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The PVCA’s annual Print2Parliament! is back on this year and bookings are now open for the event that will take place at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 30 November 2021 (6:30pm-8:30pm). Wide format strongly represented by Visual Connections.

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Mutoh was honoured for product excellence and quality for a tenth straight year by Printing United, this time winning no fewer than 5 Pinnacle Awards at the USA 2021 Printing United Alliance presentations in Phoenix, Arizona. Local Mutoh Australia Managing Director is thrilled, saying "Ten years in a row is no fluke..."

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Businesses with Commonwealth government contracts will have to pay their small business sub-contractors within 20 days or risk fines and penalties under new laws that took effect on 1 October. 

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Sun Chemical has launched its Streamline TVL 2 ink series to support the sign, display and graphics market for use with Roland’s SG2 and VG2 range of eco-solvent inkjet printers.

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EFI's ProGraphics XA high-adhesion UV LED display graphics inkjet ink, suitable for a range of rigid and flexible media, is now available for EFI wide format flatbed and hybrid roll/flatbed printers. 

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Onyx Graphics has announced its new subscription RIP software ONYX Go has been named by the PRINTING United Alliance as the Best RIP Software of 2021. Available with soft-key activation providing near-instant access, ONYX Go is a month-to-month, no-contract, full-featured ONYX RIP solution with up to four Adobe PDF Print Engines (APPE); Job Editor to edit files before printing, unlimited roll-to-roll cutter support for complete Print-and-Cut workflows and supports up to two printers.

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How could we miss out Pubs and Hotels in our catalogue of free PDF poster files to assist Sign printers in helping their customers re-open, post-lockdowns, successfully? Here is the remedy - remember to get the high-res PDF complete with crops and bleeds, you need to be a subscriber to our newsletters, which is also free.

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Last week we announced the first in a series of poster PDF files you can print out from A3 to A1 for your customers who are re-opening their businesses. Now there are 8, completely free to Wideformat Online subscribers. If you are not already a subscriber, just sign up - it's also free! We hope these files, targetted at retail sectors, help in getting business moving again (and people vaxxed)! More FREE files next week!

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Japanese precision manufacturer Screen is experiencing a global surge in orders for its Truepress Jet L350UV series of digital inkjet label presses – with Australia-New Zealand at the forefront having booked or installed six machines so far in 2021 in partnership with dealer Jet Technologies.

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Scamwatch is urging people to be extra vigilant about scams after Australians reported a record $211 million in losses to scams so far this year, an 89% increase compared to the same period last year.

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Ball & Doggett has promoted Rob Brussolo to general manager of its Display & Visual business as Australia’s largest distributor of printable materials and consumables strengthened its leadership team with a three new appointments.

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Visitors to the Onyx Graphics stand at FESPA 2021 in Amsterdam will get a first-hand view of ONYX Go, the company's recent RIP software subscription release, and ONYX TruFit, an automated shape-based nesting solution for wide format.

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The sign industry's leading awards competition, the ASGA/FESPA 2020 HP Awards for Excellence, will finally go ahead with a Gala Dinner presentation in Brisbane on Friday, October 1, celebrating excellence in sign, display and graphics. 

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Following our commentary on FESPA Amsterdam's assertion that there are 'no barriers' to international visitors now the Dutch Government has removed quarantine for the double-vaxxed in time for the October show, Neil Felton, FESPA CEO, has kindly replied and looks forward to welcoming A-NZ visitors in 2022.

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ASGA has called for changes to regulations covering combustibility of materials on buildings – which have “greatly affected our industry” - under the new National Construction Code (NCC) that is currently being prepared by The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB).

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The Real Media Collective’s (TRMC) self-regulatory body, the Distribution Standards Board (DSB) has updated its code to discourage signatories from delivering anti-vaccination flyers such as those from Clive Palmer’s United Australia party.

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NSW apprenticeship commencements for Sign & Graphics jumped by more than 48% over the past year, while the number of women entering the industry doubled.

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For the past six years, industry recruiter James Cryer, a 4th generation Australian printing identity, has been consumed with researching his grandfather's 1913-14 sea voyage to America to study printing techniques - mostly Letterpress. From diaries, postcards and other material, he has completed a magnificent 164-page lavishly illustrated hardcover book that is a must for anyone in the industry.

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The trade show premiere of the Canon Colorado 1630 and Canon Arizona 135 GT at FESPA (12-15 Oct, Amsterdam) will show “what is possible when it comes to creative large format printing.” Canon will also be demonstrating for the first time its new UV LED ink set on the Canon Arizona 135 GT.

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Electronics For Imaging launched the latest update to the EFI Fiery Command WorkStation, version 6.7, which helps users to “improve automation and job management to better handle growing numbers of short-run print jobs.” 

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Peter King, director of Gigantic Signs in Adelaide, says his sign warning vaccinated people not to enter the business is simply “making a statement” and he doesn’t intend to check on people’s vaccination status. Meanwhile, Wideformat Online launches a free file service for sign manufacturers to stimulate retail business re-opening, see below.