This news item appears in the ProPrint daily newsletter on June 12th 2013. It makes the point that there is no evidence for the assumed environmental efficiency of electronic communications compared to paper communications — such as bank statements. Two Sides Australia has warned banks that anti-paper statements may be in breach of consumer law. […]
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Welcome drop in offset printing capacity in Australia
Australian printing companies will be rejoicing that thanks to the auction of GEON printing equipment, a large chunk of the over capacity that has led to ridiculously low pricing and consequently, unprofitable trading, has now left our shores.
Kainos Print book wins gold medal at National Print Awards
KainosPrint is proud to announce that our customer, John Dwyer’s book, “The WOW Manifesto” was awarded the highly sought after and prestigious gold medal in the “Small Printing Business with less than 15 Staff” category, at the National Print Awards on Friday 24th May at the 2013 National Print Awards Dinner, held at the Palladium Ballroom […]
Catalogues drive sales ‘up to 40%’ to prove print is still king
We reported in a recent blog that following the world’s biggest printing trade fair, Drupa which has just finished in Germany, the Australian printing industry is very negative, and talking itself down, whilst elsewhere in the world, the printing industry in buoyant and powering ahead. The article below, which first appeared in ProPrint’s daily newsletter […]
Heidelberg to debut HundeHutte presses at Drupa (April 1)
Printing press manufacturer goes to the dogs for latest development in press automation There is plenty of room beneath the delivery for the HundeHutte development IN A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, APRIL 1, Heidelberg has revealed that it will be supplying a new range of presses with space under the delivery to house a dog. It is […]
The beginning of the end of printed mail . . . ?
Rivals Salmat and Computershare have stolen a march on Australia Post by jointly launching a “digital letterbox” venture that could replace printed mail. The transactional print and communications giants have launched their first-ever joint venture by joining with US developer Zumbox to createDigital Post Australia (DPA), a “communication delivery service that will provide a free, secure […]
HP unveils B2 sheetfed Indigo as part of Drupa product line-up
HP has unveiled what it claims is its “most significant step” in accelerating the migration from analogue to digital printing with the launch of a B2 sheetfed digital press, the HP Indigo 10000. Capable of printing up to seven-colours, the Indigo 10000 is a 75x53cm press that can reach speeds of 3,450 sheets per hour in simplex […]
Don’t write off print media just yet
The following quotation comes from an article that appeared today (Tuesday March 13th 2012) in the excellent print newsletter, ProPrint. It serves as an encouragement to those of us involved in print, and a warning to those who think print is dead thanks to iPhones, iPads, blogging, FaceBook, Twitter etc. “Every new channel is meant […]
Paper merchants raise prices amid “economic maelstrom”
Australia’s ‘big three’ paper merchants – Paperlinx, KW Doggett and BJ Ball – have announced paper prices will rise by as much as 8%. Printers have been informed of 7% increases at Paperlinx, effective yesterday, while there will be upcoming hikes on some KW Doggett stocks of 7%. When the 6-8% price rise takes effect […]
Possible forthcoming image deblurring function in PhotoShop (you MUST watch this!)
A colleague has just sent me a link to the most amazing new filter Adobe is considering incorporating into PhotoShop. The filter takes a photograph blurred because typically the camera shutter speed was too low. The filter tracks the direction of movement of the blurred image, removes all but the final state of the image, […]