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Roland’s new Frosted Etched Glass Vinyl is a 3-mil, vinyl printable media that simulates etched glass; WallFlair Paste Paper is a 15-mil uncoated fibrous non-woven product designed for wall applications.

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Amaze Software – owner of the Amaze Spring platform that serves 11 million creators in 100+ countries - has selected KornitX Workflow Solutions and Kornit MAX digital textile print technology to speed up on-demand production.

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The new HD Apeiron/42 contact-free scanner from Contex uses ‘unparalleled' technology to accurately digitize media and boost the quality of scanned artwork.

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Australian EV charging-with-signage company JOLT will enter the North American market in a new partnership with Canadian communications technology company TELUS.

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Christo and Hanlie Lombard bought their Minuteman Press franchise in the Sunshine Coast of Queensland in November 2013. As they approach ten years in business, Christo shares his insights on the business. “Our growth areas are wide format display signage and labels," he says.

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The Visual Impact expo held last month at Homebush, Sydney Olympic Park, may seem done and dusted but, as with all professionally organised expos, it takes a few week to gather, disect and audit the results. The report reproduced below is very encouraging for the industry's adoption of new technologies and directions, and bodes well for the next event to be held in another Olympic city - Brisbane, during July 2024.

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Spandex Australia has announced the launch of the European-produced automotive film solutions - Omega Skinz, manufactured by Grafityp Self-adhesive Products N.V and SOTT International B.V. in Belgium. Stocks will become available from July 3rd 2023.

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Orafol films and laminates can soar to new heights with specialised aircraft wrapping films that can also be used of vehicles. Needless to say, the properties of adhesion and freedom from bubbles have to be of the highest priority.

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Currie Group has installed another EFI FabriVU 340i+ printer, this time at Visual Solutions of Moorabbin, Victoria. Established in 2006 Visual Solutions has earned a brand client list including Hertz, Nikon, Guess, DeLonghi, Renault and M&Ms.

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Total Image Supplies has announced the addition of two new sustainable papers for wide format printing, with stocks on the way and available very soon. Most photo papers for aqueous printing are coated containing Polyethylene – a plastic, but not Sihl’s new GreenGrafX. Also new is a 100% cotton rag paper.

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When and what were the first ‘wide format’ prints in the world? Many would look towards the early 1990 and the Encad Novajet 1. Some would point to the Versatec and Raster Graphics electroststic large format devices of the 1980s, or even the Iris Graphics 44” printer from 1985, a proofer but much used as a fine art reproduction machine. Andy McCourt reckons we can go back 150 years earlier to the boxwood engravers!

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Epson’s sales of its award-winning EcoTank high-capacity ink tank inkjet printers recently topped 80 million units worldwide. The printers have become one of the company’s biggest selling products with the ET-4850 EcoTank all-rounder one of its top five selling products in Australia and New Zealand.

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The Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) says successful meetings this month with Federal Government advisors have provided key Ministers with important information about the sign, display and wider graphics industry, and set strong foundations for future discussions on industry recognition, training and qualifications.

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LIA Graduate of the Year, Angus McGrath, has had a few weeks now to consider the impact of his win in the industry’s biennial graduate awards, and has revealed his plans for the $10,000 Visual Connections LIA National Graduate Scholarship Prize.

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Te Henga Sunset, an original screen print creation described by judges as "a genuine labour of love” has earned Onehunga-based Artrite Screen Printing the coveted 2023 Pride In Print Supreme Award in New Zealand. Catriona Mellows was named the BJ Ball Papers Print Apprentice of the Year.