentiated in the marketplace by their environmental practices – one of which is reducing waste through recycling toner cartridges.

Bits'n'pieces, heard on the wire, all the stuff that didn't make it anywhere else. Big data is dumb… digital v's film … James Rodden wins at golf

Before he went to Las Vegas, Melbourne sign and display printer, Andrew Bennet, thought EFI was primarily a hardware manufacturer – then he realised it was the leader in software for the printing industry.

Conflicting versions as to who owns what in the equipment line-up of the failed company are muddying the waters with competing interests between the administrator, Cor Cordis, and Michael Smith of Perfectly Bound making any realisation of assets very difficult.

The first Melbourne showing of the monoFab ARM-10 3D printer will be a highlight when Roland DG cuts the ribbon on its Mulgrave showroom. The new Victorian Creative Centre features a full range of Roland's wide format printing technology and engraving equipment as well as the monoFab machine.

The multi-national’s ‘for trade’ vehicle, Trade Advantage, reports satisfaction with its initial engagement with commercial printing, although some printers are loathe to actually use the free $100 voucher that came with the offer.

A well presented, long established, print and design franchise located on Sydney’s Lower North Shore is for sale.

A new partner, a new location, a second HP Indigo and a very sophisticated workflow has positioned long-term Currie Group customer, Satellite Digital, to take off for new markets.

Being able to print on almost every surface, with very low heat curing and negligible VOC emissions, is just one of the reasons for John Fisher Printing’s decision to upgrade its wide format to a Vutek GS3250lx Pro

Liquidator confirms that the deal with Michael Smith of Perfectly Bound is off and the remaining kit from the failed finishing company will go to a public auction in the next few weeks.