This is the final week local print businesses can have their say on the impact of the Carbon Tax, with a survey launched by the Printing Industries Association of Australia (Printing Industries) seeking to quantify the impact of the new tax on printing industry business set to close on 5 April.

Fairfax Media’s Ballarat print production site in Victoria has held on to its position as the darling of the Single Width Users Group (SWUG) awards, winning the gong for Excellence in Newspaper Production at the gala dinner event in Yeppoon on 24 March.

New Zealand communications company, Benefitz, is set to become the first printer in the southern hemisphere to install a B2 digital inkjet press, with the Auckland company set to receive the new Dainippon Screen B2-sized Truepress JetSX by early June.

The global Linoprint partnership between Heidelberg and Ricoh announced at drupa last year has finally made its way down under, with the Linoprint Digital Press range and the Prinect Digital Print Manager systems now available to local printers in the one package.

Ascent Partners' Richard Rasmussen, wraps up the tumultuous month of March in the local printing industry, with an overview of all the reported industry happenings including mergers, acquisitions and closures, as well as the latest major equipment installations and sales.

The role of the RIP - also known as the DFE (Digital Front End) - is changing as a result of digital press technology and the shifting demands of the marketplace. US industry insider, David L. Zwang looks at the changing technology and how to build a flexible platform upon which to grow.

Printing and graphic arts supplier, Spicers, is bringing its ‘Ideas Centre’ to PacPrint 2013 in Melbourne this May, showcasing the latest in digital UV printers, finishing systems and consumables.

Local web-to-print player, John Weichard, is gearing up to launch his latest online print platform, PeoplePRINT, in New York City at the TechCrunch Disrupt technology conference in late April, with a local launch set for PacPrint in May.

It’s printing, but not as we know it. 3D printing technology lies at the heart of an audacious new plan by the European Space Agency to discover the best way to literally print a multi-domed base station on the moon.

Pride In Print is set to put the “bling” back into Wellywood when its Award Night is held Friday May 3, 2013. Award Night is the showpiece where the cream of New Zealand’s print expertise is rewarded, and the fun night where printers, suppliers and customers let their hair down in celebration

Register now for this major learning and networking event - the PrintNZ Day of Development on Friday 3 May in Wellington. The PrintNZ Day of Development will benefit all those who want to improve their businesses and progress their careers within the printing industry. This includes those working in production, sales, marketing, management and people you have identified as ‘rising talent’. Early Bird to March 31

Aiming to capture the utility press role in an inkjet future, Océ launches its fastest B2-size (30-inch) web press at this year’s International Inkjet Days in Poing, Germany. The first public showing of the JetStream 5500 proved the highlight of the annual innovation show.

Andy McCourt takes a close look at the growing collection of emerging apps for progressive print industry and graphic arts professionals.

Invisible UV anti-counterfeit watermarks ensure the huge exercise in Philippine’s democracy is as fair as the printing industry and Robert Koeckeis (pictured) can make it. Ballot papers printed on three ColorStream 3700s incorporate the latest Océ security printing technology.

PacPrint13 organisers have announced a series of Business Improvement Workshops which they say will provide important information, hints and tips for business owners and decision makers.