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printIQ to showcase
latest release at PacPrint
After two years of lockdown, the printIQ team says it is excited to be back exhibiting, and raring to go for PacPrint in June.
Following recent exhibitions at DScoop and FTA in the US, Sign and Digital in the UK and Canon’s event in Germany, it’s fair to say that for printIQ, tradeshows are well and truly back, and the team is in its happy place.
“Tradeshows give us that opportunity to get in front of people and show our wares. Our R&D has stepped up over the last few years and we’re desperate to show everyone what we have been up to,” said Justin Webber, printIQ’s sales manager.
At PacPrint, printIQ will be presenting its latest release, printIQ v44. Antony Lew, CEO at printIQ said, “Even though the team has been locked down, the positive is that we have been able to focus more on R&D, and this latest release has been a game changer for many of our customers.”
In today’s business environment, the supply chain is at the top of the list of
any business strategy. The response from printIQ has been to simplify how paper and materials are managed, improve line of sight for estimators and production staff
EAuro Poles innovation on show
and to make it easier to maintain constantly changing prices. Webber says, “The result is a huge step forward in how your MIS helps drive your business.”
The next challenge for the team has been to automate more of the day-to-day functions.
The focus for the printIQ team has been
to move more of the estimating and quoting functions into the hands of customers and account managers. The streamlining of the accounting functions to reduce workload
and further automate the integration with Xero, MYOB, Quickbooks and other finance packages is also reducing the load in key areas.
To embrace working from home changes, printIQ has further enhanced its accessibility options to open up its business applications to work from anywhere. Combine this with a cloud platform, and the end result is a mobile workforce that doesn’t have to be in the office to be in control.
“The reality is that we have to give all our staff a better work to life balance. Opening up your business to run from anywhere not only helps with this but is simply just good business. Increasingly it’s about business continuity, reducing risk and disaster recovery. We’re trying hard to fill this gap,” says Anthony Lew. 21
ustralian-owned supplier of bottle seems to float against the printed digitally-printed signage, display textile backdrop.”
systems, fabric and textile Another key feature of the Euro Poles solutions, Euro Poles, will show its show will be the Quick Frame Lightbox,
innovative solutions at the upcoming Visual which relies on a similarly simple system
Impact expo, which runs alongside PacPrint. Managing director Peter Wagener says
two products in particular will cause a high degree of interest among printers attending the show: the Vario Dispenser range of hand sanitiser stands, and the Quick Frame Lightbox, which provides illuminated displays using vibrant printed textiles.
The Vario Dispenser features the same click and connect frame which will be familiar to those who have previously investigated displays like the Vario banners, media walls, gates and arches, that have taken centre stage at previous shows.
“The frame is covered by a stretch fabric sleeve, or sock, which zips down tightly
to the frame to create a neat and seamless finish,” Wagener explains. “Magnets integrated into the framework allow the sanitiser dispenser to attach to the display without ugly brackets or shelves, so the
to provide impressive illuminated displays using vibrant printed textiles.
“The Quick Frame Lightbox, like all the Vario products, features an easy-to-assemble framework which, in this instance, features integrated LED modules on the inside of the frame,” Wagener explains.
“Printed stretch fabric panels, which feature a silicone edge strip, can be attached to both sides of the frame, slipping easily into channels that hold the graphics firmly to provide a neat, tight finish. This makes it easy to install, remove or swap out graphics quickly and easily, with no tools or training.”
The edges of the frames are magnetised, so units can be easily joined together
to create walls of illuminated panels in virtually any size, with the narrow edge profile providing almost seamless images. “You can even add a sanitiser dispenser to the panels if you like,” Wagener adds. 21
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Mutoh launches new soft signage printer
Mutoh is launching a new 1,371mm water-based inkjet printer, the XpertJet 1341WR Pro, from the Mutoh XpertJet series, with the new printer to be sold on print quality and high productivity into the rapidly growing textile market.
Russell Cavenagh, managing director of Mutoh ANZ, says the new printer will be here in time for PacPrint.
Dye-sublimation transfer ink is paired with Mutoh original “DH 21” ink, with the company saying it “provides superior media transfer and achieves high density colours with less ink consumption”. It says the fast ink drying enables printing on thinner/lighter transfer papers, along with jetting performance and colour stability, for “high-quality” output.
The XpertJet 1341WR Pro is aimed at producing trade show graphics, flags, banners, custom interior design, apparel, custom merchandise.
The XpertJet Pro series combines the newly developed AccuFine
print head and the new print effect i-screen. Mutoh says the AccuFine extra wide and high-density piezo print head, delivers ink drop placement accuracy, achieves both high-speed printing and high image quality.
According to Mutoh, even at high speed, the AccuFine can produce high-quality solid printing with
less banding. The new print effect i-screen, created from Mutoh’s Intelligent Interweave printing technology, optimises the new Accufine print head. By arranging the dots in a way that takes into account how they look, this reduces banding for smoother print images. 21
Above New in soft signage: Mutoh XpertJet 1341WR Pro