The NSW government has continued its assault on the mailing industry with a new charge for receiving E-Toll statements in the post. In a letter to customers, NSW Roads & Maritime revealed that customers who continue to receive postal statements will now be charged $2.20 per statement.

Demand for newsprint in Australia fell by nine percent in the first five months of the year while demand for magazine paper was relatively stable, according to latest second-quarter figures from Norwegian paper manufacturing giant Norske Skog.

South Australian packaging printer Poly Products says new Flexo Wash FW 2500M technology installed at its plant in Regency Park, Adelaide will result in significant savings. A number of the company’s rollers which had been earmarked for replacement are now being brought back into production.

Epson EcoTank printers have come through a challenging stint at Base Marambio in the Argentine Antarctic, the southernmost point in the Americas. The extreme climate at the base makes it impossible to gain frequent access to supplies and spare parts for equipment.

Book publishing association The Galley Club will meet in Sydney next week to discuss latest innovations and trends in the industry. Speakers at the event titled 'What's new in book and print publishing...to excite, compete and prosper' include Michael Schultz (pictured) from SOS Printing.

Leading Melbourne printer Longbeach Printing, an official supplier of the Australia Made campaign, has suddenly halted production. The website is down and customers have been left scrambling to cover print jobs.

APN Print's Jayd Kiely has won the Heidelberg Graduate of the Year Award for Queensland from the Lithographic Institute of Australia (LIA). Over 130 people were on hand at the 2016 LIA Heidelberg Graduate of the Year & Early Stage Apprenticeship Awards held in Brisbane.

Xerox dismissed reports that it's planning to merge with the world's largest print group, RR Donnelley. The Wall Street Journal - quoting "people familiar with the matter" - reports Xerox Corp has "privately rejected a bid to merge its document business with Donnelley."

Canon Australia says its next-gen multifunctional imageRUNNER Series will help to drive digital transformation for Australian businesses. The imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5500i Series will be available in Australia from 1 August 2016.

Customer contact is what makes your customers pay faster, and cash is the fuel of your organisation, according to Andrew Le Marchant (pictured) - one of the Neopost team of experts presenting a Technology Showcase in Sydney this week.

Industry veteran Warwick Roden and Print21 editor Andy McCourt will be guest speakers tonight at a post-drupa dinner meeting in Sydney of The Australian Society of Old Friends, a group of mostly offset printers with origins that go back to London in 1906.

The industry’s leading names have already confirmed as exhibitors at PacPrint17, with 13,000 visitors from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region expected at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre in May to view the latest trends and technologies in the printing industry.

Textile production is the world’s second biggest water polluter, and the treatment, dyeing and rinsing of textiles also impacts the air and soil. Laurel Brunner looks at digital printing technology that 'mitigates some of the negatives in the textile equation.'

Incremental steps to eliminate time consuming manual processes has changed the way Pinnacle Print Group operates as Pedro Carlus follows his plan to find the most appropriate technology.

Tough times ahead for the high flyers in Fuji Xerox sales team as management pulls the plug on the Honours Club trip to Chicago/Nashville as well as the Pinnacle Club trip to Queenstown.