Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia (FFBI) has launched a new digital workflow, XMF PressReady, for its Revoria presses, but which can also manage the workflow of any digital press with a Fiery rip.

Printers who were unable to get to drupa will be able to get a taste of the big show from some of those that were, at drupa Review dinners in Sydney and Melbourne over the next week.

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that both the minimum wage rate and industry Award wage rates, including those in print, will rise by 3.75 per cent from 1 July.

It was two weeks of brilliance, and as the global print community waved goodbye to the Messe Centre, Print21 reflected on the past fortnight, and gave out the Oi Oi Oi Awards, for those that went above and beyond in Dusseldorf.

Visual Media Association CEO Kellie Northwood spoke at the drupa cube on the final day of the giant show, providing keypoints for printers to grow their market share.

As drupa 2024 prepares to wrap up, Print21 brings news from the final set of press conferences it covered. And after 11 days in the halls of the Messe Centre, looks forward to spending time in the open air.

Apex Signage has ordered the first Elitron wide-format cutting machine to be supplied by Currie Group, as part of a deal that includes a new Canon Colorado M5W.

Australia's largest wholesale printer, CMYKhub, has made its first inkjet investment, by acquiring two Canon varioPrint iX3200 cutsheet presses at drupa.

CMYKhub has made the biggest order ever taken in Australia for Canon Colorado roll-to-roll printers, deciding to re-equip all its print sites with the Colorado M5W series.

The latest round of press conferences at drupa have highlighted the innovation that is the order of the day on the stands, while great coffee at 70c a cup is keeping the trade press firing at the giant show.

Online sign and display business Easy Signs is making a major move into label printing, signing up for a new HP Indigo 6K and ABG DigiLase converting system with Currie Group at drupa.

We’re in the final straight of the press conference derby here at drupa. We’ll bring you coverage of those, and also fill in the gaps of those we attended but didn’t report on over the past few days.

Some 260 printers from Australia and New Zealand, over in Dusseldorf, took time away from the halls of the Messe Centre for the big Print21 ANZ drupafest Party, enjoying a convivial evening under the stars.

Reacon Group has ordered a Fujifilm JetPress 1160CF for its Australian operations at drupa, becoming the first printer in Australia to take the 160 metres-a-minute inkjet colour press.

There’s a lot of non-English speaking companies with exhibition stands here at drupa – and I don’t mean the Germans. It’s all good and contributes to the international flavour of the graphic arts industry. 

Trade show press conferences are peculiar beasts, and drupa is awash with them. Print21 brings this report from the first four to run at the giant expo, as its experienced editorial team analyses all aspects of the show.