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Diary
Print21 Quiztime
With no diary events for the next six months as we cope with the pandemic, Print21 editor Wayne Robinson is challenging readers to the Print21 Quiz – how much do you really know about the industry?
Q1 Who invented printing?
A Johannes Gutenberg
in AD 1452
B Unknown Chinese person
3000 years earlier
C Benny Landa in 1993
Q2 How much did the suits from private equity funds Gresham and Champ pay for Australian print companies in the early 2000s?
A Fair amount
B Ridiculous amount
C Unbelievably ridiculous
amount
Q3 Which is the most visited booth at drupa?
A Heidelberg
B HP
C The Irish Pub
Q4 Which piece of highly promoted print kit failed to actually work?
A Lawyers gag
B Lawyers gag
Q5 What is the best way to make money in the print industry?
A Focus on customer service
and quality
B Find a niche and own it
C Split your sales and
manufacturing arms into two separate businesses, install a dummy director
in the manufacturing arm, “sell” product to the sales arm at noncommercial rates, don’t pay your suppliers, tax office or staff super, load “loans” from the sales arm onto the manufacturing arm so your sales arm becomes a
major creditor with voting power, rack up huge debts on the manufacturing arm, put it into voluntary liquidation, get a DOCA through to wipe out 70 per cent or more of the debt, “buy” back the manufacturing arm for a pittance. Hey presto.
Q6 Which is the biggest rivalry that print has seen? A Rod Harrison vs
Alf Corrigan
B Bob McMillan vs Blue Star C Geon vs everyone else
Q7 What percentage of commercial printers have put staff on JobKeeper? A 100%
B 99%
Q8 How long did the
new Focus Press plant
in Wollongong operate
for before collapsing,
after receiving a $6.1m government grant to build it? A Six years
B Six months C Six weeks
Q9 Which heatset print business, with its own swimming pool in the building, crumbled as it soon as it had to start paying for its presses?
A Champagne Press B Cocaine Press
C Diamond Press
Q10 How much did the former owners of print businesses bought for a fortune by Champ and Gresham eight years earlier pay to buy their businesses back when the grand schemes collapsed?
A Fair amount
B Peanuts
C Next to nothing
Q11 What did the Surf Life Saving NSW general manager do with the $2.7m he overcharged the organisation through his dummy printing company over a ten year period?
A Generous donation to Surf Life Saving NSW
B Back pocket
Guru Labels .................................... 67 Guru Labels .................................... 72 Heidelberg ANZ .....................76 OBC Hero Print ..................................4 & 5 Konica Minolta .............................. 23 Media Super ................................... 45 Pantone .......................................... 49
Q12 What did Waratah say was behind its inability to pay its tax bill last year?
A Not enough money
B Not enough sales C Technical error
Q13 Which drupa was known as the inkjet drupa? A 2008
B 2012
C 2016
D 2020
E All the above
Q14 Who has held the title of print industry bête noir for the longest?
A Former AusPost CEO
Ahmed Fahour
B Former communications
industry minister
Greg Combet
C Commissioner of Taxes
Q15 How many informed print industry magazines and websites are there in Australia and New Zealand? A Print21
B Er, that’s it C See above
Answers: Q1 Arguable between A and B, although C has his supporters | Q2 C no doubt |
Q3 C also no doubt | Q4 Lawyers gag | Q5 sadly C, your name is mud but you drive an SLX500 |Q6C|Q7Onlyoneanswer there | Q8 C incredibly |
Q9 C that heatset baby sure cost alot|Q10BandC|Q11Aand hewon’tbethelast|Q12Cbut a pinch of salt was required | Q13yesE|Q14takeyourpick| Q15 A of course.
PKN Packaging News .................... 75 Print21 .......................................8 & 9 Printmac Corporation .................. 69 PVCA ...........................................6 & 7 Screen Australia ............................ 40 Spicers ............................................ 13 Stick on Signs ................................. 35
Advertiser Index Print21 May June 2020
All Kotes......................................... 68 Avon Graphics ................................ 15 Avon Graphics ................................ 65 Cardboard Display ......................... 68 CMYK Hub ............................ 58 & 59 Currie Group ..............................2 & 3 Currie Group .................................. 19
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Dockets & Forms ........................... 73 Durst Oceania ................................ 43 Flint Group Xeikon ........................ 31 Foxcil .............................................. 55 Fujifilm Australia .......................... 27 Fujifilm Australia .......................... 33 Graffica ........................................... 71