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Technology Focus
15 Technology Focus
PacPrint may have been cancelled, but the technology that was due to be shown in Melbourne is still available. Print21 highlights the latest developments.
20 New Durst print eco system
Durst has launched its new 600sqm an hour wide format printing system, the P5 350 HS.
21 Xeikon meeting the demand
The digital innovator has both toner and inkjet printers, and its new digital carton press, the Idera.
24 Konica Minolta launches
AccurioPress C7100
Konica Minolta has introduced the AccurioPress C7100 series digital colour presses, which it says are packed with innovative technologies.
26 Kodak pioneering print solutions
With digital workflows, digital printing, and a new process-free plate, Kodak is pioneering new solutions.
28 Revoria brings AI to digital print
Fujifilm usiness Innovation Australia is using AI in its latest Revoria digital print systems.
29 Ricoh’s new entry-level printer
Imaging giant Ricoh has launched the Pro C5300s, a new entry-level digital colour printer.
30 Precision printing from Screen
Screen has developed a range of digital print systems for multiple applications.
32 Making sure with colour
Epson has launched its fi st roll-to-roll resin signage printers - the SureColor R5070 and SureColor R5070L.
34 Fujifilm creating industry blueprint
Fujifilm as developed the Acuity Prime, a brand new platform aimed at the workhorse market, while the new Acuity Ultra uses LED technology.
35 HP supports diversification
Print businesses now have additional options with the latest HP releases, the HP Latex 700 and 800 series.
36 Strength in depth
Epson has a comprehensive range of production printers, with several new models on the market.
38 Peak performance
Roland DG has a host of new products, with flatbed and roll-fed printers, and laser engraving systems.
46 Heidelberg launches raft of new kit
The world’s biggest off et press manufacturer Heidelberg launched a new B1 press, the CX104.
Printer Profiles
12 Printing with the vibe
Conventional
business strategy
and planning hold
little appeal to the
brothers McDiarmid,
owners of Emerald
Press. At a time
when the industry’s
conversation is channelled by management consultants and business theorists, the success of the mid-size commercial printer in Sydney’s Castle Hill is a vote of confidence for sticking to what you know best. Patrick Howard sits down with the two print mavericks to learn the secrets of counter intuitive printing.
18 Avon powers up with new high speed Durst
Five years and 17 printers after becoming Australia’s fi st trade- only wide format operation, Avon Graphics is significantly boosting its production power with the country’s fi st Durst P5 350 HS, which Tate Hone says will take the business into the deep end
of the pool for its trade-only wide-format printing service.
8 Print21 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2021
Cover Story
Driving the tempo of change
Change is tough and change is disruptive but change is inevitable if improvement is the goal. Rob Mesaros is well versed in initiating and managing organisational change, mostly in large multinational businesses such as HP where he’s spent most of his career. Now he’s charged with reenergising Currie Group, the graphic industry’s largestsupplier.Hebelievessuccessdependsonfi ding the right tempo of change.
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