After making headlines in March of this year by announcing its merger with INX International, Megaink Digital a.s. has announced today that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Fujifilm Sericol Australia.

HP has unveiled a broad effort to help make it easy for customers to reduce the environmental impact of their imaging and printing.

We are bound to see at Drupa several "next generation" inkjet technologies that will potentially impact our wide format printing industry, we already know of several of these. Fujifilm Corporation has released information on their own groundbreaking technology that they are claiming will be the next generation to enable the world’s first high quality, high-speed printing on large sheet sizes (maximum print size: 720mm x 520mm) at high resolutions of 1200dpi at 4-level grey scale by using a single-pass inkjet printing method.

Using the Internet and new ad campaigns, 40 percent of the SGIA Business Growth Survey respondents plan to grow their business by increasing internet sales in 2008.

Brisbane will host the biggest photo exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere next weekend with more than 135 manufacturers and suppliers from Australia, Asia, the USA, Europe and South America showcasing a new generation of cameras and accessories.the door.

Epson has announced a program to brand Authorised Professional Graphics dealers with a new logo and provide enhanced support to give large format printer users guaranteed access to a complete digital printing solution.

Mutoh's Blizzard has won first place in the prestigeus EDPA European awards and also sets a blistering pace for speed for a mild or eco solvent printer in the 1640mm and 2230mm print width range.

Fujifilm Sericol Australia Pty Limited has announced the release of the highly anticipated Acuity HD2504 roll media option.

Bay of Plenty business Textiles Alive picked up the Gold Award for their NZ Lotteries Big Winners Neptune Flag, at the New Zealand Pride in Print Awards held in Auckland on 16 May.

Kornit Digital, well known in the world of garment decorating, has announced a partnership with Jettable, a pioneer in pigmented ceramic inks and inkjet systems for tile decoration.

The Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation today announced that it has committed $500,000 to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund in partnership with the Red Cross Society of China for aid in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated the country’s Sichuan Province.

The Rho SP 60 (Single Pass) is an industrial inkjet printer capable of printing at speeds up to 35 m/min in CMYK on a range of different materials including, cork, MDF, ceramic tiles, cardboard for packaging, plaster ceiling panels, plastics, and many more, up to a thickness of 3 mm and a width of 63 cm.

UK's Madico Graphic Films, has launched a dedicated website to promote the numerous attributes and revenue-enhancing opportunities offered by its range of UV, and eco-solvent inkjet and thermal transfer printable window films.

InfoTrends has released an insightful report entitled Selling Wide Format that provides vital information for anyone selling wide format printing.

Roland DG, with the support of Professional Advantage, Avery Graphics, Graphic Art Mart, HMH Australia, Visual Industries Suppliers Association, Conect Enterprises, Yarhamville, Sign Essentials, Superfish Holdings, Andrew Ireland, and Camarg, have donated a bus to The House With No Steps Transition to Work program.

Mellow Colour Ltd., represented here by DES will release at Drupa 08 the latest version of the popular PrintSpec ISO 12647 colour quality control & verification software, as well as a free of charge FlashPrintSpec version, dedicated to Print Buyers.

GAMAA (the Graphic Arts Merchants Association of Australia) are running a repeat of this popular one day workshop, so if you missed out on this workshop in April, don’t worry, Branding for Corporate Success will be presented in Sydney on 4th July, but places are strictly limited.

GBC will be making an unprecedented Guiness World Record Attempt at officially establishing the world's fastest laminator on their stand at Drupa 08.

At Drupa 2008, Epson, together with its industry partners, will showcase new technologies that will enable it to move into new, vertical sectors whilst maintaining a leading position in the traditional large format printer market.

Pikicentral is a new web based service designed to help garment printers and any other type of printer that holds stock of a finished product improve sales.

KIP are claiming that their Color 80 machine is the world's first and only wide format LED toner based printer.