Entries open for HP Digital Print Awards 2010
HP signs on for digital print awards.
The HP Digital Print Awards 2010 (Asia Pacific & Japan) recognise the achievements and contributions of Print Service Providers (PSPs) in the signage industry across Asia Pacific and Japan.
“These awards have an important role to play in enhancing the service standards and quality of digital print signage across the industry,” said Martin Carballo, HP Scitex. “We want to encourage PSPs to constantly innovate, break new frontiers and gain competitive advantage in the industry.”
The Awards will only be open to companies from across Asia Pacific and Japan for entries that are printed by HP Scitex Large format printers.
HP Digital Print Awards 2010 (Asia Pacific & Japan) – HP Scitex will have five key categories:
• Transit Graphic covers vehicle wraps and fleet graphics.
• Interior Advertising includes point-of-sale materials, interior signage, and floor or wallpaper graphics.
• Outdoor Advertising covers building wraps, billboard signage, floor graphics, backlit signage and textile (flags & banners) graphics.
• Printing on Rigid Substrates includes any decorative printing on rigid substrates such as glass or ceramic or wood.
• Green Digital Printing: this will cover print jobs done with a combination of the following parameters:
o Inks: using dye-based, latex inks, and UV inks.
o Printing Substrates: using environmental-friendly printing materials that are recyclable such as non-PVC-based banner, cotton-based fabrics, recycle paper.
Each category will have three winners – Gold, Silver and Bronze. A total of 16 Awards will be given out across the five categories.
Submissions for the Awards are now open and will close on 30 April 2010. This year’s winners will be notified by 31May 2010 and the results will be officially announced during the Awards Dinner on 7 July 2010 at the 18 Shanghai International Advertising and Sign Technology and Equipment Exhibition.
For more information or to request for a submission form, please contact your local HP Scitex sales manager or email fp-apsales@hp.com.