National industry supplier Starleaton will as of now be supplying the entire 3M Digital Products range, giving the company end-to-end warranted solutions.

Sydney sign and display operation VFX has installed its third HP Latex 3.2m wide format printer – supplied by Celmac – as the business increases its capacity.

The first thing sailors arriving in Newcastle now see is a huge new welcome sign, printed by local operator Broadley Signs and visible from the shipping channel and from all along the foreshore.

Melbourne printer Vivad is producing cloth masks with full filter systems, using the IP and template from equipment supplier Durst. The masks are reusable, with a reusable N95 filter, and can be custom printed. Vivad says demand is skyrocketing.

A strategy of proactive product development and reinvesting in the business with high quality equipment is seeing wide format outfit ADS Australia achieve nationwide success.

Among the many emerging applications for wide format printing is packaging. In the latest issue of Australia's informed trade magazine Print21 Sonja Angerer looks at why, and says environmental factors are driving the move.

Wide format print businesses have an important consideration beyond putting ink on substrate – how best to turn that into a cut and finished product. Print21 looks at the variety of automated cutting tables designed to do the job.

Nessan Cleary looks at the ways wide format print service providers can optimise their offerings to the market.

When it needed to find a new solution for fast, accurate double-sided poster printing, Sydney-based wide-format printer Allprint turned to Starleaton and EFI – and found exactly what it was looking for, down to less than a millimetre.

With a 40-year career in the outdoor industry, the last 30 as CEO of oOh! Media, Brendon Cook knows more about out-of-home than almost anyone. Print21 editor Wayne Robinson asked him whether print has a future in the $1bn and growing sector.

The PVCA says print business owners need to have the status of their permanent and casual staff completely crystal clear, to avoid any future problems with Labor's so-called double-dipping proposal which was foiled in the Senate this week.

The independent, family-owned Starleaton is an ethics-focused business that embeds the principles of fair dealing into its operations. Patrick Howard reports in the latest issue of Print21 magazine.

Party night at Fespa hosted by Print21, with the Australian and New Zealand print contingent enjoying steins at the legendary Hofbrauhaus, courtesy of event sponsors Visual Connections and Starleaton.

It was old friends meet new at the SGIAA’s Fespa reception, held at the global wide-format mega-show in Munich.

The world’s big wide format show Fespa gave printers the opportunity to check out new markets. Print21 editor Wayne Robinson reports directly from the show.

With a range of companies all taking a stab at being the sharpest knife in the drawer, it can be hard to carve through the hype to make the right choice.