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From the Editor
Business
42 Satellite Print moves into B2 digital
The Sydney print business is shining brightly as
its new B2 HP Indigo 10000 takes it to new heights.
43 Preowned power
Currie group is making pre-owned HP Indigo and Horizon equipment available, presenting attractive options for print businesses.
Exhibitions
46 Exhibition experience
Visual Connections CEO and expo guru Peter Harper discusses the pathway ahead for trade shows.
Digital Textile
50 QTCo surging with Kornit in DTG
QTCo is having a stellar year, seeing growth even during the Covid era, and the company has installed two new Kornit DTG printers.
Print Values
52 Written in time
Printed books are an enduring means of passing stories from one generation to the next and the nearly 100 volumes of Community Stories are particularly important. The stories are eyewitness accounts from Holocaust survivors.
54 Printing for people
Donna Lund of MIE Print has, like many, been affected by the pandemic. But it’s not all bad; she moved production into her garage and now has more work than she can handle.
Columns, News, Views, Reviews
Welcome to Print21
51 Mental health during Covid-19
A downloadable resource from
Man Anchor to place in your workplace.
57 Refund or replacement?
Printers have rights as well as obligations under the Australian Consumer Law.
58 Ruth Cobb, PrintNZ
The return of Covid is causing all kinds of issues, but print is proving its power.
60 People in print
News from the month’s movers and shakers
in print, the dynamic industry which continues to evolve.
We look at trade printers CMYKhub and Vicon, operating in different spheres, but developing entirely new solutions to make life easier for printshops.
When it appeared at Ipex 93, Xeikon digital printing was entirely new. The company has grown ever since and now offers dry toner and inkjet digital printing. We talk to the regional subsidiary.
This issue of Print21 has a major feature on inkjet printing, which some say will be a mainstay of commercial print in the years to come. That hasn’t happened yet, but the proposition is gathering pace. We look at the latest developments in webfed inkjet and in B2 sheetfed inkjet and at printers that are installing the systems. In flatbed printing, inkjet, and particularly UV, has already taken over, thanks to its ability to print onto virtually anything.
Even in these Covid times of economic stress print business owners are still investing, predominantly in digital print systems. This
issue of Print21 reports in several such printers, including Satellite, Imagination, and Action. One of the key growth opportunities is in digital direct to garment printing, this issue features market leader QTco and its journey into digital.
Exhibitions have ground to a halt since March. Local Aussie expo guru Peter Harper gives us his assessment of the way ahead for the much-appreciated industry events.
With all our regular contributors, and a special feature on the value of print in real lives, an update on the refreshed Women in Print network, and an under-the-hood look at industry super fund Media Super, it is with pride that we bring you this issue of Print21.
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to meet the challenges of the time, and that is what we aim to cover in this issue of Print21.
o say print is going through an unprecedented time would
be an understatement. However, while there is plenty of change going on, there are many inspirational stories of print business owners and managers reorienting their businesses
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Wayne Robinson
– Editor
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