And while the industry grapples with workplace vaccinations, printers are facing increased costs as soaring shipping charges send prices of many consumables, including paper, up again.

It’s been a long and slow slog, but for the Carbon Balanced Printing initiative introduced several years ago, the direction of travel is definitely forwards. The initiative sees printers and print buyers band together to offset their carbon emissions through funding nature regeneration.

Print businesses looking to implement a mandatory vaccination policy can check out the Vaccine Response Plan from food packager SPC - the first company in Australia to mandate no jab no work - which it has made available to all.

Surging growth in the US and UK has seen print software business printIQ move its sales and marketing functions to those markets. The business will remain headquartered in Australia and New Zealand, with founder Anthony Lew at the helm.

The latest issue of the ANZ print industry’s trade magazine Print21 is arriving on desks, with the bumper issue featuring much of the technology that would have been on show at PacPrint.

Australia’s largest distributor of printable materials and consumables, Ball & Doggett, is strengthening its leadership team, with Leigh Hooper, Rob Brussolo and Paul Bartolo all taking new senior roles.

For the Covid year to June, The Real Media Collective saw an increase in members, while income took a hit through the cancellation of its events, but the industry association remained in the black.

The liquidator for former Sydney direct mail and fulfilment house Senses Direct, which went under two years ago, is seeking formal proof of debt or claim against the business. Mark Mina's operation sank under the weight of a court battle with directory publisher Sensis over the name of the business.

Printers in New Zealand’s biggest city are firing up the presses again from today, with the harsh Level 4 Covid restrictions dialled down to Level 3, for now at least.

Women in Print is seeking a new Victorian patron, via a nominations process, followed by Women in Print board election, as incumbent Kirsten Taylor resigns from the patron role after five years.

Bianca Willson from Multi-Color Corporation in Adelaide has been named South Australia’s LIA Heidelberg Australia Graduate of the Year, at a presentation held at Fujifilm Business Innovation.

Liquidators for Sydney-based Graphic Bookbinding are inviting formal proof of debt or claim on the business, which was closed as part of Sydney Binders last April.

The Real Media Collective, working with Toluna Research, has surveyed Australians on their attitude to print, and found that young and old alike show a clear preference for print over digital.

News Corporation has told all its Chullora print staff not to come to work next week unless they have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine by Sunday. Chullora prints all Sydney's metro daily newspapers, including those published by News and by Nine.

The current struggles of printers in NZ’s largest city are continuing, as Jacinda Ardern extends Auckland’s Level 4 lockdown for at least another week, while the rest of the country will stay at Level 2, with industry leaders warning of severe impacts.