At a show that was filled with high-performance wide format inkjet the new Pro XF-640 was no slouch in claiming its share of the limelight. It is the fastest, most powerful large-format colour printer ever presented by the iconic brand.

The complete list of all the award medal winners at the National Print Awards dinner in Melbourne on Friday 24 May.

Local industry hosts the best display of printing technology likely to be seen anywhere in the world this year. Unparalleled levels of up-to-the-minute equipment gives the Australian and New Zealand industry plenty of reasons to be proud.

Fuji Xerox Australia is securing its place within the rapidly growing numbers of PacPrint exhibitors selling new machinery straight from their stands, with the company signing deals with Spot Productions for a Color 1000 and Minuteman Press for a Color Press 800.

PacPrint13 is playing host to the global launch of Lanier’s brand new Pro C5100S digital cut sheet production printer, with the new press making an impact at Lanier’s stand at the trade show and also picking up a Print21 PacPrint HotPick.

The swissQprint Nyala wide format flatbed inkjet printer at Positive Camtec’s PacPrint stand is netting the company Swiss prestige, with the printer picking up a Print21 PacPrint HotPick.

One of the first dedicated digital print finishing systems has travelled around the world to take its place on the Currie Group stand, with the new Horizon SmartStacker sitting in good company with two new HP Indigo 10000 machines on the Currie Group stand at PacPrint this week.

A good buzz around the aisles and increasing reports of unexpected sales from different suppliers has turned the show around. While attendance is still building at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre most exhibitors started off today with more cheerful expectations following a good second day at the show.

Former managing director of Kodak (Australasia) predicts growing traction and greater market acceptance for the revitalised imaging enterprise when it emerges from Chapter 11 in September.

Arin Tahmasian, an account executive at Upstream Print Solutions Sydney is this year’s recipient of Overseas Internship Grant valued at $15,000. He was presented with the grant by Adrian Fleming at a brief ceremony at PacPrint in Melbourne.

David Crowther of Colour Graphic Services is making use of his PacPrint exposure to showcase his broadening his range of precision colour management tools, which now includes the new RabbitScanner and software.

DES is delivering packaging value to PacPrint punters with the new Autobox box-making machine from the HIPAK Kinetic range, with the machine garnering interest among punters at the show – and now also a recipient of a Print21 PacPrint Hot Pick.

Fuji Xerox Australia looks set for a fast track to the wide format market, with its new PacPrint-debut, the DocuWide C842 wide format printer claiming a Print21 PacPrint Hot Pick - awarded for new and impressive technology at PacPrint.

More than sixty women attended PacPrint Heidelberg Women in Print breakfast on 22 May - in an impressive turn out for the early morning event on the second day of the trade show.

Ricoh Australia is bringing wide-format printing to life with the new MP CW2200SP, a full-colour, wide-format device that runs paper up to AO size.

One of two HP Indigo 10000 presses on the Currie Group stand at PacPrint this week - sold to John Wanless, Bambra Press - is awarded the 1st Print21 HotPick of the show - awarded for standout technology, and there are few more compelling items on display at the show than the 10000.