Benny Landa at the last drupa was asked why an individual such as he, with all his wealth, fame and experience, would invest his time and energies in inventing a new form of printing, Nanography, when it is obvious that printing is in decline.

The star of the show when Jet Technologies opens its Sydney showroom on July 25 is now being assembled following an airlift from Japan. It was a close call when the opening day of the showroom and the arrival of the Truepress Jet L350UV began to drift apart but it all worked out in the end.

The Sticker Company buys out its only significant rival, McTaggarts the Printers, to get a clear run in the Queensland regional town.

Steve Bright comes to the party for an old mate and fellow apprentice, Richard Cambridge, bringing his business into Bart n Print when it came time for him to exit the industry. In the tightly knit printing community of Bendigo it’s not uncommon for graphic arts professionals to work closely together

It is seven years since Canon brought a totally new digital print engine to the market but the new team at the imaging company reckons it’s been worth the wait. Michael Boyle, (pictured) says the market can expect a new era and a new level of strategic partnership from CPP.

Fuji Xerox has poll position with the launch of its new ‘from the ground up’ digital press ahead of rivals Canon and Konica Minolta.

The Japanese International Graphic Arts Show in Tokyo Big Sight is a comprehensive demonstration of the amount and diversity of the country's contribution to the graphic arts industry.

The story of how James Thirlby’s UK-based printing company, ESP Colour, is revolutionising the workflow, pricing and productivity of the industry – in the April issue of Print21 magazine – prompted James Cryer, industry gadfly and iconoclast, to write an affirmative and positive response.

Early commitments to substantial stands by the leading supply companies guarantees the industry can look forward to a comprehensive graphic arts exhibition next year.

The latest management tool for digital printers comes as a built-in feature of the latest Fiery Workstation 5.6 upgrade. It allows all Fiery Driven devices to report data in real time.

Six of the nine Komori presses that have gone in to Australia and New Zealand in the past year are equipped with H-UV drying. The others can be retrofitted. The partners from Sydney-based Rawson Graphics are solidly behind the new technology.

Trent Nankervis installs Australia’s fourth HP Indigo 10000 press to boost capacity in short-run, high-value print to meet the expectations of its print industry customers. The premier ‘for trade’ supplier made over $2 million investments in the Melbourne facility following a survey of its reseller customers

Something relating to print reverberated in the past week. It was an ABC doco on Google’s attempts to digitize every book in the world. What began as a noble endeavour to enable access to humankind’s storehouse of knowledge has descended into litigation for copyright breaches.

It is a case of David and Goliath as the new master franchisors in the signage world go to work full time on expanding the smaller Signwave network even as major player Signarama opens its 100th store.

Not enough market support stamped out the prospects for the Zumbox joint-venture digital mail service forcing the essential mail company to close the operation.