Letters, feedback, opinions - get it off your chest
Dear Editor,
Re: Poor inks won't sink despite Epson's criticism
When is the consuming public going to realise that a "Silver Halide" (Photographic) print from the local photo store is going to cost them a fraction of the price of a poor inkjet print let alone the savings when compared to using brand-name inkjet inks and paper?
We have seen many faded examples of 6" x 4" happy snaps supplied by clients that have only cost $1.50 - $2.50 per print in the cost of inkjet consumables alone. The so-called dead technology of photographic prints on photographic paper still holds a large advantage on both cost and quality of print.
Regards,
Stuart Cameron
General Manager
Blow Up Imaging
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Dear Editor,
It is finally nice to see that some credit is being given to the Print Finishing part of the industry. For too long all of the recognition has gone to the printers, the designers, and the paper suppliers, without even a mention of the intricate work carried out by the Finishing industry.
As a committee member of the Australian Print Finishers Association we lobbied the National Print Awards committee regarding the very issue of recognition for our work and am pleased to see that they have followed up on thier proposal to introduce awards and recognition for our efforts and skills.
So come on you Print Finishers, get your jobs ready for judgement for the next print awards. More to the point how about joining an industry body who's sole role is to promote our side of the industry to designers, and printers and that adds so much to the finished jobs that win awards.
It is fine to have a crack individually at the committee and judges of the awards, but we can accomplish much more by contributing as a group.
To find out more about the APFA and what we are about please go to our website and see if you can help grow the association.
Regards,
Barry Webster
Director
The Laminating Company.
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Dear Editor,
Re: Blue Star Print surprise buyout of National Capital Printing
I wonder who will be the next Canberra Print Company to be acquired by Blue Star; stay tuned.
Derek Clayton
NC Print
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Dear Editor,
Re: Konica Minolta scoops up six BERTL awards
It seems to me, that a great number of companies (Konica Minolta included) are all recipients of the numerous awards that BERTL dish out on a regular basis, which can only make one speculate as to what the real story is when it comes to the reality of what a BERTL award represents.
Fair dinkum, if you look into all of the BERTL awards, and scrutinized each category, it is wonder that anyone really does take them seriously. Or is it only those manufacturers and companies that spend big bucks on BERTL subscriptions, that get the best write ups ?
If it were the Olympics for example, and using BERTL as the judges, you would probably have in one event alone, the following number of categories:
I would very much like to know if any other subscribers toPrint21 online, share this opinion of mine.
Kind regards,
Mike Newin
General Manager
Oxford Imaging Consultants Pty Ltd
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Dear Editor,
Re: Girl power takes centre stage at RMIT Industry Training Awards
I have been actively working in the
printing industry since 1979. At high school I was lucky enough to go to a progressive high school,
whereby I learned all facets of printing, from bindery to typesetting
on a Varityper and the climax was learning to operate a 1250 MultiLith
press. On leaving school in 1979, I was indentured to the Commonwealth
Bank Stores Department.
From there to Watkins & Murphy to learn bindery, then long days plan
printing on a very old ammonia based machine at North Shore
Reprographics. Instant printing became all the rage, so I joined the
Pink Panther Group and was their Head Office Manager at Glebe at age
17, moving on to Snap as their York St Manager. I went on to become
the manager of Dashing Printing Group.
To set myself another challenge I joined the very scary world full of
men in commercial printing at Crown & Anchor Printery (Christmas harbour
cruises thrown by paper companies were interesting..... not alot of
females on board then). Within that time I created a below line
creative agency called the Creative Arm to meet the needs of our
clients and start doing design in-house.
I have worked as NSW manager for a Melbourne-based digital signage
company and believe I have had my share of all round experience in
this industry, to the point where I also teach Digital Pre Press &
Design at UNSW COFA and have for the past 5 years.
My students get inspired by me, as I am as passionate about the whole
printing industry as I was the day I joined. I strive to get young
people into our industry and help them even years later after they
have graduated.
I mean really where else can you work with different clients
every day and feel pride in the work you design and create and see as a
physical piece of brilliance?
Subsequently, due to lifestyle choice and as the mother of 3 daughters,
I have started my own creative agency again - BL•ink Printing. I am
based in Botany and basically project manage jobs for clients from
concept through to completion.
I commenced this operation on January 1. 2007 and the business has
taken off. Life is great! My belief is that printing is all about customer service and nothing
is impossible!
Kind regards
Bronwyn Layden
BL•ink Printing
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