GCC is set to bolster its presence in the local landscape after appointing Sydney-based industry supplier, Stahls’ Pacific, as a local distributor for sale and maintenance of its laser cutter, printer and cutting plotter ranges.

Spectra Training is taking its PacPrint lessons to the classroom, running a two-day Print Awareness Course this month at its South Melbourne training rooms, with the two courses intended to cover the initial interest the training organisation identified among PacPrint punters at the trade show.

Australia’s leading postcard innovators were recognize for their breakthrough work on Thursday 30 May, with Melbourne Water taking out the annual Postcard of the Year Awards in Sydney.

Hard to tell who was having the best time at the Spicers’ stand down at the sign and display end of the show, the paper company’s equipment division or wide format manufacturer EFI.

Kodak and Heidelberg are giving local printers the ability to keep up their platemaking capacity without sacrificing their sustainability, following the release of the new generation Sonora XP process-free plates.

The Australian Catalogue Association 22nd Annual Catalogue Awards will be held on Friday 9 August at Peninsula in Melbourne’s Docklands.

The Lithographic Institute of Australia (LIA) is set to reveal the LIA/Heidelberg Graduate of the Year from its list of finalists at a gala dinner in Sydney on Tuesday 4 June.

North American print expert, David Zwang, investigates workflow systems, what they encompass, and what you need to pay attention to as you review them - all of this done with an eye toward building a flexible platform upon which to grow.

The Lithographic Institute of Australia (LIA) is set to reveal the LIA/Heidelberg Graduate of the Year from its list of finalists at a gala dinner in Sydney on Tuesday 4 June.

Asia's Largest Digital Forum Digital Print is an evolution that cannot be ignored, and critically should be embraced as a means to expand operational capabilities and leverage changing technologies to enable leaner time to market, introduce flexibility in portfolio and services offered, and work alongside existing business lines to meet an ever changing end-user demands.

Konica Minolta is launching its brand new FD-5BT Spectro-densitometer in Melbourne this week at PacPrint13 – the first industry event to be attended by the company’s new Australian managing director, Dr David Cooke, since his appointment at the beginning of May.

The space-age futuristic lines of the Canon stand at PacPrint drew almost as many comments as the wide range of technology on show. The ‘Star Trek’ style infrastructure was a fitting setting for the company’s new focus on its customers.

PacPrint is hosting the world premier of the new revamped commercial version of SCREEN’s Truepress Jet L350UV, with the Japanese press manufacturer’s top brass flying into Melbourne for the occasion.

Everyone has to change eventually and the unequivocal digital focus at last week's PacPrint13 trade show in Melbourne provided a lucid reminder that the future of the print industry in Australia is already here. Andy McCourt investigates the nature of the changing landscape.

With PacPrint13 and its dizzying array of new high-tech digital and digital-assisted machinery giving visitors a bright visual cue as to where the future of Australian print is heading, industry gadfly, James Cryer suggests it’s about time for the National Print Awards to reflect this future for print.