PacPrint 2017 News

Anticipation is building in Sydney as industry suppliers scramble to book the few remaining spaces at a packed Visual Impact Sydney 2016, to be held from 15 – 17 September in Halls 5 & 6 of the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. More than 95% of the show’s floor space is already booked out and visitors from the sign, display, engraving and wide-format print markets are expected to flock to pre-register online when the portal opens today. This year, organisers anticipate that more than 5,000 industry business owners and decision makers will gather in Sydney for the show, with numbers further boosted by more than 1,000 retail professionals who are expected to attend the co-located POPAI Marketing @ Retail Expo. And there will be plenty to see, with Peter Harper – General Manager, Trade Shows and Publications for the expo’s organisers, Visual Connections – saying the show is shaping up as one of the best ever. “The list of exhibitors reads like a ‘who’s who’ of the industry’s biggest names, whose major showcases will be complemented by an array of specialist suppliers and innovative newcomers to provide a genuinely strong value for visitors,” Harper says. “Visual Impact focuses on helping businesses improve their profitability, expand their offerings to the market and create entirely new revenue streams with ideas that help them stay ahead of the curve and plan for future success. Bringing technologies and solutions together all ‘under one roof’, will be leading names including Currie Group, Jetmark, Roland, AVS, HP, Mimaki, Canon, Pozitive, Multicam, Kiwo, Epson and Graphic Art Mart, together with a diverse range of other industry suppliers, providing a showcase of everything from wide format print, to design and MIS systems, POP, display and exhibition solutions, structural signage systems and lighting technologies. Leading the POPAI display will be a showcase of entries from the 2016 POPAI Marketing @ Retail Awards – well over 120 real-life, in-marketing activations – complemented by the best work and latest innovations from the leading lights of the Australian retail marketing industry, which Harper says will perfectly complement the Visual Impact offering. Visual Impact Sydney 2016 and Marketing @ Retail will run from 10am to 5pm on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 September, and from 10am until 4pm on Saturday 18 September in Halls 5 and 6 of the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. To find out more, or pre-register for the show, go to www.visualconnections.org.auRead More. . .

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Canon Australia has announced the release of its next generation multifunctional devices, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5500i Series. The four colour A3 multifunctional devices (imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5535i, imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5540i, imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5550i, imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5560i) enhance productivity through intelligent document workflows, provide an intuitive user experience and address the total cost of print across an organisation. Gavin Gomes, newly appointed Director for Canon Business Services said our next generation devices are built on an award-winning imageRUNNER ADVANCE platform. “These multifunctional devices will boost efficiency and help deliver on digital transformation strategies of Australian businesses.” Peter Brittliff, Senior Manager-Product at Canon, said the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5500i Series is designed to deliver maximum return on investment to businesses by minimising maintenance and downtime while boosting productivity and profitability. “The value of print for our customers lies in its ability to create, manage and share documents and information in a secure manner, and seamlessly across an organisation. The new range of devices come with the new shared platform to reduce administration, and ensure employees have the technology they need to work digitally and efficiently. “The imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5500i Series delivers these benefits cost effectively across the entire workflow and fit seamlessly into any working environment. It represents best in class performance, designed with environmental goals in mind and advanced network security.” With information management an increasing priority for Australian businesses, the imageRUNNER C5500i Series is designed for digitisation. Rapid scanning captures paper-based data with ease while the intelligent devices come with the ability to scan and convert documents to Searchable PDF, Microsoft® Word, and Microsoft® PowerPoint files. A single-pass duplexing document feeder that holds up to 150 originals ensures seamless digitisation for the most document heavy businesses. The next generation devices offer an intuitive user experience with a responsive colour touchscreen that can be customised to meet the needs of individual users and businesses. The user interface will be available on all future imageRUNNER ADVANCE models as well as advanced personalisation capabilities to ensure a highly personalised experience across an entire fleet environment. Universal Login Manager software provides a unique combination of user-based authentication, personalisation function control and gives total output visibility, helping to significantly reduce the overall cost of the document production process. The next generation devices are easily integrated with optional uniFLOW software, Canon’s comprehensive and scalable solution software platform for device, output management and smart scanning solutions for increased control. Seamless integration with business applications and cloud connectivity ensure that the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5500i Series is compatible with existing business systems to provide mobility. Canon’s expertise and state-of-the-art imaging technologies deliver consistently striking quality. V2 (Vivid & Vibrant) imaging technology ensures outstanding colour quality output on a wide range of media, even at large volumes. A huge paper capacity of 6,350 minimises time between replenishment while status notifications monitor performance at all times. The new imageRUNNER ADVANCE’s smart, adaptive technology ensures software will always be up to date for a consistently optimised performance. Canon’s device management tools offer centralised control across entire fleets. Devices can be updated, inactive units can be remotely turned off, meter readings can be captured, and address books and printer drivers can be managed accordingly. Mr Gomes concludes that “combined with Canon’s Managed Document Services this proactive management and continual optimisation of print infrastructure and related business processes saves money, increases efficiency, productivity and profitability. At Canon we are incredibly excited to provide to this our existing and new customers.” The imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5500i Series will be available in Australia from 1 August 2016. For more information please visit: www.canon.com.au/nextgenRead More. . .

HP Inc. have announced its expanded HP DesignJet Z-series portfolio of high-impact graphics printers with a 44-inch multi-roll printer and the company’s most affordable 24-inch high-impact graphics printer.(1) The HP DesignJet Z5600 and Z2600 PostScript Printers come with a six-ink printing system, which helps users cut costs by reducing ink consumption up to 20 percent,(2) while still ensuring crisp colours. These devices, designed for copy shops, retailers and corporations, specifically GIS departments, newly offer HP chromatic red ink which enhances the colour gamut, ideal for high-impact point of purchase (POP) signs and posters. “Our customers want colours that are vibrant, not muted; however they also need solutions that increase the colour gamut without excess inks,” said Javier Larraz, director and general manager, DesignJet, HP APJ. “With today’s new printers, the HP DesignJet portfolio covers all graphic needs, from high-impact graphics to photo quality applications, enabling users to differentiate from the competition.” The HP DesignJet Z5600 and Z2600 PostScript Printers produce diverse applications efficiently and with the highest quality standards, from eye-catching signs and posters to durable maps and technical drawings. For greater line accuracy and colour reliability, HP Professional PANTONE® colour emulation is included with Adobe® PostScript®/PDF, HP-GL/2. And smooth colour tones are achieved thanks to HP Multi-Dimensional Smart Drop Placement Technology, which provides increased levels of colour accuracy and reliable operation of the printer. “The HP DesignJet Z5600 opens exciting possibilities for our clients with the vibrant red that differentiates our graphics and technical drawings from competitors,” said Wilson Rodriquez, Speedi Pack. “In addition, with its impressive, straightforward operation and dual-roll, we spend more time serving customers than operating the printer.” Quick and efficient high-impact graphics printing The 44-inch, automatic multi-roll HP DesignJet Z5600 PostScript Printer boosts media loading efficiency up to 75 percent(3) and users can print up to 39 percent faster(4) with quick-drying HP inks. For creating high-impact graphics, the pigment-based HP Vivid Photo inks are water and fade-resistant for maps and technical drawings that can last up to 200 years.(5) HP’s most affordable 24-inch high-impact graphics printer HP’s most affordable 24-inch graphics printer, the new HP DesignJet Z2600 PostScript Printer saves up to 20 percent ink consumption using HP’s optimised six-ink printing system.(6) With its radically simple, intuitive operation, no training is needed to use this compact printer, sized to fit any work space. Additionally, HP Vivid Photo Inks, including chromatic red ink, deliver high-impact images that leave a lasting impression. Easy one-click printing Both new HP DesignJet Z-series printers include new HP DesignJet Click printing software to optimize time and simplify printing by enabling radically simple, one-click printing for all PDF, JPEG, TIFF, and HP-GL/2 files from a PC or Mac to the HP DesignJet Z-series printers.(7,8) The software helps cut media costs with features like nesting and file error warnings, and users can now be more productive with real-time previews, along with driverless and multipage/multi-file PDF printing of posters, roll-up banners, CAD drawings, maps, and info-graphic presentations. HP DesignJet: reinventing large-format design since 1991 With more than 3 million HP DesignJets installed around the world, it is hard to imagine that this printing revolution began 25 years ago with HP reinventing large-format design to launch the first inkjet large-format printer in 1991. This achievement is a reminder for HP to continue to reinvent the printing market and continually pioneer new technologies. Design is in the DesignJet name, so as HP looks to the next 25 years, the company will strive to find solutions and identify new possibilities, keeping technical and graphic design professionals needs at the center of innovation. Availability HP DesignJet Z5600 and...Read More. . .

When the doors of PacPrint 2017 open in May next year, the focus will be firmly on connecting businesses to the products, services and innovations they need to drive growth and success, say organisers. Already, the industry’s leading names are lining up, keen to do business at the show, and those who want to benefit from the latest trends, technologies and learning opportunities would do well to block out the dates in their diaries, too. Earlier this year, the global graphic communications industry gathered in Dusseldorf for what has to be acknowledged as one of the most exciting drupa exhibitions in some years. Now, it’s our turn to connect with the trends and technology first-hand at PacPrint 2017 in Melbourne, with more than 6,000 visitors from around Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia-Pacific region expected to flock to the Melbourne Convention & Exhibiton Centre for PacPrint 2017. “Following on from a very positive and exciting drupa, PacPrint is ideally timed and placed to not only give the region a first-hand look at the latest technological advances and exciting new opportunities which were unveiled at the international show, but also to connect with suppliers to see how these can be harnessed to complement existing business offerings and create new, profitable revenue streams,” says Peter Harper, General Manager – Trade Shows for Visual Connections, which is co-hosting the event with Printing Industries. “The list of industry leaders already confirmed as exhibitors for PacPrint 2017 already make this an exciting opportunity, and when you add the value of learning opportunities like forum and workshop sessions and co-location with the Visual Impact expo it becomes an unmissable show for anyone looking to build their business success,” he says. Currie Group will once again have the largest stand at the exhibition, right inside the front doors, with HP, Ricoh, Fuji Xerox, Konica Minolta and Canon also securing prime real-estate for the show. They will be joined by other key suppliers including Starleaton, Celmac, Neopost, Graphic Art Mart, Roland, Epson, AVS, Multicam, Mimaki, EFI, Screen, and Agfa, together with a huge variety of smaller exhibitors.  “The commitment of these key suppliers across a broad range of industry sectors is a great result for the show, and without exception they have expressed their excitement about the opportunity to connect with print and graphic communications businesses around the region and help them find the solutions they need to build their own business success,” Harper says. “It’s always interesting to see how these shows reflect the very dynamic nature of our industry, and at PacPrint 2017 we are looking forward to seeing exciting new technologies in the 3D and functional print space, sitting alongside the very latest solutions in digital, wide-format and conventional print technologies, finishing systems, workflow and software innovations as well as sign and display. “It will be exciting to see some of these truly revolutionary developments demonstrated in our region for the very first time, providing business owners and decision makers with their best opportunity in four years to see, evaluate and compare different solutions, all under one roof.” Harper adds that other opportunities like the popular PacPrint Forum Series – which he says is shaping up to be ‘very diverse and exciting’ in 2017 - in-show workshops and live demonstrations providing plenty of opportunities to be informed and inspired, and events like the National Print Awards providing that all-important chance to connect with suppliers, colleagues and friends from around the industry. “There’s no question that this is a very exciting time for our industry, with enormous potential for businesses to harness the power of new...Read More. . .

PacPrint is the most comprehensive and relevant businessto- business event serving the evolving needs of the printing, sign & graphic communications industry. Since 1970, PacPrint has been the internationally recognised platform for Australian and International suppliers of printing and graphic communications technology and services to generate business opportunities with targeted, informed and motivated buyers from throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Organised by Visual Connections Australia, PacPrint is presented by Visual Connections Australia and the Printing Industries Association of Australia (PIAA). PacPrint17 will be co-located with the Visual Impact Expo – one of Australia’s leading showcases for the signage, engraving, display and wide format market.Read More. . .

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EFI have booked their stand for Pacprint 2017. To visit EFI go to Stand F45 at the Melbourne Convention Centre from 23rd May 2017 to the 26th May 2017. To see who else will be at Pacprint view our floorplan here.Read More. . .