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The programme known as 'Onigiri Action 2024' provides school meals to children in Africa and Asia. Onigiri are Japanese rice balls and the organisers encourage people to upload photos of them being consumed to raise hunger relief funds.

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MJ & Co Designs was established recently as a specialist provider of signage and print to the wedding and events industry. The new Mimaki was supplied by Sign Essentials, now a part of Ball & Doggett.

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ASGA has announced a wide range of new and updated WH&S documents to its online suite of business resources, giving ASGA members access to an important range of resources to assist with health & safety compliance and ensure better business practices.

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Roland DG’s DIMENSE technology was honored with an NKBA Manhattan Inspire Award for “Best Wallcoverings/Wall Treatment” at Boutique Design New York (BDNY) 2024.

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The sun shone on Melbourne’s beautiful Sandhurst Golf Club last Thursday for the inaugural Visual Connections Victorian Golf Day, followed by a tribute dinner for retiring CEO Peter Harper.

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Xaar’s 2002 printhead is at the heart of System Ceramics' new Creaseven digital printing machine, which was unveiled this week at the Latech Open House in Indonesia. The 2002 printhead exels at jetting higher-viscocity fluids.

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Real Showroom demonstrations of printers in high demand can be moving feasts! The investment for a supplier is high and more often than not, the showroom model gets sold for urgent supply to a customer, with a long wait for replacement. Total Image Supplies has gone the whole hog and just installed the Mutoh XpertJet 1462UF direct-to-object printer, at its Fairfield, Melbourne HQ.

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A third and final creditors meeting for Clear Skies Corp. (related to Skope Group & entities) signage, cladding & fitout business, in liquidation has been called via online MS Teams meeting for December 5th. Readers may remember the saga from 2019 on, with administration, a DOCA that was contested, then defaulted upon and finally liquidation of all Skope Group companies.

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X-Rite, a Veralto Inc. company,  has acquired Netherlands - headquartered Colorware B.V.,  the creators of MeasureColor, expanding comprehensive colour management for brand managers, pre-media, printing and packaging companies.

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Reflex Labels is a rapidly expanding UK-headquartered global provider of quality labels and packaging. Reflex opened its Australian operation in 2022. As the largest label printing group in the UK, Reflex continues to demonstrate its commitment to delivering quality labels to a variety of clients and has invested in a 3rd SCREEN Truepress LABEL 350UV SAI-S digital inkjet press within the group.

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For those who prefer a leisurley social pastime rather than waling around 18 holes, social lawn bowls is the answer. This Thursday, ASGA in South Australia is hosting a great bowls evening, main sponsor is Orafol.

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Inkjet moves further into the office workspace with Epson's release of two new A4 printers featuring Replaceable Ink Pack Systems, available in MFP and print-only configurations. PrecisionCore printheads are a leading feature.

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Agfa has announced plan to: 'Adjust the cost base of its traditional film activities to the reality in the market.' Imagesetter film is still widely used in Screen printing and some offset platemaking. Agfa Photo was sold off in an MBO in 2018, while Eco3 took over plate and prepress sales in 2023. X-Ray film is another declining market.

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Women in Print has announced the appointment of two new Patrons, at its Sydney 'Print & Prosecco' event, held last week. The event was held at the Boulevard Brasserie in the Novotel at Sydney Olympic Park, attracting a record 31 of the industry’s women for a night of connection and networking.

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DTF applications seem unstopable. The latest trend, shown at the just concluded DS Printech expo in Guangzhou China, is to use UV-DTF, thermal powder and raised curing to simulate embroidery - and the results can be quite stunning, in vibrant colour and with finer detail than needlework.

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Caldera has announced the release of PrimeCenter 3.3, the latest version of its prepress software for large format printing and cutting. This update brings new capabilities to users by introducing drivers for a wider range of cutting devices, becoming increasingly 'cutter agnostic.'

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The shift towards short-run, versatile and on-demand printing continues with Officeworks partnering with Konica Minolta Australia to offer same day print services, using AccurioPress C4080 SRA3 digital toner presses, with finishing.

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 Australian-based Rip and software developer Serendipity Software, founded by Peter Skarpetis over 30 years ago, has introduced all-RGB and spot colour colour workflow, with conversion for CMYK++ printing at last minute. This preserves RGB gamuts much loved by professional photographers and colour-critical designers, especially in packaging, POS and display advertising.

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The cost of ink for inkjet printers has long been in the spotlight. Some printers (not Epson's), with small capacity tri-colour cartridges contain ink that can cost as much as AUD$15,000 per litre. You read that right - ask Techradar.com. Using Epson's high capacity ink bottles can work out at around AUD$264 per litre or less. No wonder over 100 million people have installed them.

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LIA Victoria held its final technical event for 2024 last Thursday 7th November, with 38 guests warmly welcomed to Marvel Bookbinding & Print Finishing in West Heidelberg, Melbourne for a tour of the world-class plant.

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On 9th November 1989, one of the darkest eras of European - indeed World - history came to an end, when the Berlin Wall started to be dismantled, leading to the re-unification of Germany as a free, democratic and progressive nation. Amidst the confusion and sometimes chaos that followed, a materials company owned by the former GDR state, doggedly pursued its independence and position in the newfound free world. Orafol was thus re-born.