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ISSUE 22 Journal for the Commercial Digital Print Industry Oct/Nov 2015 IN THIS ISSUE: iGNiTE yOuR PRiNT shOP’s full POTENTiAl PG 28 DRuPA EXPERT ARTiClE: iNkJET–sTATE Of ThE ART OR sCi-fi fANTAsy PRiNT? PG 32 sECuRiNG iNfORMATiON ON yOuR DEViCEs PG 35 OCÉ ARIZONA UV 460GT: PRECISION PRINTING FOR POP DISPLAY AND PACkAGING Océ VariaDot® imaging technology is the key to the award-winning image quality of every Océ Arizona printer. It allows you to produce near-photographic quality with sharpness equivalent to 1440 dpi or higher. Text as small as 2 pt. is perfectly legible, even when reverse-printed (white ink on a black field). Active Pixel Placement Compensation assures image sharpness, density and uniformity, wherever it is printed on the flatbed or on the Roll Media Option. ADVERTORIAL COVER STORY PAGE 24 October/November 2015 Issue 22 NEWS & pRODUCTS 7 9 17 21 HOT NEW PRODUCTS INDUSTRY NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS WIDE FORMAT UPDATE COVER STORY sOuTh AfRiCAN PERCEPTiONs ON PRiNT AND PAPER 24 PG 26 OCé ARiZONA uV 460GT: PRECisiON PRiNTiNG fOR POP DisPlAy AND PACkAGiNG By Sign-Tronic Océ VariaDot® imaging technology is the key to the award-winning image quality of every Océ Arizona printer. It allows you to produce near-photographic quality with sharpness equivalent to 1440 dpi or higher. FEATURES iNNOVATiVE EQuiPMENT fiNANCE DEMAND GAThERs MOMENTuM DiGiTAl PRiNTiNG sOluTiONs ThE DRiNkABlE BOOk 26 sOuTh AfRiCAN PERCEPTiONs ON PRiNT AND PAPER By Two Sides South Africa Two Sides South Africa conducted its inaugural research project earlier this year and have now released the findings. 27 iNNOVATiVE EQuiPMENT fiNANCE DEMAND GAThERs MOMENTuM By Mark Dowson, First Asset Finance Things have changed in business recently and continue to do so at a rapid rate. Our business environment is not just South Africa or even Africa anymore; it’s the world. 28 iGNiTE yOuR PRiNT shOP’s full POTENTiAl By Rian van der Merwe, Fineprint The printing industry is experiencing a constant decline in all sectors. A growing number of clients lately prefer digital media to printed media. 30 DiGiTAl PRiNTiNG sOluTiONs By Meggan McCarthy Kodak partner Antalis South Africa hosted a Q&A session with Loïs Lebegue, Managing Director of the Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Region for Kodak. 31 ThE DRiNkABlE BOOk By Laurel Brunner Silver has been known to be antimicrobial since antiquity when water was stored in silver jugs to kill bacteria. 32 DRuPA EXPERT ARTiClE: iNkJET–sTATE Of ThE ART OR sCi-fi fANTAsy PRiNT? By Sean Smyth Parents know this refrain well—'Are we there yet?'—just as they know the answer—'In a little while.' I spend my working life with printing technology and have heard this for many years. 35 sECuRiNG iNfORMATiON ON yOuR DEViCEs By Meggan McCarthy A recent Carte Blanche segment highlighted the need to secure documents on printers because the devices' hard disk drives store document data that can be accessed by crime syndicates. 38 AfRiCA PRiNT EXPO sPARks MAJOR EXhiBiTOR sAlEs & QuAliTy VisiTOR ATTENDANCE By Meggan McCarthy The 2015 Africa Print expo, which took place from 22-24 July at Gallagher Convention Centre, ignited visitors' print potential; welcoming over 5500 print professionals. 40 AfRiCA PRiNT CAPE TOWN EXPO REPORTs POsiTiVE EXhiBiTOR fEEDBACk By Meggan McCarthy The Africa Print expo in Cape Town, which took place from 2-3 September at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, allowed the 1100 visitors that attended to see the latest business opportunities. PG 27 PG 30 PG 31 DEpARTMENTS iNDusTRy iN DEPTh www.AfricaPrint.com PG 41 41 42 45 46 INDUSTRY IN DEPTH PRINTING SA GAZETTE PIECE OF PAPER USEFUL WEBSITES & APPS 47 48 49 50 ONLINE SURVEY CLASSIFIEDS & BUSINESS CARDS EVENTS CALENDAR THE BACK PAGE AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 5 DEPARTMENTS FROM ThE EDITOR’S DESk BY ChARNIA YAPP This issue is full of interesting information, we start off with the Océ VariaDot® imaging technology on the cover. It is the key to the award-winning image quality of every Océ Arizona printer, allowing you to produce near-photographic quality with sharpness equivalent to 1440 dpi or higher. PuBlishED By: Practical Publishing sA (Pty) ltd PO Box 8825, Edenglen, 1613, South Africa TEl: (+27 11) 025 9890 fAX: (+27 11) 450 1097 or (+27 86) 565 8177 www.PracticalPublishing.co.za www.AfricaPrint.com, www.AfricaPrintExpo.com PuBlishER & sAlEs: Dyelan Copeland E-MAil: [email protected] CEll: +27 (0) 83 300 3509 PuBlishER & EDiTOR: Charnia Yapp E-MAil: [email protected] CEll: +27 (0) 83 260 4584 AssisTANT EDiTOR: Meggan McCarthy E-MAil: [email protected] ONliNE JOuRNAlisT: Thapy Mokono E-MAil: [email protected] DEsiGN & lAyOuT: Marilyn Patterson E-MAil: [email protected] Read the wrap up on the Africa Print Johannesburg and Cape Town expos in this issue. The 2015 Africa expo, which took place from 22-24 July at Gallagher Convention Centre, ignited visitors' print potential; welcoming over 5500 print professionals, 46% of which were new visitors to the event, who were able to scope the latest technology from a leading line-up of 125 exhibitors, and explore industry trends with a wide range of educational features. sAlEs EXECuTiVE: Piera Wiese E-MAil: [email protected] CEll: +27 (0) 71 989 4458 The Africa Print expo in Cape Town, which took place from 2-3 September at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, allowed the 1100 visitors that attended to see the latest business opportunities. PRiNTER: Colorpress (+27 11) 493 8622 The 2016 dates have also been launched for the Africa Print Regional Expos that are designed to help printers to succeed in the industry by giving visitors access to the latest technology and advice from industry experts to help them grow their businesses. In this issue Meggan McCarthy interviews Paul Haglich, who is retiring after 45 years of service at Bytes Document Solutions. Printing SA is launching a Digital Printing Course developed for the digital sector, and is, according to the organisation, the first course of its kind in the country. Two Sides South Africa also conducted its inaugural research project earlier this year and have now released the findings. This qualitative research tested perceptions that South Africans have about print and paper and will form the basis for future quantitative research projects. MARkETiNG AssisTANT: Candice Dumont E-MAil: [email protected] ACCOuNTs: Erna Absil, Debbie Simpson E-MAil: [email protected] ADMiNisTRATiON & suBsCRiPTiONs: Debbie Simpson E-MAil: [email protected] AusTRAliAN CORREsPONDENT: Brian Stickland Publisher of Digital Reproduction and www.wideformatonline.com magazines PO Box 793, Aspley, Queensland, 4034, Australia TEl: (+617) 3863-2822, [email protected] CONTRiBuTORs: laurel Brunner (Digital Dots Limited & Verdigris Project) Mark Dowson (First Asset Finance) Greg Griffith (Konica Minolta South Africa) Amanda hetherington (Bytes Document Solutions) frank Romano (RIT Professor Emeritus) sean smyth (Writing for Drupa) Rian van der Merwe (Fineprint) Jacques van Wyk (Ricoh SA) DisClAiMER: Views and opinions expressed in this publication are, unless otherwise stated, those of the authors. The publisher and editors do not accept responsibility for loss or damage, for whatsoever reason, resulting from inaccurate and/or wrong information published herein. The appearance of an advertisement in this publication does not constitute approval, on behalf of the publisher or the editors, for the product so advertised. Remember you can stay up to date daily with breaking news by subscribing to our social media pages and our website: AfricaPrint AfricaPrint www.AfricaPrint.com Endorsed by: All copyright and intellectual property rights are reserved. The content of this publication are copyright and must not be reproduced either in part or in whole without prior written permission from the publisher. All foreign exchange conversions are approximate at the time of going to press and are subject to market fluctuations. Contributions may be edited for clarity. All efforts are exercised to ensure accuracy of the information published, however no responsibility can be taken for the views, facts and images that are supplied by contributors or other third parties. Journal for the Commercial & Digital Print Industry PG66 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG www.AfricaPrint.com hOT NEW PRODUCTS HOT NEW pRODUCTS VEGA 400A lAMiNATOR PRiNTsMiTh VisiON 3 J 720s iNkJET PREss Constructed in Czechoslovakia, Foliant laminators are robust and simple to run with intuitive controls and easy maintenance. The top-selling Vega 400A is designed for heavy duty digital outputs lamination, with an integrated deep pile vacuum feeder and a high-speed bump separator, with nonsticky pressure roller and in-run adjustable twin decurl bar and overlap system. www.kemtek.co.za The flexible, browser-based MIS software product for print shops, including franchises and in-plant facilities, features powerful estimating, point-of-sale, account management, production management, receivables and sales analysis tools within a single, easy-to-use application. The software was developed to drive print shop profitability and efficiency at an affordable price point using features that extend the PrintSmith platform's longstanding presence as the leading MIS technology for small, commercial businesses in the graphic arts industry. www.efi.com The J Press 720S offers a half-size solution for print runs of just one or thousands, where traditional offset and digital printing are failing to perform, and provides a superior solution for the fastestgrowing segment of the market where the majority of print jobs reside and where the opportunities will be in the future. www.fujifilm.com PERsONAlisED sTiCky NOTE MAChiNE MAMO PlAsTi 350 lAMiNATOR PluRiTECh slu slEEVE sysTEM The Specialised Adhesive Process (SAP) A3 sheetfed machine, launched at the Africa Print Expo, allows you to produce personalised sticky notes (Post-It notes) in-house, expanding your range of products and putting you ahead of the pack.The SAP machine can do various sized sticky notes, bookmarks on medium thickness board and up to nine different images can be fitted onto the A4 model and up to 20 images on the A3 model. [email protected] The product features a high pile suction feeder with adjustable speed and delay and will let you process any kind of glossy paper while perfectly adjusting sheets overlapping for precise trimming. The single or double sided automatic laminator is ideal for single side cover lamination and encapsulation with films from 25 to 250 microns. www.ronniecox.co.za When using the one standard ink system PluriTech SLU for different purposes, the converter will benefit from simplified ink specifications, reduced inventories and press returns. Thanks to the avoidance of changing ink series/chemistry, set up times will be significantly reduced as time consuming cleaning cycles are obsolete. www.flintgrp.com V3.0 sTOREfRONT iMPOsER sOfTWARE PRiNTshOP MAil CONNECT Apogee and Asanti StoreFront 3.0 give printers or print service providers (PSPs) a series of new features to promote their service offerings to their customers and reach new markets online. One of the new StoreFront 3.0 features is the use of animated ‘carousel banners’ and custom footer function on store pages. The ability for shop owners to either provide information to shoppers or promote specific products or services allows them to optimise their store for their needs and use it as a marketing tool as well. www.agfa.com Imposer Software handles job-specific and automated imposing for both digital and offset printing. The software supplies job-specific imposed data that is perfectly prepared for digital and offset printing. Whether for printing books, advertising or newspapers, the Imposer is ideally suited for frequent job and product changeovers. This is where it can fully use its flexibility. www.manroland.com PrintShop Mail Connect was rebuilt using widespread web technologies to address the need of digital that now faces organisations in all industries. While improving PrintShop Mail to become the easiest to use VDP tool yet, Objectif Lune kept everything users loved about PrintShop Mail Suite such as compatibilities with any design, database, and printer. But what makes PrintShop Mail Connect stand out is that it’s the only software on the market that designs for both print and email without reverse engineering print. www.objectiflune.com www.AfricaPrint.com AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 7 hOT NEW PRODUCTS HOT NEW pRODUCTS PRisM P115 PAPER CuTTER MEMs PRiNThEADs The 114,3cm (45”) paper cutter is durable, affordable, easy to operate and very cost effective. The cutter is loaded with the latest automation and state-of-the-art electronics technology. It features a new slot-less table and is equipped with a Microcut 38,1cm (15”) touch screen. Microcut is a computerised back-gauge system with nearly 35000 worldwide installations. It can improve productivity by as much as 50% and can be used with any brand paper cutter ranging in size from 50.8cm (20”) to 381cm (150”). www.colterpeterson.com Konica Minolta has released information on a new generation of print heads aimed at the evolving graphic arts, industrial and functional printing markets. These printheads have a resolution as high as 1200 nozzles per inch (npi), drop size as low as 3 picolitres, jetting frequency of up to 100 kHz, and a physical size that is significantly smaller than the previous generation of Konica Minolta heads. www.konicaminolta.com COlOR-lOGiC PATTERN-fX ThERMAl CTP PlATEs The new set of specialised palettes enables graphic designers to instantly apply seamless patterns to their designs. Pattern-FX, when combined with the Color-Logic system, may be used for metallic ink printing or to generate complex white ink masks for printing on metallic substrates. In addition to primary metallic effects, each pattern may be used as an effect pattern for embossing or coatings. www.color-logic.com Top High Image's thermal CTP plates have an optional post-bake option for extremely long runs and resistance to aggressive chemistry. The company imports high quality lithographic aluminium coils from Japan, Germany and the UK. It chemically treats and coats aluminium with a wide operation latitude emulsion to ensure constant plate performance. www.ctptop.com.tw CAlDERA V10.1 EskO suiTE RElEAsE 14.1 sOfTWARE Version 10 of Caldera's flagship printer control suite has been upgraded for all current licenceholders, improving productivity markers, speed and language support for international users. Drivers have also been developed for a number of new printers and cutters. Improvements mean users can now add extra print-to-cut marks from within VisualRIP and GrandRIP at the stage of finalising the job, carrying these indicators over between repeated or nested documents. www.midcomp.co.za Besides a range of functional updates for each of the Suite’s applications, Esko Software Suite 14.1 will be rolling out with Software as a Service (SaaS) and Subscription options that give users greater flexibility, scalability and a lower total cost of ownership. In addition to a broader availability of SaaS and subscription resources, Suite 14.1 also includes a number of across-the-board enhancements, all developed to maximise ease of use, make implementation faster, improve support and deliver an even more outstanding customer experience. www.esko.com PG 8 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 NilPETER PANORAMA DP-3 uV-iNkJET uNiT The press combines Nilpeter's expertise in web handling technology with advanced inkjet printing and workflow. This integrated approach to singlepass digital printing from a single supplier offers users many operational benefits, including high performance and very high effective up-time, through close integration of digital print and label converting. It is for fast setups and quick job turnarounds. www.nilpeter.com E-BiNDER AND NEOREl suPERsTAR COMB The electrical E-binder is for closing wires when binding documents that contain several number of pages. The Neorel Superstar Comb is designed and developed for intensive use. The high performance professional electric punching machine is for plastic comb binding. It can bind from 2 to 450 sheets up to A3 size. With Superstar, you can obtain exceptional performance to increase productivity and efficiency. http://dosptyltd.biz ENfOCus sWiTCh 13 Enfocus Switch 13 gives customers even more tools for flow creation, remote communication and improved speed. It also incorporates a new technology for web browser-based interface, making Switch 13 a future-proofed edition. Together, these features provide businesses with the resources they need to manage their productivity in a smart way. www.asolution.co.za www.AfricaPrint.com INDUSTRY NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS Africa Print Announces 2016 Regional Expo Dates COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT The Africa Print Regional Expos are designed to help printers to succeed in the industry by giving visitors access to the latest technology and advice from industry experts to help them grow their businesses. Following on a successful 2015 showing, expo organisers Practical Publishing have announced the 2016 dates for the Africa Print Regional Expos. The expos are also valuable for exhibitors, many of whom report a great return on investment and who see the event as an opportunity to build brand COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT awareness in the region. The entire digital print process will be showcased, featuring from sheetfed A3 machines up to wide format digital equipment and will include both suppliers and manufacturers of commercial and digital printers, finishing equipment, software, media and consumables and digital packaging. In addition to the regional expo's being held around South Africa, visitors can also look forward to the Africa Print Expo, co-located with the FESPA Africa and Sign Africa event, being held in Johannesburg from 7-9 September 2016. Africa Print Durban: Durban ICC Hall 3 | 24-25 February 2016 Africa Print Polokwane: Meropa Casino | 7 April 2016 Africa Print Cape Town: CTICC Hall 1 | 11-12 May 2016 Africa Print Nelspruit: Emnotweni Arena | 29 June 2016 Africa Print Expo 2016: Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg 7-9 September 2016. www.africaprintexpo.com Xerox Announces Multi Million Rand Equipment Sales At Africa Print Expo 2015 Platinum sponsors of Africa Print Expo 2015, Xerox (represented by Bytes Document Solutions), secured almost a dozen new deals worth millions of rand at the expo held in July at Gallagher Convention Centre. The company exhibited its impressive production presses including the Xerox X1000i, Xerox Versant 80 and the newly launched Efi H1625 LED UV large format printer. Xerox announced at the event that the first Xerox Colour 1000i in the Middle East and Africa was sold to South African company House of Print. 'We were very pleased with the number of customers visiting our stand and there was immense interest in the Xerox 1000 Press with Gold and Silver metallic toners and the Versant 80 and Versant 2100 with Ultra High Definition imaging. It was very encouraging to see that many printing companies are in a 'buying mode' despite the gloomy outlook for the South African economy. The numerous orders that we closed at the show clearly demonstrate that investment in digital solutions continues to show healthy growth and that commercial printers can't afford to ignore digital anymore.' rather than only focusing on being a print provider to their clients,' added Haglich. 'South Africa is lagging behind Europe and the USA in this respect, but this should be the future direction for printing companies to take.' 'There was much interest shown in our workflow automation and multimedia communication software solutions as printers are recognising that they need to become a communications company There was major interest shown in the new Efi H1625 LED UV large format printer that was revealed at the expo. 'There are numerous leads to follow up and this is an exciting new print www.AfricaPrint.com  industry segment that we are expanding into,' said Haglich. 'The market for all Point of Sale printing and signage and graphics on all types of substrates is showing a steady growth worldwide, and Efi is considered a leader in this new LED UV Hybrid large format technology. All in all, Africa Print was very successful for Bytes Document Solutions, Xerox and Efi.' www.bytesdocumentsolutions.co.za AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 9 INDUSTRY NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS CONTINUED Kemtek Inspires Innovation at Africa Print Kemtek’s digital technologies have attracted significant interest from specialists at this year's FESPA Africa expo. During the three-day show, visitors were delighted to discover a colourful and interactive stand featuring advanced printing, cutting and finishing technologies from Durst, Aristo, Duplo, and film laminating machine specialist, Foliant, as well as some rather unusual 3D creatures made from Xanita board. These were printed on the all-new Durst P10/160 industrial flatbed wide-format UV digital press and cut on the Aristo TL1625. ‘Inspiring innovation is one of our goals and we’re delighted to have received enquiries from a broad range of sectors during the show,’ said Kemtek Group MD, Gavin van Rensburg. ‘It’s evident that business owners are looking to diversify their offering, and digital printing and finishing is becoming recognised as the perfect platform for promoting commercial creativity.  'With the quality and versatility of the machines, especially our featured Durst P10/160 industrial flatbed wide-format UV digital printer and Aristo TL1625 cutting table, we provide technologies that have the flexibility to serve a range of industries, from traditional wide-format printing and cutting to POS, promotional furniture, packaging prototypes, display items, promotional gifts and more.’ Besides witnessing these ‘powerhouse’ printing and finishing systems in motion, visitors were invited to meet the team from Build Volume and Rapid 3D, Kemtek’s newest business partners, who presented a range of 3D printing technologies for the commercial and retail sectors, including the Mcor IRIS paper printer, Ultimaker 2 and the worldwide best-selling consumer machine, the Zortrax desktop printer.  Durst’s Stephan Jourquin, and Kemtek’s Wayne Barker and Nigel Tretheway, received several positive enquiries about the all-new P10/160 from specialists in the packaging, POS, engineering and promotional gifts sectors. ‘3D printing is already being ear marked as the next 'big thing' and Rapid 3D and Build Volume are local leaders in this field, providing leading-edge systems for the government, plus the education, automotive, jewellery, packaging, retail sectors and more,’ added van Rensburg. ‘It’s a print medium that has been gradually evolving over the last 20 years, attracting consumer and industrial vendors alike, especially in Europe and the USA. And, despite its relative infancy in the local packaging and printing industry, it’s set to make a lasting impression on the African continent.’ www.kemtek.co.za Africa Shows Increasing Demand For Printed Products and tissue manufacturing operation in Africa. The business currently operates entirely in South Africa but services customers across Africa. Novus Holdings, formerly known as the Paarl Media Group, with its listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) earlier this year, highlighted that Africa forms part of its growth strategy as the company seeks to unlock value in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is planned predominantly through security printing (such as ballot papers and examination papers), as well as literacy and education products. Keith Vroon, Chief Operating Officer at Novus Holdings said, 'The Sub-Saharan region offers great opportunity for us to extend our product offering and grow organically. As the African continent develops, together with its growing retail industry, we see an increase in the demand for paper and tissue products.' Specialising in printing, as well as tissue paper manufacturing, Novus Holdings has established itself as a comprehensive commercial printing The impact of manufacturing on literacy He added, 'Learning materials are often limited throughout Africa but we have been able to work on improving this. In South Africa we have had huge support from Government to help supply 26000 schools across South Africa with more than 50 million workbooks annually.' In Sub-Saharan Africa, 182 million adults are unable to read and write. In 1990, the adult literacy rate in all of Africa was 53%; it is estimated to be 63% in 2015 according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Adult and Youth Literacy: National, Regional and Global Trends, 1985-2015. Novus Holdings has also printed and delivered more than 2.8 million school books to Angola, as well as printed and delivered school-books to Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, DRC, Zimbabwe, Guinea and Mozambique. Education is a critical element in developing Africa and a fundamental human right; however, the biggest barrier to increasing literacy is the lack of books, especially in rural areas. Vroon believes that the physical production and distribution of educational materials is instrumental in the development and success of the continent. 'Access to information, through written materials including text books, newspapers, reading books, posters, brochures and leaflets encourages literacy, and they help promote a reading culture,' said Vroon. PG 10 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 Emerging African markets 'Given the demand for literacy, print manufacturing plays an important part in the development of Africa. We have a dedicated African team and approach business in African countries with partnerships in mind, specifically with funders and operators in the market. We offer experience, diversified product offerings and scale, whereas local operators have a better understanding of the market dynamics and distribution options,' said Vroon. www.novus.holdings www.AfricaPrint.com INDUSTRY NEWS Antalis Differentiates Itself With Expertise and Service At Africa Print 2015 Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd used the 2015 Africa Print Expo as an opportunity to showcase their wide range of equipment as well as their staff expertise. The company also reported quality leads and sales at the event.  David James said, 'Antalis are delighted about the quality of the leads we received at Africa Print 2015 and will be working hard to follow up on all these prospects to convince the market that our visual communication offering can create new business opportunities for them.' Antalis’ visual communication offering includes technology, equipment, consumables and a selection of substrates for wide format printers from major global brands through their network of branches and modern warehouses countrywide. The company launched the Coala range at the exhibition. Caroline Coughlan, Marketing Manager, Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd said, 'Exclusive from Antalis, the range comprises large format media in vinyl, poster paper, wallpaper and canvas that prints on the full range of Efi Printers, a range of Epson printers as well as other digital machines.' The company also showcased the a.berger range of textile-based media using 'Samba' in their light boxes, staircase wall and striking decorated balustrade that showed off the luxury of Lumex from 3A Composites. They also launched a Rugby World Cup Poster printed on Hi-Q Titan 300gsm with Yupo Tako non adhesive stickers with the participating countries' flags for clients to follow the Rugby tournament. These were pre-printed and die cut on the Kongsberg XN 24 Digital finishing and cutting table on the stand. Digital printing and finishing solutions from Efi, Esko and Epson were exhibited on the stand. EFI’s all-in-one H1625 LED Wide Format all-in-one Inkjet Printer was revealed at the show, while the Esko XN24 Kongsberg table highlighted its exceptional digital cutting and finishing capabilities. www.AfricaPrint.com  The EPSON T3200 series machine and the EPSON SC-S Surecolour 30610 1.6 m Eco-solvent printer showed beautiful quality printing. The EPSON 30610 is perfect for signage and printing solutions and is a high quality four colour CMYK printer. It produces everything from posters, signs, banners, backlit panels and POS to vehicle wraps, wallpaper and exhibition displays. Antalis is proud to announce that four Epson printers were sold.  The company highlighted its service and support to the industry. 'Service and support are a key differentiator for Antalis,' said Managing Director, Raymond Waldeck. 'Today’s printing equipment quality is excellent, so together with our service and support, Antalis offers its customers a long term solution for their business.' 'As part of our long term solutions offering, our clients know that our technician will be there when there is a problem with their machine on a late Friday afternoon and they have a job that needs to be done by Monday morning,' he added.  James explained that the people at Antalis are experts in their field as they have been in the industry for many years and understand not only the technology, but also the challenges their clients face on a day-to-day basis. 'We also regularly send our people overseas for training, which they bring back and share with their clients. We want to enrich our clients by providing on-site training, repairs and customised service contracts.' He concluded that Antalis is serious about its wide offering to the market and will be presented and promoted at every possible opportunity, which Africa Print provides. 'Apart from giving us the opportunity to showcase our machines and demonstrate our people’s expertise and service, it is also important for us to exhibit our products and services in even seemingly difficult market conditions.' www.antalis.co.za AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 11 INDUSTRY NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS CONTINUED TCM Copy & Print Increase Production Capacity With Versant 2100 as heavy as 300gsm and up to 80ppm on media stock as heavy as 350gsm. Its integrated full width array and Automated Colour Quality Suite (ACQS), automate time-consuming tasks, making it easier to produce more jobs. 'Automated colour control means we can deliver according to customers’ expectations in less time with less waste,' said Durrant. 'The press maintains tight registration from page to page. Ultra HD resolution makes the images and text sharp and vibrant, and the colours are consistent. The software also makes it easy for us to tailor the press to our production needs.' Pretoria-based digital print shop TCM Copy & Print has increased its production levels and turnaround time with the purchase of the Versant 2100 press, supplied by Xerox partner XBC. Xerox is represented in 26 sub-Saharan countries by Bytes Document Solutions, the largest Xerox distributor in the world. TCM Copy & Print provides a complete digital printing solution, including business cards, flyers, brochures, banners and customised products on a range of papers, boards and materials like linen, gloss, matt and vinyl. TCM Copy & Print owner, Gary Durrant said, 'We pride ourselves on being able to offer same-day service. Production capability and turnaround time were the two factors that motivated us to buy the Versant 2100. The turnaround speed is especially important as marketing clients often need printed matter to be available within 24 hours. We expect our investment in the new press to pay off within 36 months as a result.’ TCM Copy & Print evaluated a number of presses over a period of six months, and the Versant came out tops every time. The 100 page-per-minute press combines speed, image quality and automation features to enable print shops to create colourful personalised communications, marketing collateral, training manuals, brochures, photo publishing and speciality products.  The press prints up to 100ppm on media stock Durrant said the quality, speed and cost benefits of the Versant have made it easier for TCM Copy & Print to competitively position itself to win more new jobs and retain repeat business. He also commented on the quality of service provided by Xerox. The diagnostic technology is a major advantage, as is the response time of the team of specialists Xerox employs to look after customers. 'Where others have an eight-hour response time, Xerox attends to service issues in four hours. In an environment where uptime is critical, that is a key differentiator,' he said. Lloyd Webb, director at XBC, said automation is at the top of the list when it comes to more accurate and efficient print jobs. 'As the market shifts toward short runs and quick turnarounds, print shops are under pressure to produce many more jobs in a shift, and in a day, than in the past. The Versant 2100 is designed to do just that.' www.bytesdocumentsolutions.co.za Antalis Sells Its First EFI H1625 LED UV Printer in Africa Antalis made their first African sale of the newly launched EFI H1625 LED UV Printer, after concluding the deal at Africa Print expo 2015, held from 22-24 July 2015 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The printer has already been installed at the buying company's premises in Botswana. The EFI H1625 LED UV Printer is for point-of-purchase, sign, banner and graphics printers, in-house shops, and commercial printers who require a printer capable of producing high quality images across the widest variety of substrates in widths up to 1.6m. The H1625 LED 8-level variable drop grayscale heads for superior quality images, optimised ink usage, and LED UV cured inks including white ink for access to the greatest range of substrates when compared to solvent and latex printing technologies, giving owners the lowest total cost of ownership, greatest gross margin opportunity, largest addressable market and highest consumer satisfaction. www.antalis.co.za PG 12 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 www.AfricaPrint.com INDUSTRY NEWS Sharp Hosts Rugby Conversation With ExSpringbok Rugby Captain At Africa Print 2015 Mark McCherly (CEO of SEARTEC), Mark Robinson (former All Blacks player), James Dalton (former Springbok player) and Bob Skinstad (ex Springbok captain). Sharp hosted a relaxed rugby conversation with ex-Springbok Rugby Captain, Bob Skinstad, together with a special rugby guest at the Africa Print Expo 2015. The conversation gave insight into the SA vs New Zealand Test Game and the pending Rugby World Cup.  Sharp Middle East and Africa also displayed its strength in production printing and document solutions at the expo with its Advanced Light Production Printing Systems for the African market. Perfect for heavy-duty printing, the MX-M1204/1054/904 Series guarantees high productivity and enhanced reliability at the touch of a user-friendly control panel. Built for high volume, the new MX-M1204/M1054/M904 Series boasts impressive B/W speeds of 120, 105, and 90 cpm/ ppm respectively. The standard paper capacity of 3100 sheets can be upgraded to 13500 sheets for high-volume work. With an intermediate toner hopper and advanced feeding features, the MX-M1204/1054/904 is designed to run without interruption and allows a dramatic increase in productivity. Quality stays uncompromised with a 1200 dpi output and a wide range of fine finishing options, including three stapling positions, saddle stitch finishing capability, a trimming module and a folding unit. www.AfricaPrint.com  'Performance and durability drive our innovation process to make digital printing smarter, greener and more efficient. With the MX-M1204/1054/904 Series and the MX-7500N Series, Sharp is proud to introduce high productivity, best-in-class reliability and increased ease-of-use for high-volume offices and light production environments in South Africa, where the printing industry has become a dynamic sector within the market place,' said Tomoo Shimizu, Director, Business Solutions Division, Sharp Middle East and Africa. With the MX-7500N/MX-6500N, Sharp presented two versions of an innovative, high-speed colour digital system that takes image quality and consistency to new heights. Its amazing imaging capabilities in combination with a sturdy construction, professional feature set and attractive affordability make this the ideal light production print solution for CRDs, print providers and highvolume offices. Rotolabel Boosts Inspection Capabilities With AVT Helios S Rotocon announced the sale of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT)'s newly-developed Helios S inspection solution with workflow links to Rotolabel for their Cape Town manufacturing facility. The order was led by Pascal Aengenvoort, sales director of Rotocon. Helios S is designed to boost inspection capabilities and pave the way towards the future of inspection and process control. Deploying a cutting-edge vision concept and the latest illumination technologies, Helios S is recognised as the leading inspection system in the market today. Robust and reliable, the system handles even thick embossed metallised substrates as well as highlyreflective holographic foils and laminates. Acquired by the Bidvest Group in 2008, Rotolabel today represents the Labelling Solutions division of Bidvest Paperplus, a leading supplier of printing, communications, packaging, labelling and stationery solutions in southern Africa. Rotolabel specialises in flexographic, letterpress and digital print technologies, allowing the ability to print labels of consistent high quality on a range of substrates with a variety of finishes. Sharp’s advanced colour processing technologies bundled with fiery option makes the MX-7500N/ MX-6500N an absolute colour precision output device. The 15.4inch Capacitive touch screen supports multi touch gesture with highly productive GUI interface embedded with fiery control from the same display panel. Wicus Maritz, managing director of Rotolabel commented, 'With the purchase of other equipment through Rotocon, they have proven to be a reliable partner. Pascal represents Rotocon's suppliers with the utmost professionalism, and their service team is highly responsive. We look forward to integrating the AVT Helios S inspection system into our production workflow.' www.sharpmea.com www.rotocon.co.za AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 13 INDUSTRY NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS CONTINUED Canon SA Announces Major Success At Africa Print Expo Canon South Africa dazzled Africa Print 2015 visitors yet again, with one of the most interactive and frenetically busy stands at the show. Canon's first sale at the expo went to WetINK, which purchased the imagePRESS C800 Colour Digital Press. Canon also won the award for Best Mega Floor Space stand. Jon Smith from WetINK said, 'We are a fine art printing company so we needed a machine with excellent quality, and the imagePRESS C800 met these requirements. The machine also allows us to print on a wide range of substrates.' Canon's dynamic stand was a hive of activity throughout the exhibition, with visitors flocking to see, touch and experience some of Canon’s latest innovations. Canon even invited some of South Africa’s legendary Springboks to take to the soapbox at its stand. Some of the iconic ex-Boks who gave short talks were Stefan Terreblanche and Corné Krige. Visitors simply lapped up the opportunity to listen to them speak. Well-known young, up and coming referee, Marius van der Westhuizen, entertained the visiting crowd with his talk titled ‘People who adapted to change the fastest and best are the ones currently at the top of their game’. Hundreds of visitors were entertained and enlightened at the Canon stand. For Canon SA and Océ SA, this was the first time that the two companies have represented as one since Canon SA acquired Océ SA. The stand presented an invaluable platform for the two companies to demonstrate their latest, Jimmy de Waal, Canon and Jon Smith, WetINK. combined innovations, and chat to people about the plans for the future. Canon also introduced its new Partner Programme, which visitors were keen to hear more about. www.canon.co.za Graphix Supply World Exhibits Packaging and Labelling Solutions Graphix Supply World showcased its wide range of packaging and labelling solutions, including the Primera LX2000 label printer, Mimaki CFL-605RT flatbed cutting plotter and Esko Kongsberg V series. Primera LX2000 label printer The LX-series colour label printers provide short-run colour label printing and use the latest in high resolution inkjet technology to print brilliant, colourful labels for your products. The series will save time and money by bringing your label production in-house. Mimaki CFL-605RT flatbed cutting plotter The compact size of the Mimaki CFL-605RT belies its impressive performance, with an ability to provide a wide range of cutting and creasing functions. The perfect tool for packaging, prototyping and short-run production, the CFL-605RT offers a versatile, multi-function solution, especially when paired with a Mimaki small format LED UV flatbed printer. Its multiple cutting tools include: • Eccentric cutter for coated packaging board. • Tangential cutter for thicker boards, including flute, reflective vinyl and PET materials. • Reciprocating cutter for soft foam and board up to 10mm thick. • Creasing roller for creating folding lines. • Pen tool for creating line drawings. • Accurate cutting with register mark detection function. • Compact, built-in vacuum unit helps secure material during cutting. • Downforce cutting pressure of up to 1500g. • 610 x 510mm cutting area. • Powerful and effective plug-in cutting software package included as standard. PG 14 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 Mike Horsten from Mimaki demonstrates the Mimaki CFL-605RT flatbed cutting plotter. Esko Kongsberg V-series The Kongsberg V cutters come in standard configurations for sample making, signage and display production. The cutters offer a broad selection of tools, providing quality results on a wide range of cutting, creasing and plotting tasks. The Kongsberg V for signage and displays comes with a MultiCut tool head, offering milling productivity and a camera system. It handles a wide range of materials and applications. www.gsw.co.za www.AfricaPrint.com INDUSTRY NEWS Konica Minolta South Africa Participates In Mandela Day society. Its current 170 students, drawn from a 40 kilometre radius and of which 90% come from low-income families, receive training in practical skills such as basic hairdressing and beauty therapy, woodwork, upholstery and permaculture. The KMSA team arrived with an array of stationery, school bags, books and other goodies from sister company, Bidvest Waltons, for the children. Both staff and learners were overwhelmed by the generous donation. Staff from Konica Minolta South Africa's (KMSA) head office recently paid a return visit to Coronation Training Centre for an update on how the school was faring with the 40 fruit and indigenous trees donated by the company’s Johannesburg branch earlier in the year.  Coronation Training Centre is a school based in Newlands, Johannesburg, that caters for learners with special educational needs, equipping both intellectually and physically impaired children with the skills needed for them to reach their fullest potential and take their rightful place within Ritchi Smith, marketing coordinator at KMSA said, 'It was wonderful to receive such a warm welcome from the Coronation staff and pupils alike, and to see that the trees were being so well cared for by the children. We hope to keep making a difference at this school as it faces so many challenges and yet continues to do such fantastic work with its learners.' www.kmsa.com MIDCOMP AND HP HOST DIGITAL PRINT AND PACKAGING EVENT Midcomp and HP, along with The Institute of Packaging South Africa Northern Region, hosted an informative breakfast, educating attendees on opening the digital doorway to packaging. The event featured guest speaker Silas Amos, Creative Director for jkr UK, who has has over 25 years' experience as a designer and strategic partner for global FMCG companies The packaging industry has been traditionally ruled by analogue printing equipment, with only seven percent of these materials currently printed with digital technology. However, shorter product life cycles, a demand for faster time to market and a decline in average run length have accelerated the need for digital print in recent years. Brand owners are seeking the versioning, short runs and reduced environmental impact that are only available with digital printing technology. After leading the shift to digital in-label printing, HP is again driving an unstoppable analogue-to-digital transformation in the package printing industry. Amos addressed the topic 'Why digital printing matters?', touching on the technology's benefits such as precision and variation. He said brands value being unique, because those that stand out get noticed, and digital printing offers customers unique products with unique packaging. With digital, packaging can also be very specific and localised, for example, instead of targeting products at an entire country, digital printing allows you to produce smaller runs so you can target a town, or province with specific packaging. He also explained that the speed of digital printing gives brands the opportunity to be topical and www.AfricaPrint.com  Jean Marc Blum, HP, Rob Makinson, Midcomp, Silas Amos, jkr UK, Amith Sukhnundan, The Institute of Packaging South Africa and Sean Greer, Midcomp. produce 'real-time' packaging where they take advantage of trends. An example of this is a company which sells sausages taking advantage of the soaring Summer temperatures. They did a short campaign promoting their products as a perfect complement for a Summer braai. He emphasised that packaging is a very important part of media communication because it's the main thing people see when they buy a product. 'Digital printing makes packaging resonant, impactful and helps build brands,' he said. www.midcomp.co.za AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 15 INDUSTRY NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS CONTINUED DigitAl exPress exPAnDs cAPAbilities with xerox versAnt 2100 DigitAl Presses has now introduced increased RIP resolution, sending data to the press at up to 1200 x 1200 x 10. It supports media between 52 and 350gsm, auto perfecting all weights. 'While we’re still servicing a large number of walk-in customers looking for standard business stationery and low-volume digital printing, the bulk of our business has shifted to higher-end promotional and point-of-sale printing, including tent cards, wobblers, swing tags and price hangers, for some of South Africa’s largest retail chains and restaurants,' said Clay. 'We complement these products with large format in-store banners, table displays and entry boxes, and offer a complete end-to-end service: from design to print, courier delivery and installation, anywhere in the country.' Dale Clay (left) of Digital Express with Marco Ortelee, director of Cape Office Machines. Cape-based commercial printer Digital Express has purchased two Xerox Versant 2100 digital colour presses from Cape Office Machines on the back of winning a number of national retail and hospitality printing accounts. Cape Office Machines was the first authorised Xerox dealer in South Africa, and works closely with Bytes Document Solutions as one of the largest Xerox resellers in the Western Cape. From student walk-ins to precision printing for some of South Africa’s top brands, Digital Express has grown its business, and shopfloor, more than 400 per cent since opening its doors in Rondebosch, Cape Town eight years ago. 'We’ve come a long way since the ‘shop’ first opened in Rondebosch,' said Digital Express managing director Dale Clay. 'Moving to Cape Town’s high street gave us a much-needed boost but also forced us to consider far more sophisticated printing equipment, starting with a Xerox 5000 and subsequently the Xerox X1000 digital press, which served us well until now.' The Xerox Versant 2100 press was chosen for its new levels of sophistication and automation, accurate front-to-back registration, Production Accurate Registration (PAR), excellent image quality through built-in colour management technologies and Ultra HD image quality. Xerox digital presses have already been proven to deliver vibrant image resolution at 2400 x 2400 dpi for excellence and uniformity. The Xerox Versant 2100 Press’ Ultra HD resolution Clay said the shift to upmarket commercial work goes hand in hand with tighter deadlines, so the company’s ability to meet the demands of time-sensitive projects like seasonal sales and weekly in-store promotions is absolutely critical. 'We simply can’t afford even the smallest amount of downtime, so running a single digital press for the bulk of our display products is not an option.' Cape Office Machines director Marco Ortelee said a multi-machine approach is the logical next step for commercial printers moving to the higher end of the market. 'It makes business sense not only for production capacity but more importantly for redundancy,' said Ortelee. 'While Xerox machines are renowned for their reliability, they’re not infallible and like any other machine with moving parts they need to be maintained. Running two Versant presses in parallel means one press can be taken offline for maintenance without affecting production. It also means less overtime, and running identical machines makes them easier to use for the teams in charge of production.' Since installing the dual Versant machines, Clay said the company’s operating costs have come down. 'Even though we have other machines capable of producing consistent colour output, shifting to a different model would have slowed us down, and in our business time is costly,' he said. 'Switching between formats, from digital to litho, for example, introduces even more complexity, so the advantages gained by having two identical high-volume digital machines is negated to some extent. We wanted to avoid that scenario entirely, and it’s already paying dividends with the work we’re producing.' www.bytesdocumentsolutions.co.za PrActicAl Publishing stePs uP for chArity Each year the Practical Publishing team and our expo suppliers step up for charity at the Africa Print Johannesburg expo. The participants used their cellphones to track the number of steps taken during the expo week. Over 1,5 million steps were taken from the 22-24 July 2015 and we managed to raise R18000. A big thank you must go to Lodge Events, Be Bold and our team from Practical Publishing for participating and generously donating to Knights of Pendragon Rotary club, the SPCA and the Siyakhula Orphanage in Orange Farm. www.PracticalPublishing.co.za PG 16 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 www.AfricaPrint.com INDUSTRY NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS Xeikon Achieves Underwriters Laboratories Certification CGS ORIS CxF Scoops Innovation 2015 InterTech Technology Award CGS ORIS CxF received a Printing Industries of America 2015 InterTech Technology Award for Innovation. Xeikon's digital colour presses for labels and packaging have achieved Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification in combination with FLEXcon's THERMLfilm NEXgen gloss top-coated polyester base films along with their premium over-laminates. UL is an internationally recognised safety science company. Xeikon label and packaging presses, along with the dry toners they use, are the first and only toner-based products to receive this certification in combination with FLEXcon materials. This certification allows Xeikon and FLEXcon to use the UL mark on their products. FLEXcon, which has built a strong relationship with UL, works with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and converters to simplify and expedite the UL compliance process. Jim Potter, FLEXcon's Product Compliance and Regulatory Specialist, assists companies with identifying appropriate labelling substrates to suit their applications and meet UL standards. Xeikon's dry toners are specifically designed to work with the Xeikon 3000 Series and Xeikon CX3 (based on Xeikon Cheetah technology) digital colour presses. Produced at Xeikon's toner manufacturing facility in Heultje, Belgium, Xeikon toners are a result of continuous research and development to meet the requirements of label and packaging converters. Xeikon's dry toners meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines for both direct and indirect food contact. In addition, the toners are eco-friendly and do not emit any volatile organic compounds (VOCs). They also have exceptionally high lightfastness ratings, which is a measure of how well a printed image resists discolouration or fading as a result of exposure to sunlight. All these attributes were carefully built into the toners during their development process to meet the ever-changing market demands. www.thunderbolt.co.za www.AfricaPrint.com  ORIS CxF Toolbox and Designer allow seamless, worldwide, digital communication of all commercially significant aspects of colour. Brand colours are extracted from ink data in a completely open and subscription-free way to be used by pre-press and printer alike.   'The judges were impressed with how ORIS CxF is built on an open standard, communicating colour between all the stakeholders from inception through production,' said Dr. Mark Bohan, VP of Technology and Research for Printing Industries of America. They also noted that 'this makes the colour predictable and consistent, for both the brand owners and printers,' so there are no surprises or disappointments when it comes to precise brand colours on shelf. VP of Sales and Marketing, Marcus Goerlitz commented, 'We are honoured to receive the 2015 InterTech Technology Award for ORIS CxF. This is the sixth InterTech award for CGS and our partners. We’re thrilled to have such a powerful development team and suite of solutions available to the industry.' www.cgs-oris.co.za Corel Announces 2015 CorelDRAW Design Contest Winners Corel announced the 18 winning entries of the 2015 CorelDRAW International Design Contest. Out of hundreds of submissions, Rogelio Hernandez Garcia of Mexico was named the grand prize winner for his entry Dragon Queen. The Grand Prize includes a Roland VersaStudio BN-20 Desktop Printer/Cutter, Wilcom Embroidery e3 with All Elements, an iStock Signature 50 Annual Subscription, and R129713,98 ($10,000) in cash. 'We were absolutely blown away by the talent that was showcased in this year’s CorelDRAW International Design Contest,' said Gérard Métrailler, Vice President Products, Graphics and Productivity at Corel. 'Seeing the skill, creativity and dedication demonstrated by these designers and artists was a profoundly inspirational experience. We sincerely hope that all those who entered had as much fun creating their artwork as we did evaluating it.' 'Participating in the 2015 CorelDRAW International Design Contest with other world-class designers has been an extremely rewarding experience,' said Rogelio Hernandez Garcia, Grand Prize winner, 2015 CorelDRAW International Design Contest. 'I am very proud to have been selected as the winner by the judges and my peers. It is a true honour.' www.corel.com Printing Industries of America Honours Canon With 2015 InterTech Award The Océ VarioPrint i300 sheet-fed colour inkjet press has received the prestigious 2015 InterTech Technology Award from the Printing Industries of America. The model is a first-of-its-kind digital high-speed, sheetfed inkjet press designed to accelerate the printing industry's transition from offset to high-volume digital output. 'It is a true honour for Canon to be recognised for our innovative technology by the Printing Industries of America,' said Junichi Yoshitake, senior vice president and general manager, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A. Inc. 'This award emphasises our commitment to offer solutions that help empower print providers to grow and deliver new services to their customers.' 'The judges recognised that the Océ VarioPrint i300 will have a significant impact on its industry segment, opening up inkjet into the sheet-fed market,' noted Mark Bohan, Printing Industries of America. 'The press’s ability to control sheets and maintain print quality at such fast speed was impressive'. Combining the reduced costs of inkjet with the media and application flexibility of sheet-fed AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 17 INTERNATIONAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS CONTINUED production, the Océ VarioPrint i300 helps print providers to cost-effectively run monochrome and colour jobs on one engine, move mono applications to higher value, higher margin colour products and extend the cross over point for digital print versus offset, helping migrate more pages to digital print. The Océ VarioPrint i300 will offer integrated endto-end digital workflows built atop the PRISMAsync digital front end and PRISMA software platform, along with robust feeding and output capabilities, managed by full process quality controls for overall increased productivity. Since 1978, the InterTech Technology Awards have annually showcased important and emerging technologies that are likely to have a significant impact on the graphic arts and related industries. An independent panel of judges selected the Océ VarioPrint i300 as one of 10 technologies that were deemed truly innovative and are expected to advance the performance of the industry. www.canon.co.za Scodix And Compact Foilers Form Digital Print Enhancement Partnership Scodix has signed an exclusive agreement with Compact Foilers Ltd (UK) for the supply of foiling modules for digital print enhancement. Scodix, which already offers several digital enhancements (Scodix Sense, Scodix SPOT, Scodix Glittering, Scodix VDP/VDE, Scodix Metallic, Scodix Braille and Scodix Barcode) will benefit from the agreement immediately. The company expects to exhibit a digital foiling module, which integrates Compact Foilers’ dedicated technology for the Scodix Ultra Pro press, at the Graph Expo in Chicago (13-15 September 2015). The agreement with Compact Foilers is effective immediately.   The resulting aim of the partnership will be a digital foiling unit that will be robust, production savvy, supports countless substrates and most popular foils, and will overcome all the time and waste issues inherent with current available solutions. The collaboration of Scodix and Compact Foilers expertise and dedication to critically accurate registration and consistent reliability makes the relationship an ideal alliance. Scodix, which founded the digital enhancement segment in 2007, now has over 200 customers worldwide. www.kemtek.co.za www.AfricaPrint.com  Sharp Earns Six Buyers Laboratory Awards ‘Pick’ awards, BLI gives special recognition to the products that gave outstanding performances in BLI’s uniquely rigorous lab-based evaluations. The awards recognise the strength in depth of the Ricoh product portfolio, with outstanding products focused on the needs of specific markets and classleading energy efficiency being the hallmarks that make Ricoh such a highly respected brand.' Sharp won six Summer 2015 Pick awards from Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI), the world’s leading independent evaluator of document imaging products and solutions. Sharp received top accolades, including awards for the flagship Pro Series, for superior quality and high reliability in their respective categories. BLI’s semi-annual awards are given to the hardware and software offerings judged to demonstrate the most important performance factors for buyers.  'In January we won 16 of BLI’s 2015 Winter Pick awards, including A3 MFP Line of the Year,' said Esti Kilian, national head of marketing services at Ricoh SA. 'They’ve been the industry's top source of unbiased and reliable intelligence for the world’s digital industry so it’s great news for us and our customers that the Ricoh products performed so well.' www.ricoh.co.za With its Pick awards, BLI gives special recognition to those products with the most outstanding performance across its exhaustive lab tests. The Outstanding Achievement awards acknowledge products or capabilities that exhibit attributes such as innovation, usefulness, energy efficiency, reliability or value. George Mikolay, BLI’s Senior Product Editor for A3 Copiers/MFPs, said, 'These Pick winning models are among the lowest cost of their peers, and exhibited excellent reliability over the course of nearly 1 million combined impressions. Add in innovative features which including tandem printing, an integrated keyboard to simplify data entry, Sharp Cloud Portal Office integration, and in the case of the Sharp Pro Series, integration of EFI Fiery Command WorkStation into the control panel and full-bleed booklet printing, and you have an overall value offering that’s hard to beat.' www.sharpmea.com Buyers Laboratory LLC Honours Ricoh With Five Awards Ricoh won five awards in the Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) 2015 Summer Pick Awards, including Outstanding Personal Printer, Outstanding Budget/Economy Printer for Small Workgroups, Outstanding Printer for Mid-Size Workgroups and Outstanding Achievement in Energy Efficiency for two devices. BLI awards, judged by BLI’s experienced technicians and editors, recognise delivery of outstanding performance during rigorous lab testing. David Sweetnam, Director of EMEA Research and Lab Services, BLI said, 'Twice a year with our Xerox Bags Two 2015 MUST SEE 'EMS Awards Two new Xerox digital presses won 2015 MUST SEE 'EMS awards. The two products, the Xerox iGen 5 Press and Xerox Rialto 900 Inkjet Press, will have their North American debuts at Graph Expo (13-16 September 2015, Chicago), which takes place next month in Chicago. Both of Xerox's winning presses address the digital production colour market, which is projected to grow from nearly 460 billion pages today to 725 billion pages globally by 2018. The Xerox iGen 5 Press is the next-generation platform of Xerox's flagship, cut-sheet, xerographic digital presses, and features the family's first optional fifth toner station to extend the press's colour gamut and increase its capability to match spot colours. The press is being recognised for its wider gamut, flexible configurability that includes three speed options, and its industry-leading automation and press availability, delivering up to 40 percent more production time than competitive presses. The Rialto 900 is the world's first fully integrated, narrow web inkjet press, with a compact, all-in-one design that simplifies operations and permits it to fit easily into any size production facility. It is being recognised for its innovative design and for breaking down the common cost and complexity barriers to inkjet adoption. The Rialto 900 addresses an unserved segment of the market that sits between high-volume cut-sheet presses and low-volume inkjet and makes the high-growth AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 19 INTERNATIONAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS CONTINUED world of inkjet printing more accessible to more print shops than ever before. www.bytesdocumentsolutions.co.za Xeikon Opens New Technology Centre With its broad portfolio of investments, including past and current holdings in printing machinery manufacturers, AIP proved to be the clear choice for ownership of Goss, upholding the company's current standards as a customer-focused, technology-driven market leader. The AIP transaction is subject to successfully achieving appropriate regulatory approvals and meeting certain closing conditions. It is expected to close within the next 60 to 90 days. www.gossinternational.com Xeikon opened a second Technology Centre in the Asia Pacific region. The new centre is located in Tokyo and signifies continued growth and expansion for Xeikon in the region. The grand opening included a Xeikon Café featuring a number of educational partner presentations.  Wim Maes, Xeikon’s CEO said, 'We are seeing continued and unprecedented growth in the Asia Pacific region, and we are especially pleased to be able to open this important Technology Centre in Japan. This state-of-the-art facility will play an important role in spurring growth for Xeikon in Japan, and in helping our Japanese customers make the most of their investments in Xeikon. The Centre will focus on testing, benchmarking and product demonstrations that the Japanese printing and packaging community has been requesting and will be an important venue for face-to-face meetings, which are so important in Japanese culture. We are very proud of our Japanese team, who conducted such a successful grand opening event.' The new Technology Centre features Xeikon technology for the production of labels and packaging applications as well as for document and commercial printing applications, including the 3500 digital press, designed for folding carton printing. Visitors will also be able to learn about the brand-new Xeikon CX3 (that will be launched at Labelexpo Europe) with Cheetah technology for high quality label printing; and the Xeikon 9800 for document printing solutions. www.thunderbolt.co.za Quocirca Names Xerox As Top Worldwide MPS Provider Xerox has again retained the top position in worldwide managed print services (MPS), according to the latest market landscape report by analyst research group Quocirca. The 2015 rankings mark Xerox’s sixth consecutive year as the leader. Xerox helps companies optimise their printing infrastructure with MPS, and streamlines their communication and business processes to grow revenue, reduce costs and operate more efficiently. Through Xerox managed print services, businesses can outsource print management and cut costs by as much as 30%. The Quocirca report, a vendor analysis of the global enterprise MPS market, cites Xerox’s 'broad and mature MPS portfolio' and its ability to continually enhance its service offering, which spans office printing, production printing and business process services (BPS), as testament to the company’s ongoing leadership in the space. www.bytesdocumentsolutions.co.za Esko Automation Engine Connect Receives InterTech Technology Award Automation Engine Connect, a toolkit allowing integration from third party products to an Esko workflow, has received a 2015 Printing Industries of America InterTech™ Technology Award. Ricoh Acquires Leading Distributor of Digital Office Solutions Ricoh announced the acquisition of Impromat-CZ spol. s.r.o, and Impromat Slov spol. s.r.o., a leading distributor of digital office solutions in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This investment represents Ricoh’s long term vision to further enhance the expertise it offers its clients and to grow its core business in new geographies. Customers in the two countries will benefit from Ricoh’s acquisition of Impromat by having full access to Ricoh’s broad portfolio of products and services that enable office clients to optimise their business critical document processes, increase productivity and improve client responsiveness and knowledge-sharing. It will also create new and mutually beneficial opportunities for Ricoh and Impromat employees to become part of a larger network within the region and globally. David Mills, CEO, Ricoh Europe said, 'I am excited about the opportunities this acquisition of Impromat offers to increase the value we offer to our customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, who will now have access to the full portfolio of Ricoh products and services. We have a long standing relationship with Impromat and the company has high standards of after sales service, skilled technicians and in depth knowledge of Ricoh products. This means the transition for clients will be seamless and it will be business as usual for customers, albeit under the Ricoh brand.' www.ricoh.com MakerBot Replicator 3D Printer Scoops Red Dot Design Award Since 1978, the InterTech™ Technology Awards have honoured the development of technologies predicted to have a major impact on the graphic arts and related industries. More than 80% of technologies that receive an award experience continued commercial success in the marketplace. The MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printer (Fifth Generation Model) has won the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015. MakerBot believes in clean, consolidated product design that maximises user accessibility, and the sleek and high performance MakerBot Replicator represents the latest iteration of these goals. This is the eighth InterTech award an Esko solution has received over the past ten years. Other recipients include a wide variety of technologies: The fifth generation Replicator provides the easiest and most versatile way to get from 3D model to 3D print. www.rectron.co.za AIP Investment Supports Future Goss Product Innovation and Business Growth Goss International announced that parent company, Shanghai Electric Corporation (SEC) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Goss International and its subsidiaries to American Industrial Partners (AIP). The agreement forms part of a broader strategy to further strengthen Goss' position as the world's leading web-offset printing press supplier. Esko WebCenter (2006), Esko DeskPack 3-dX (2007), Esko Neo (2008), Esko Studio Toolkit for Shrink Sleeves (2011), i-cut Suite (2012), Full HD Flexo (2014) and Equinox (2014). www.gsw.co.za and www.antalis.co.za PG 20 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 www.AfricaPrint.com WIDE FORMAT UPDATE RiCOh PRO l4100 lARGE fORMAT PRiNTERs iN sOuTh AfRiCA Ricoh SA has brought the Pro L4100 latex, large format printer series to South Africa. The roll-to-roll format printer is available in 1361mm or 1610mm widths, supports up to seven colours in various configurations and prints 18sqm per hour. Jacques van Wyk, COO of Ricoh SA said, 'The new latex device also supports orange, green and white inks in addition to the usual CMYK. This device is aimed at the display and specialist signage market as well as print service providers looking to grow their business lines and develop new revenue streams. It helps them to develop their expertise in production printing and help their customers be ready for the future as they integrate a wider set of services.' The Pro L4160 and L4130 are eco-friendly, using only 50% of the energy of competitor products, and versatile for both indoor and outdoor applications, deliver high print productivity and quality as a result of technological innovations that include the Ricoh piezo electric print heads. They also meet market needs for products that reduce the environmental impact of printing through aqueous latex ink and the ability to operate with low power consumption. 'The series has been through our rigorous quality assurance process, and incorporate a great deal of customer feedback, particularly from Europe where the equipment has been available and in use since January,' said Van Wyk. The L4100’s latex ink is an aqueous (water-based) ink which contains a low level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It has no odour and the low curing temperature of 60°C ink enables both quick drying, for fast job turnaround, and the ability to print on many heat-sensitive substrates without damaging them. The extensive array of media includes PVC, tarpaulin, synthetic paper, coated-paper, uncoated paper, film, textiles and more. In addition, it www.AfricaPrint.com WIDE FORMAT For all the latest wide format news log onto www.SignAfrica.com allows the use of lighter weight substrates, thus reducing overall costs, including shipping. Ricoh is expanding the range of compatible substrates through its continuing media profiling and testing programme in partnership with Color Concepts, an industry standard for media validation. 'The latex ink will endure between one and two years outdoors and two to thee years when laminated,' said Van Wyk. 'The white ink gives the print service provider’s customers brilliant colour on all substrates, including transparent and dark material, for signage, branded materials, and window displays. Orange and green inks extend the vibrancy of the colour range for indoor and outdoor materials and means the printers can reproduce corporate colours accurately.' Piezo inkjet heads are high quality, stainless steel and produce three different drop sizes at once, one as small as four picolitres. 'The result is smooth and lifelike images,' said Van Wyk. The small drops also mean printers can produce smooth gradation and fine detail, such as fine lines and small fonts. The Uninterrupted Ink Supply System (UISS) improves productivity. 'When one CMYK ink cartridge runs out of ink, the system switches automatically to the second cartridge of the same colour for uninterrupted printing,' said Van Wyk. 'It ensures smooth operations and higher productivity with minimal operator intervention in busy print production environments.' The new machines are available with the ColorGATE RIP. 'We are providing ColorGATE as a bespoke menu-driven RIP that allows users to choose the exact feature set they need,' he said. 'It is intuitive, reducing the learning curve and improving productivity. And it includes excellent colour management tools ideal for demanding commercial print environments.' www.ricoh.co.za ROlAND TEChNiCAl shOOT OuT COMPETiTiON CROWNs AfRiCAN WiNNER Roland DG introduced its worldwide Technical Shoot Out competition to determine the benchmark of value addition to the Roland customer, in a bid to improve Roland's customer support. South Africa hosted the search for the African representative on 22 and 23 August 2015. The tests included technical prowess and customer ratings. The engineers were evaluated on their ability to guide Roland customer in becoming independent, taking their Roland beyond what they envisioned. David Edgecombe was crowned the African winner after having defeated the challenges set out for him. He will travel to Japan to compete for the ultimate title of Roland Global Service Engineer of the Year 2015. Roland engineers' purpose is to avoid becoming a crutch and give users confidence to try new things, thereby maximising their production and wealth. The cream of the crop of engineers who attended the challenge were: David Edgecombe from Keymark Media, Johannesburg Jonathan Jubbe from WIP, Pretoria Sherwin Naidoo from Telpro, Durban Nico van der Walt from from WIP, Pretoria Jose Adams from Maxes, Namibia Sacha Polydorou from TDS, Centurion Gerrie Bardenhorst from WIP, Pretoria Bennie Bezuidenhout from XLP, Polokwane Barry Nell from Telpro, Johannesburg Willie van Rensburg from Ivyline, Potchefstroom Jan Botha van Wyk from Telpro, Johannesburg All of the final marks were within five points of each other, demonstrating the engineers' overall skill level and making the final decision extremely difficult. Customer evaluation was the final arbitrator. Roland DG salutes all these engineers and wishes Edgecombe good luck on his travels representing Roland Africa this October in Japan. www.rolanddg.co.za AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 21 WIDE FORMAT WIDE FORMAT UPDATE Canon Launches Océ ColorWave 700 In south africa campaigns. The Océ ColorWave 700 expands on this, adding more potential applications such as personalised wallpaper printing.' The Océ ColorWave 700 is a high performance colour system, available as a printer only or as a multifunctional, designed to enable a wide range of high quality graphic arts applications making it ideal for reprographics, sign and display print providers, and in-house printing applications in industries such as retail, hospitality, POS, education and government. Canon South Africa announced that the first award-winning Océ ColorWave 700 printers have landed in South Africa. Launched in Europe in February and available to South Africa since the beginning of August 2015, the Océ ColorWave 700 is already on display in Canon SA’s showroom and is available countrywide. The printer was built to deliver the highest possible productivity in the smallest possible footprint, so it can produce an exceptional range of creative applications with minimal user training in almost any business environment. Touted to offer the perfect balance of visual and functional design, the Océ ColorWave 700 scooped a prestigious iF Product Design Award 2015 shortly after its launch. Prakash Naidoo, National Product Manager for Canon SA’s Business Imaging Group said, 'Already delivering value at a number of sites across the country, the Océ ColorWave 700 is proving to be a great fit within the South African context. Companies want greater versatility and more capabilities to empower creativity, without increasing the complexity of use. The Océ ColorWave 700 does all of this and more. According to Naidoo, the Océ ColorWave 700 has enhanced media handling capabilities with an optimisation process for custom media. The system supports media up to 0.8 mm of thickness that makes it suitable for a uniquely large range of graphics applications including canvas, wallpaper and banner printing. The company showcased a range of cutting, digital and textile printing solutions, including the Mimaki UJF3042 desktop UV printer as well as the Mimaki TS300, a textile printing solution with the new ability to print at 115sqm/hour on economical substrates as it has a 6mm head clearance. The company also exhibited and sold a number of the newly launched Mimaki SIJ320, the fastest roll to roll UV printer capable of printing 118sqm/hour.  The Polyprint texjet plus printer also attracted a great deal of visitor interest. The DTG printer prints on dark garments, without pre-coating, and with a production of up to 60 dark garments per hour. The printer features cloud integration, multiple user support, secure workflow, optional built-in scanner and a range of integrated output options. Up to six different rolls of media can be loaded at one time, making the printer able to handle many different jobs without having to load and unload rolls in-between. Dual hard drives and fast processors speed up file processing, and automatic media sensing and imaging device maintenance increase print quality and reduce the need for servicing. www.canon.co.za Graphix Supply World Announces Major Sales at Sign Africa Cape Town Expo Graphix Supply World reported a large number of sales and anticipates more to be signed this month following a successful exhibit at the Cape Town Sign Africa expo, held from 2-3 September at the CTICC. 'It is a highly capable all-rounder to suit high volume and high demand environments while remaining easy-to-use and intuitive. Its versatility combined with an easy-to-use interface, high resolution and speed mean that businesses can really start being creative and expand their products and services to new profitable areas. According to the company, the best of show was the Klieverik GTC3400-101 large drum press, sold to Grosvenor Branding Solutions (GBS), together with a Mimaki JV5-320DS printer. This combination is not only able to transfer 300sqm/hour but can also handle any fabrics at a very low electrical consumption cost. 'Our local customers already use ColorWave printers as central workstations for their businesses, from printing full colour technical drawings and illustrations to large scale poster GBS also bought a Mimaki DS1800 to print on cotton, making it the first innovative textile print centre in the country to print on all types of fabrics, even carpeting up to 3,2m wide. PG 22 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 Jorg Schuurman (Klieverik), Graham Hawthorn (Grosvenor Branding Solutions) and Rob Franco (Graphix Supply World). Rob Franco, MD of Graphix Supply World said, 'In combination with our flatbed printing solution, we also showed our flatbed cutting with the Esko V series cutter that was demonstrated by Esko to show clients that the printed sheets could become stands or 3D objects with all the various tools to cut, crease, route, engrave or bevel cut. 'We are proud to have displayed 29 machines, all working to give visitors the opportunity to diversify into new avenues and grow their business. We also displayed our low priced media and inks that allow customers to save money and be more profitable.' www.gsw.co.za www.AfricaPrint.com COVER STORY ADVERTORIAL OCÉ ARIZONA UV 460GT: pRECISION pRINTING FOR pOp DISpLAY AND pACkAGING BY SIGN-TRONIC Océ VariaDot® imaging technology is the key to the award-winning image quality of every Océ Arizona printer. It allows you to produce near-photographic quality with sharpness equivalent to 1440 dpi or higher. Text as small as 2 pt. is perfectly legible, even when reverse-printed (white ink on a black field). Active pixel placement Compensation assures image sharpness, density and uniformity, wherever it is printed on the flatbed or on the Roll Media Option. The best-selling Océ Arizona 460GT has 170 printers installed in South Africa, and 5000 worldwide. It is suitable for a variety of display graphics applications including POP/POS specialty applications where the decorated substrate is not meant primarily for display purposes (e.g. package prototyping, shortrun packaging, wallpaper and interior decoration, and consumer product decoration). It can handle irregular shaped or non-square items, heavy substrates and materials that have an uneven surface, such as wood. It is also perfect for complex technical or industrial printing applications where accurate, repeatable print geometry is critical. • • It includes six independent ink channels with the first four configured for standard CMYK printing. Channels five and six can be configured in two ways that offer flexibility to meet the demands of various jobs: • Producing prototypes and short-run packaging on Océ Arizona Series UV flatbed printers and Océ ProCut digital cutting systems enables you to: • • • Win orders: present stunning, genuine prototypes in record time. Reduce time and costs: no plates, no makeready for improved productivity and cost savings. Deliver faster: improve delivery time of short-run and custom packaging. PG 24 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 Go digital: combine digital printing and cutting through an integrated workflow. Extend your business: produce display stands, signs and other POP materials to complement your customers’ packaging needs. • Varnish + White: using white ink, print service providers can produce exceptional quality prints on a variety of non-white substrates that can command premium prices. Varnish can be used as a spot or flood decorative element for attention-getting results at premium prices. Double-White: Alternatively, when not required for use in printing varnish, the sixth channel can be used as an additional white ink channel to provide double the opacity in a single printing pass for higher productivity when printing white ink jobs. www.AfricaPrint.com command premium prices. Unlike conventional rigid capable printers that use friction or belt ADVERTORIAL feed systems, the Océ Arizona Series can print on just about anything. that means irregular shaped or non-square items, heavy substrates and materials that have an uneven surface, such as wood. they are also perfect for complex technical or industrial printing applications where accurate, repeatable print geometry is critical. multiple imaging passes or double-sided printing applications. Print edge-to-edge (full bleed) to save time and labour costs in finishing. A time-saving batch mode is provided in certain models for the efficient production of complex, multilayer jobs. density isfilms, nowself-adhesive possible, heightening theindoor vinyl and various printer’s productivity. the multiple and outdoor papers. And unlikeusermost thezones two printing areas do not selectablesystems, vacuum supporting with each other:table while masking, printing on standard interfere media sizes without the roll Media Option, the operator can set also significantly increases system productivity. effects, as well as white and even doubleopacity white ink if varnish in not required. White ink enablesSTORY printing on non-white COVER media or objects (under-printing), creating backlit applications on transparent media (over-printing) and using white as a spot colour. it allows you to simultaneously print white between layers of colour for a day-night image that can be backlit or not, depending on the time of day. The technology uses variable-sized droplets and delivers finer details and smoother gradients in highlight areas, as well as crisp colours in the mid-tones and incredible density in shadows and solid colour areas. up the next rigid media job on the flatbed without disrupting the printing process. no operator intervention is required to switch between rigid and flexible printing modes. that means no downtime and no delays in your production schedule. Six or eight ink channels also means that new levels of productivity can be reached. cM2 (double cyan and Magenta) nozzle density is now possible, heightening the printer’s productivity. the multiple userselectable vacuum zones supporting standard media sizes without table masking, also significantly increases system productivity. 6 Print service providers can use these two channels in whichever configuration best suits their needs, changing from Varnish + White to Double-White (and vice versa) on demand. CM² PRINTING six colour printers. For every square metre of printing this equates to less than 8ml of ink. The technology uses variable-sized droplets and delivers finer details and smoother gradients in highlight areas, as well as crisp colours in the midtones and incredible density in shadows and solid colour areas. Images look far superior to those printed on a conventional, fixed-droplet, 6-colour inkjet printer. fixed six-colour printing The last two ink channels are used to enhance both print quality and print speed by adding extra cyan and magenta nozzle capacity. The additional cyan and magenta nozzle capacity offers Production print modes that rival the slower Quality-oriented modes in terms of sharpness, uniformity and smoothness. Users can take advantage of this improved print quality to realize higher net productivity, since more demanding jobs can now be printed in the faster print modes. VARIABLE VACUUM SYSTEM fixed six-colour printing printing Fixed six-colour Océ Variadot imaging technology Océ VariaDot imaging technology A vacuum system holds rigid media stationary on the printer’s flat table surface, ensuring perfect registration even on multiple imaging passes or double-sided printing applications. Print edge-to-edge (full bleed) to save time and labour costs in finishing.The six vacuum zones are configured to match the majority of standard-sized graphics arts media to reduce or eliminate manual masking, thereby decreasing operator intervention and increasing productivity. • No special electrical or compressed air requirements. • isSingle-phase electrical power. Less more Reduce ink costs by up to 50 percent • Variadot Reprint a job technology with just one click. Océ imaging enables a because Océ Variadot imaging technology A batch mode supports complex, multi-layered jobs, those requiring multiple passes for specialty applications. These jobs can now be streamlined using the new batch mode tools, eliminating operator intervention between operations. Batch mode can also be used to produce sets of prints sequentially for easy Variable Dot Printing collation and fulfillment. printhead to produce droplets in different uses only four colours and can jet exactly the sizes of a typical single droplet. size droplet, usesits upexceptional to 50 percent The instead Océ Arizona series haslarge more thanit30 right industry awardsit for means images always appear less grainy than less ink than fixed-droplet, six colour printers. image quality, versatility and productivity. The 400 Series includes six different those printed on a six colour, fixed dot printer for every square metre of printing this Océ Variadot technology UV flatbedofimaging printers featuring four, independent insavings two -regardless the resolution. 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A Roll quality with sharpness expected at Océ Variadot imaging technology enables a because Océ Variadotusually imaging technology Media Option is available for both models to print on flexible media up to 2.2 resolutions of 1,440 dpiand or higher. printhead to produce droplets in different uses only four colours can jet exactly the metres (86.6 inches) wide. sizes instead of a typical single large droplet. it every right Océ sizeArizona droplet,printer it usescan up print to 50perfectly percent means images always appear less grainy than registered, less ink than fixed-droplet, six colour four-colour, six-point text allprinters. day for every squareequipped metre of printing this long and models with High -regardless of the resolution. Varying the equates to lessmode than can 8mleven of inkproduce – cost savings definition print uses only four colours and canalso jet Because Océ VariaDot® imaging technology droplet size to as little as 6 picolitres that really count in today’s climate. perfect 2-point text. Variable Dot Printing images smoother exactly the right size droplet, it uses up to 50produces percentsharper less ink thanwith fixed-droplet, in addition, the Océ Arizona 400 and 600 gradients and quartertones. Series printers offer Active Pixel Placement conversely, the ability to create droplets up to compensation. the flatbed table is mapped www.AfricaPrint.com  AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL 42 picolitres produces dense, solid colours. to determine system flatness and actively thoseDot printed on a six colour, fixed dot printer Fixed Printing REDUCE INK COSTS BY UP TO 50 PERCENT SIGN-TRONIC (+27 21) 510 8332 www.sign-tronic.co.za OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 25 FEATURE BY TWO SIDES SOUTh AFRICA Two Sides South Africa conducted its inaugural research project earlier this year and have now released the findings. This research, based on narrative or story-telling data collection, revealed the interesting but complex relationships that people have with paper and print. This qualitative research tested perceptions that South Africans have about print and paper and will form the basis for future quantitative research projects. The key objective of this research was to find key and dominating insights into South African perceptions of paper. The amount of data collected via the stories told has led to the unearthing of a far more complex relationship that South Africans have with paper. However, through the several sense-making sessions and catalysis processes undertaken, the findings were distilled into the following broad categories that encapsulate the most common themes and insights: hiDDEN iN PlAiN siGhT Very few stories revealed how paper is used in everyday life. The fact that we use paper, print and packaging in our homes and as an identifier for almost every retail product that we buy was not mentioned. Rather the stories linked paper to communication and learning almost exclusively. GENERATiONAl DiViDE It is clear that older people (over the age of 27) have a passion for paper that they feel they need to defend. They have an emotional connection with paper and, while being concerned about the environment, seem to have a deeper knowledge as to the sustainability of the industry. Younger people have a purely functional relationship with paper. It is used as and when required as part of the communication, reading and learning mix. WAsTE AND RECyCliNG Younger people, in particular, are concerned about waste in all forms. Examples such as the wasting of food, time, and water were discussed and there appears to be a strong link between paper use and waste. Many stories talked about the use of paper as being wasteful but little or no discussion on the recyclability or the recycling of paper was evident. PAPER AND ThE ENViRONMENT Younger people more especially link paper to the cutting down of trees. Older people seemed better informed about the sustainability of managed plantations although deforestation remains a concern. GREENWAshiNG The majority of stories, when asked why corporates were switching from paper to electronic communication, seemed to see through the greenwashing by confirming that this was being done to save costs and not to help the environment. Some felt this was being done for convenience and reliability. telephone calling as a convenient and instant communication medium. Most stories revealed a preference for reading paper magazines and newspapers but online news headlines are important. iNfluENCERs Most individuals say they have formed their own opinions about paper. But when probed, these opinions were formed at a young age and stories revealed that families and teachers had a significant influence on these opinions. When discussing paper use, company policy on paper has a strong influence on young professionals and how they use paper. Based on the insights gained from our research project, we are now able to formulate public campaigns that educate and bring the paper, print and fibre based packaging story to front of mind. Two Sides South Africa urges all industry players who wish to contribute to the work that it is doing to contact them for further information. PREfERENCEs As was expected, the vast majority of stories talked of a strong preference for paper in reading, learning, archiving, and even to some extent, business to consumer communication. Social communication is almost exclusively electronic. Texting has trumped letter writing and even PG 26 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 Deon Joubert: [email protected], Zama Zulu [email protected] www.twosides.info www.AfricaPrint.com FEATURE INNOVATIVE EQUIPMENT FINANCE DEMAND GATHERS MOMENTUM By Mark Dowson, First Asset Finance Things have changed in business recently and continue to do so at a rapid rate. Our business environment is not just South Africa or even Africa anymore; it’s the world. Through globalisation our markets are easily accessible and vice versa. Countries like China and India and many more emerging economies are selling products in South Africa at extremely competitive prices, making it extremely difficult for South African businesses to compete. Trade protection duties are no longer in place or have been reduced substantially and offer no assistance to local industry. Globalisation, free markets and the credit collapse back in 2008 − which was unprecedented in our modern age − have created a scenario unlike anything we have seen since the great depression back in the 1930s. Major financial institutions and markets were on the brink of collapsing and the banking system was under serious pressure with some banks going out of business overnight. Governments had to step in to prevent a total meltdown of the financial system. This brought about changes and regulations in the banking industry which directly affected the way banks lent money to business across the world. South Africa became one of many countries to experience these changes with new regulations and the ripple effects of these changes have impacted on local business quite dramatically. These changes have made it more difficult for small to medium size businesses to gain access to capital to fund their businesses. We have all experienced how difficult it is to get a loan from our banks these days and we are often reminded of “the good old days” when we could call up our bank manager and arrange for a finance facility for our equipment needs over the telephone. Those days are pretty much gone but our need for finance has not and, if anything, it’s the exact opposite. www.AfricaPrint.com  In order for business to have an edge in the global market we need to invest in technology and equipment. We need to create extra capacity, be more productive, cost effective and competitive to survive. In short, we need to be smart! Banks have also rationalised their work forces and the expertise that previously existed within the banks has diminished. Fortunately, niche operator finance companies such as First Asset Finance have entered into these markets and now provide the necessary skills and ability to lend to small and medium size business in South Africa. Innovative financial product development has enabled these specialist finance companies to offer a total finance solution to business. Not only do these finance companies provide the capital to purchase equipment at a competitive price but they also provide that old-fashioned personal attention and an understanding of the business and its owner’s needs that we all crave. These finance companies offer innovative, uncomplicated structures which enable businesses to borrow with the 'rental liability' not appearing on the balance sheet. The 'loan' is therefore hidden and does not impair or impact the business’s financial status. This is advantageous especially when the business needs additional cash for example, for an overdraft or debtor finance from its bankers. In addition, these new structures provide very effective tax benefits as the rental expense is fully deductible from taxable income. Some niche finance companies such as First Asset Finance have a genuine understanding of the industries in which they operate, customers’ needs and the latest trends in business, and don’t just pay lip service to it. Core to having this capability is that they align themselves with quality suppliers of equipment and work together with them so that they remain close to the source of innovation and updated technology. These finance companies enable all parties to enjoy a win-win situation, enabling the customer to acquire the latest innovative equipment and the supplier to sell with confidence. Specialist finance company representatives on the ground enable business owners and equipment suppliers to gain a clear understanding of a certain business’s needs quickly, ensuring fast transaction turnaround times and the ability to provide concise and meaningful feedback to both customers and suppliers. In general, specialist finance companies are dedicated to building long term relationships with their customers and suppliers so that business transactions and understanding become effortless. We at First Asset Finance certainly believe this is fundamental to building a successful customer relationship. First Asset Finance is a market leader in South Africa and makes the credit application process simple for both customers and suppliers. Our skilled sales representatives service both customers and suppliers country wide and offer a personal touch to the otherwise faceless finance industry of today. FIRST ASSET FINANCE (+27 21) 421 8508 [email protected] www.faf.co.za AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 27 FEATURE IGNITE YOUR pRINT SHOp’S FULL pOTENTIAL BY RIAN VAN DER MERWE, FINEPRINT IMAGE CREDIT: MARK KÖNIG The printing industry is experiencing a constant decline in all sectors. A growing number of clients lately prefer digital media to printed media. In the late '70s, the music group The Buggles predicted in their number one hit album that video would kill the radio star. Even though video did pose an aggressive threat, radio survived. Similarly now, electronic media is threatening to kill printing, and although print is struggling, printing will survive, yet will be forced to streamline. Recently, the increased supply of portable electronic devices with improved memory, screen resolution, battery life and mobility technologies have unfortunately grown a market of users that prefer electronic media to printed media. As technology matures and becomes more affordable, the demand for printed material decreases. uNDERsTAND yOuR CAPACiTiEs A print room’s overall capability is the sum of all its capacities. In a production line, the overall capability is also subjected to the process with the lowest capacity. Such a process will become a bottleneck that will reduce the production line’s overall capacity. It is therefore essential to understand your shop’s capacities in order to maximise your potential. A print room’s capacities can be divided into five main categories: AVAilABlE TiME Probably one of the major commodities in production is available time. Print shops generally operate within one to three eight hour shifts. Increasing available time immediately elevates the overall capacity of a print shop, provided that the existing time is at maximum capacity and the additional time runs at a profit. It is a very complex decision to increase available time. A simple example is one that most print shop owners will understand. The first step in increasing available time is often to agree to pay overtime for existing shift operators. Such a decision may lead to decreasing operator productivity for the shift as the operators’ focus may be on an increased overtime income only. There is a cardinal difference in the production ratios between different print presses. The production ratios vary from as little as 20% to 95% non-stop production of available time (see Process & Equipment below for more information). Therefore, as mentioned above, once you have reached your optimal capacity for available time, it will pay to increase your time. • • • PlANT, PROCEss AND EQuiPMENT The main capital investment of your print shop is embedded in your plant, process and equipment. There is quite a long list of factors that one needs to consider when designing the optimal usage of these: • Technology characteristics. Different technologies and categories within these technologies exist such as digital production (light, medium and heavy), Litho, Web and Gravure printing. These characteristics will determine the optimal production ratios, acceptable wastage percentages, etc. • Inline capacities. Printing presses often have a range of inline capacities other than printing. These functions are attached to the PG 28 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 press and contain their own characteristics. These functions generally have different characteristics to the main press that need to be understood in addition to the main press characteristics. Offline Capacities. These generally require more human intervention and floor space but if applied correctly, could increase the overall capability of your print shop. Process Layout. There are different layout types used in production environments. The prescribed layout type is dependent on elements such as job sizes, run lengths, etc. The right layout will release operational pressure. Space utilisation. Space is a valuable commodity in a print room. Unused or un-optimised space would offer an opportunity to increase capacity. WORk fORCE A print shop’s workforce is its largest cost of sale. The more automation in a print shop, the lower the salary cost of production, yet the higher the capital investment required in the print shop. It is much more complex to monitor the productivity of your workforce than that of equipment. If one takes a clinical production view on the workforce, this commodity contains definable capacities that can be evaluated and understood. Some of these capacities are: www.AfricaPrint.com FEATURE • Available time (number of staff x working hours). Output per head. Income per head. Wastage per head. WORkiNG CAPiTAl Even though the ratios mentioned above are high level, it could be broken down into finer details in relation to different staff functions. Working capital is a key element of all production environments. One needs to protect the working capital of your business and ensure that there is always sufficient funds to maintain and sustain all the required capacities in the print room. Working capital is often under pressure if a print room is not profitable or when the print shop’s debtor’s book is unhealthy. A study in this field could assist you to understand functions in your print shop that are over-staffed and areas that are under-staffed. The human element of staff should not be ignored and would require specialised skills to assist in managing it. It is therefore essential to follow standard financial management principles and constantly evaluate your position to prevent a scenario where your business is forced to make tough business decisions due to a lack of cash flow. sTOCk ChOOsE yOuR MARkET CORRECTly Stock levels are key for non-stop operations that are in return essential to supply clients with the required level and quality of service. Efficient stock levels on the other hand requires working capital and increases risk in the print room. You should choose your market, the market should not choose you. Carefully select your market based on the capacities that you offer. An optimised print room that offers printing within their capacity’s optimal ranges will be able to offer a more competitive price and still be profitable. • • • A further complexity of print room stock holding is the potential wide variety of stock items that could be required by clients. Think for instance of different types of stock like paper sizes, colours, weights and textures, finishing, fittings, etc. Stock levels therefore need to be calculated carefully in order to find the best balance between availability, cost and risk. should constantly evaluate the performance of all the products in your print room to scale down declining products and re-invest in growing products. CONTiNuOus iMPROVEMENT Consumers are used to constantly improving markets. What you do today may very well outplay your competition, but tomorrow they will have caught up with you and the day after you may be falling behind. Some areas in a print room that constantly change include: • New technologies such as 3D printing, scented printing, etc. • Improved service levels. • Improved costing. • Added values. Offering continuous improvements will keep your current clients interested and attract new clients. RE-POsiTiON yOuRsElf WiThiN ThE MARkET Sometimes market segments mature, change or fall away entirely. This is a well-known phenomenon in the printing industry. Successful printers often have to evaluate their products in line with market demands. Trends in the printing industry generally show slow, constant declines or uptakes. You Rian van der Merwe +27 (0) 83 257 2601 (+27 11) 234 8116 [email protected] www.fine-print.co.za FIND A SUPPLIER ONLINE FAST need a product or supplier? go to www.africaprint.com/directory for instant access or to register as a supplier. onLine DirectorY 2015 contact info Products and Services Product Brochures instant access available 24 hours a day Product Videos Special offers free listing for all suppliers www.AfricaPrint.com AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 29 INTERVIEW DIGITAL pRINTING SOLUTIONS komal sharma, kodak, David James, Antalis and loïs lebegue, kodak. kodak partner Antalis South Africa hosted a Q&A session with Loïs Lebegue, Managing Director of the Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Region for kodak. Africa print journal spoke to Lebegue about kodak's business focus in South Africa and the future of print. WhAT is kODAk's BusiNEss fOCus iN sOuTh AfRiCA? Growth. When we look at our focus today, it's about leveraging the full portfolio of Kodak, which encompasses offset to digital. We see the market moving into this hybridisation in many segments. Our second focus in South Africa is the very fast deployment of our processfree plates, Sonora. The plates are great for environment and are a response to more requests from government and local organisations to reduce our environmental impact. WhAT is ThE fuTuRE Of PRiNT? I strongly believe there will be more hybridisation. An example of this is packaging. The vast majority of packaging will be printed with existing technologies, whether offset or flexo, but there will be more variable content because of health and safety issues. Variable printing provides safety features, and Kodak has a lot of solutions like invisible ink, variable bar codes and more. Variable content is also important because brands want one to one communication with their customers, which is much more effective than mass communication. Our third focus is continuing to support the market in efficiency and productivity gains. Sonora is a typical example of this. When you remove a lot of steps and processes involved in making the print, you're also reducing costs and potential errors. Specialty print will also be relevant in the future, because you'll have to ensure your products stand out. There is room for a lot of creativity in print. We recently met with our biggest South African customers to understand market trends and what we can do to help them grow and succeed. Our South African customers are extremely dynamic and are willing to invest in new technologies. They are very advanced in understanding and responding to the needs of the market with the right investment. We're a stronger company, our profitability is improving quarter after quarter. We're a very dynamic company, we never stop redesigning the organisation. We continue to invest a lot of money in this market, have launched new technologies and plan to launch more. The brand is very strong and we are still growing. WhAT ARE ThE MARkET TRENDs? When we look at the overall print market, whether it's offset or digital, packaging or commercial, publishing or transactional, there are a lot of conflicting trends. Some of them are really positive and some are less so. What we see is a trend that is quite common in emerging and mature markets: we see a trend that calls for higher quality, for more efficiencies and automation for printers. Another trend is the industry reinventing itself to find new avenues of growth. Lastly, sustainability is a major trend. I believe South Africa is the leader in driving more sustainability on the African continent. PG 30 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 ChAPTER 11 REsTRuCTuRiNG PARTNERshiP WiTh ANTAlis Kodak needs to create a family with its suppliers, technology partners and go-to-market partners. The family we've created with Antalis is very strong and close to our hearts. Technology's very important, proximity is key. They are key to supporting and advising customers. There are many opportunities for growth in the South African market and Antalis and Kodak will continue supporting the market with our wide range of offerings. ANTAlis sOuTh AfRiCA (+27 11) 688 6000 www.antalis.co.za www.AfricaPrint.com THE DRINkABLE BOOk FEATURE BY LAUREL BRUNNER Silver has been known to be antimicrobial since antiquity when water was stored in silver jugs to kill bacteria. More recently, silver nanoparticles are used in clothing to prevent socks and teeshirts getting stinky. Adding them to cardstock, as Dr. Theresa Dankovich post-doctoral associate at Carnegie Mellon University in the US has done, creates an antimicrobial paper that is an effective water purifier. Her invention has already been field trialled and will be distributed to people in Haiti, kenya, India, and Ghana. It is hoped that the Drinkable Book will help reduce the number of people dying from diseases associated with contaminated water such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery, estimated at 3.4 million. The Drinkable Book has 24 pages, each split by perforation into two squares good for treating up to 100 litres of water. The antimicrobial pages are bound into a book roughly the size of a hardback novel and packaged in a slipcase. This slipcase is also the filter box. Sheets are torn from the book, inserted into the filter box and water poured onto the sheet. As water flows through, the silver nanoparticles poison bacteria in the water. The result is water with 99.9% less bacteria, rendering it potable. The Drinkable Book pages cost around 10 US cents each and each half page can last up to a month. One book can provide water filtration for up to four years, making it good for 5000 litres of clean water. Pages are about 0.5mm thick and printed with pictogram instructions for use, plus hygiene and water safety tips in English and local languages. The Drinkable Books produced so far are letterpress printed with specially created food grade inks in an initial run of 1,000. To get this product to market Dr. Dankovich is working with DBB New York, an ad agency and Water is Life, a nonprofit organisation that develops clean water technologies. Water is Life supports over one billion people worldwide surviving on barely a quarter of a litre of clean water a day. Expectations are that the book will be available this year, but that may be a little ambitious. The most difficult problem is to scale up production of the impregnated pages and of the printing. The letterpress method was selected because it 'was the best option that allowed us the level of control that we needed' according to Brian Gartside, designer at DDB New York. If this technology is to be effective the group must work out how to produce tens of thousands of Drinkable Books, taking into account cleanliness in production, suitability of the inks and stock for the print process, ink and substrate costs, and of course distribution and ongoing support for Drinkable Book users. Can used pages be recycled? Are refills for the slipcase/filter box available? How can results be monitored? Despite these and other challenges to implementing this project, it’s extremely exciting with profound implications for developing countries. Although the silver nanoparticles won’t solve the problem of organic pollutants and heavy metals, the Drinkable Book sets an innovative precedent for water purification technology. And it’s a great example of how books can keep evolving for all sorts of unexpected uses. www.AfricaPrint.com V  laurel Brunner, Managing Director Digital Dots limited, www.digitaldots.org, www.verdigrisproject.com THE VERDIGRIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY AGFA GRAPHICS (WWW.AGFA.COM), DIGITAL DOTS (HTTP://DIGITALDOTS.ORG), EFI (WWW.EFI.COM), FESPA (WWW. FESPA.COM), HP (WWW.HP.COM/ENVIRONMENT), KODAK (WWW.KODAK. COM/GO/SUSTAINABILITY), MONDI (WWW.MONDIGROUP.COM/PRODUCTS), PRAGATI OFFSET (WWW.PRAGATI.COM), PRACTICAL PUBLISHING (WWW. PRACTICALPUBLISHING.CO.ZA), RICOH (WWW.RICOH.COM), SHIMIZU PRINTING (WWW.SHZPP.CO.JP), SPLASH PR (WWW.SPLASHPR.CO.UK), UNITY PUBLISHING (HTTP://UNITY-PUBLISHING.CO.UK) AND XEIKON (WWW.XEIKON.COM). THIS WORK BY THE VERDIGRIS PROJECT IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION-NODERIVS 3.0 UNPORTED LICENSE HTTP://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY-ND/3.0/ AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 31 FEATURE drupa Expert Article: Inkjet–state of the art or sci-fi fantasy print? By Sean Smyth Parents know this refrain well—'Are we there yet?'—just as they know the answer—'In a little while.' I spend my working life with printing technology and have heard this for many years. In the case of inkjet, this is a recurring theme. And while we are not there yet, we are getting much closer. APPROACHING THE DESTINATION VIABLE INK COSTS ARE KEY Some print providers have arrived. A great example is REAL Digital International based in South London. In 2004, the company was founded based on the belief that transactional and direct mail production could be improved using a flexible inkjet solution. They invested heavily in secure premises and powerful workflow with finishing systems to cut, fold, collate and insert almost anything. They invented 650mm wide high quality colour duplex web inkjet printing by mounting a pair of single pass inkjet presses on a flexible transport system. Further REAL Digital International developed new paper coatings to reach acceptable quality for leading brands, printing personalised carriers, mailers and magazines. The business proved out the belief, winning multiple awards – including the PrintWeek Company of the Year – while inventing new business models as the marketplace matured. They identified inkjet’s potential and went for it, making good money in the process.   Laybourne’s opinion about viable ink pricing models is informative. Ink cost makes medium to long runs with high ink coverage uneconomic in inkjet, as compared to analogue print. Suppliers want to maximise profit and this disconnect is holding back adoption of inkjet in commercial print, publishing and packaging applications. Printers using analogue presses think the ink is too expensive. There are several supply models for equipment, service and consumables (mostly ink, but cleaning fluids and replacement heads must be considered). High value recurring consumable revenue is attractive to suppliers, but print service providers are not used to this. They buy a litho press and negotiate for plates, inks and support from the established supply base – although some press manufacturers are competing there. Costly ink is turning some potential customers away from inkjet. REAL Digital’s journey continues by upgrading to a pair of Screen Jet520 duplex lines in 2014, but is not stopping there. They continue to monitor the technology to see what the future holds. David Laybourne, REAL Digital International Managing Director, comments, 'Inkjet technology provided the flexibility enabling us to deliver solutions that address latent customer demand and to drive new demand in areas where we have seen further opportunities. The technology continues to evolve, and inks are more flexible with increased colour gamut, reducing the need for special substrates whilst increasing productivity.'  'As the ink manufacturers accept more viable pricing models, the proportion of the marketplace that inkjet solutions are able to address will only increase,' David Laybourne, REAL Digital International Managing Director. SUBSTRATES ALSO IMPORTANT Another historical barrier to wider adoption of inkjet, especially for commercial printing applications, was the need to use specially treated papers and the inability to effectively print on glossy coated stocks. The latest generation of production inkjet presses is rapidly eroding those barriers. According to Peter Wolff, Director of Commercial Printing Group Canon EMEA: 'With the latest system introductions of the ImageStream, the reachable range of applications extends even further, due to the printability of offset coated material for matte, silk and glossy applications. With these new capabilities, additional applications like magazine printing, catalogue printing and others are now doable on inkjet with all the benefits in regards of individualisation and customer targeted content without additional cost related to special inkjet treated papers. PG 32 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 www.AfricaPrint.com FEATURE This offers commercial printers the opportunity to combine a broad range of applications on one digital press with productivity and quality equivalent to offset,' Peter Wolff, Director of Commercial Pritning Group Canon EMEA. BOOKS LEADING THE WAY It is important to note that the costing of inkjet production is different from that of analogue print. It has lower prepress and set-up cost, but ink – and until recently, paper – is more expensive, often much more expensive. This means long run, high ink coverage inkjet is not cost effective, so there is little appetite for printers to change. In book production, however, there are advantages in combining inkjet with in-line finishing, delivering finished blocks ready for cover application and final trimming. This is particularly true for monochrome books. Publishers and book printers have gone beyond just comparing print costs to considering the total cost of manufacturing, since inkjet can deliver folded, collated and glued blocks for a simple cover application and final trim for books in any format or pagination with minimal waste. The flexibility of inkjet allows book production to be re-engineered with overall cost and service advantages, enabling book publishers to reduce their stocks and their publishing risk. Colour books are quickly following the mono lead. very strongly in textiles and other industrial decoration applications – from pens and memory sticks to architectural glass and laminated decor. 'Inkjet has become the preferred decoration process for ceramics and other decorative materials,' said Jon Harper Smith, Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems Business Development Manager. Thus, inkjet offers opportunities for expansion into related areas that may not normally be considered by traditional print providers. Paul Adriaensen, Agfa Graphics PR Manager, comments, 'Not too long ago, inkjet was praised as an alternative to conventional systems for its ability to offer single-off sheets, short runs and personalised prints. In the meanwhile, the technology is challenged to offer higher speeds and higher volumes to replace some of the conventional systems.'   'But the technology is also introduced in new areas never related to the printing industry before. This creates interesting dynamics in the industry,' said Paul Adriaensen, Agfa Graphics PR Manager. For other products, the benefits of changing manufacturing processes to inkjet are not so clear yet. Well-established analogue methods are meticulously honed to minimise cost while delivering high quality. This will change as more companies install inkjet equipment, learn the capabilities and exploit new opportunities. New inkjet equipment will provide higher return on investment for many print products.   PRODUCTION INKJET: A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY In 2015, there are many inkjet early adopters and profitable users. Ricoh is at the forefront of quality with the high speed Pro VC60000 press launched in 2014. It has several early adopters, including HansaPrint in Finland, a one billion Rand (€70m) turnover firm specialising in retail and publishing. Jukka Saariluoma, HansaPrint Business Unit Director, said, 'Prior to experiencing the Ricoh Pro VC60000, I did not believe that there would be a major shift from offset printing to inkjet. But the new press has changed my mind.' 'Our clients are very excited by the new level in quality and the increased flexibility offered and are moving significant amounts of their work from offset to inkjet,' said Jukka Saariluoma, HansaPrint Business Unit Director. Mimaki and other manufacturers are bringing innovative digital inkjet solutions on the market delivering higher speed and productivity to meet demands of the booming textile market. From a technical perspective, inkjet has a major advantage over all other print processes because it is the only non-contact, high quality, high performance process. The advances are primarily in new and better control of print heads, better inks and a much wider selection of readily available and more affordable inkjet treated papers. New applications are developing almost daily. For example, Canon has installed lines in Nigeria to print election ballot papers.   THINK INK The print world is certainly changing. All the key analyst organisations predict very high growth continuing for inkjet print volumes and values. Smithers Pira forecasts that the value of inkjet printing output for graphics and packaging more than trebles over 10 years, from €23 billion in 2010 to more than €70 billion in 2020 (in current values), with CAGR forecast of 12.7% between 2015 to 2020. HP alone reports that its customers have produced more than 100 billion inkjet pages since its first installation of a production inkjet press in 2009, a clear indicator of overall market trends, with other inkjet press manufacturers reporting rapidly growing volumes as well. Beyond traditional print The applications for inkjet are many. There is coding and marking, addressing, security numbering and coding, photo-printing, wide-format (sheet, roll-fed and hybrid), flatbed imprinting systems, narrow web, tube and irregular shapes, high speed wide web and sheetfed, to name a few. Outside of traditional printing and graphics, inkjet has revolutionised ceramic tile printing and it is growing www.AfricaPrint.com  Ink manufacturers spend lots of money on developing new inks that perform well in the heads and provide excellent print quality. Such research is not cheap. But the result is that ink properties have improved, with higher density levels that result in more offset-like quality with lower coverage. There are also now more substrates that perform well with inkjet, aided by colour management improvements. There are many routes to market for inkjet inks. Some equipment manufacturers formulate and manufacture their inks; others sell ink that is made under license by ink specialists.   In low-end wide-format inkjet, there are independent third-party ink suppliers competing with the OEM. That is probably the healthiest part of the market for end users, with thousands of machines sold each year consuming millions of litres of inks. This is not the case for high performance systems, where the equipment supplier typically provides the ink tailored to optimise performance within the overall system. There are indications, however, that this is changing. Collins Inkjet is an independent inkjet ink manufacturer who sells a range of inkjet inks, innovating in many applications including new electron beam curing. It makes water-based inks for many of the high speed single pass presses. It remains to be seen how effective this company and others will be in establishing itself as a third-party ink provider, in competition—or partnership—with OEMs. Chris Rogers is Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Collins. He is optimistic, saying, 'Low consumables costs promote growth and easier adoption.' AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 33 FEATURE 'When customers see competitive pricing for the more efficient inkjet technology, it is easier to switch, and they are more willing to change,' said Chris Rogers, Collins Vice President Sales and Marketing. 'Our business model is a traditional ink company; our manufacturing scale allows us to price inks at lower profit margins. This long-term strategy has proven successful over 25 years and it seems that OEMs are now starting to agree. They realise the easiest way to grow market share is to price their consumables fairly and we can help them with that.' iNkJET: DRiViNG NEW MARkET OPPORTuNiTiEs Inkjet has been around for some time. Today a huge amount of money is being spent developing printheads, inks, substrates, control software, transport, drying and turnkey print systems. While these investments have forced changes on the world of print, it is nothing compared to what we expect to occur over the next few years. The inkjet markets today are largely new. As productivity grows, inkjet is becoming greedy, with suppliers now turning toward siphoning volume from analogue print markets for additional growth and offering directly competing solutions. The productivity, quality and economics are pushing inkjet firmly against sheetfed litho and narrow web flexo, and it has larger format flexo and web offset in its sights. While a few inkjet suppliers may be guilty of hyperbole (sorry, they are very guilty of it in some instances!), it is good to see users and customers voting with their feet and their wallets. That being said, we will continue to see enhancements to productivity and boosts to the cost performance of inkjet. Some totally new formats and systems are coming to market. At least a couple of these will be on show at drupa, in new formats and markets. What is also new is that these will be firmly aimed at the heartland of offset and flexo printing. Choice of printing methods changes because of one or more reasons: to reduce cost, to improve quality, to achieve greater levels of service, or to do new things. Inkjet allows printers to do all four – and no doubt there will be other new reasons going forward. Flexibility. Agility. Power. ThE fuTuRE Of iNkJET AT DRuPA 2016 In addition to graphics and packaging, inkjet is making rapid progress in textile printing, ceramics and industrial/architectural decoration. Then there is the new arena of 3D printing, where inkjet is an important enabler. These have the potential of opening huge new opportunities for companies that are smart enough and brave enough to explore the potential and exploit new markets. In technology terms, inkjet is state of the art. In business terms, inkjet is being used to re-engineer supply chains, making money. That certainly is not fiction. Go to drupa to find out what inkjet can do for your business. Drupa will take place from 31 May-10 June 2016. DRuPA www.drupa.com PG 34 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 www.AfricaPrint.com SECURING FEATURE INFORMATION ON YOUR DEVICES BY MEGGAN MCCARThY A recent Carte Blanche segment highlighted the need to secure documents on printers because the devices' hard disk drives store document data that can be accessed by crime syndicates. According to Frank Romano, RIT professor Emeritus, The Internet of Things has connected a host of devices to cyberspace. Refrigerators, baby monitors, home security systems are connected so that you can connect to them with your mobile device. 'The same is true of industrial devices like our digital printers and systems. This allows service technicians to remotely connect for analysis and maintenance.' Romano says the downside is that hackers and other nefarious people can also connect. 'We read every day of electronic break-ins at banks, investment companies, and health care organizations. We like the convenience of on-line access but we have also sacrificed some level of security. Thus, we must protect our production devices and systems. Passwords, firewalls, and other security methods must be taken seriously and applied vigorously.' RiAN VAN DER MERWE, fiNEPRiNT Van der Merwe gives his opinion on data security in a print room: Until recently, hardware manufacturers maintained that it is very complex to obtain information off a printer’s hard drive due to built-in security measures. It is said that 'a chain is as strong as its weakest link' and in line with this saying I propose to you that your data is as secure as the least secure point in your data chain. The following is a high-level data chain in a print room with potential risks associated: • Mechanism of receiving originals from clients. • Hard copy: requires manual security controls– high risk. • Digital copy: − Email, requires manual and electronic controls–high risk − Disk, requires manual controls–high risk. www.AfricaPrint.com − Web-to-print: depends on the system’s built in controls and the security measures on the database as well as access control measures–low/medium risk. • Work in progress: − Printer hard drive: i) Current printer security controls: require high level of expertise to obtain data–low risk. ii) Optimal printer security (ISO 15408 EAL 3 Certified/IEEE standard 2600.1 (-2009) Certified)–very low risk. • Completed job, ready for distribution: requires manual security controls–high risk. • Dispatch and delivery: requires manual security controls–high risk. From the evaluation above, it is obvious that these stages in a typical production process should be considered and the hard drive of the printer, in my opinion, is the least of your security risks. Without going into details at this point, there are additional aspects concerning your overall security that is simple to implement and will increase your ultimate security and mitigate your risk: • Access control: increase the access control to your production facility so that data thieves can neither access hard copies, nor printer hard drives. • Your work force is your largest single risk as they could, if not carefully managed, sell or inadvertently disclose your company’s and/or your clients’ data. • Production controls: if your production is managed through a watertight process it would discourage deliberate or accidental breaches. Note that a data thief will follow the process of least resistance and further be careful not to leave a trace. If I am tasked to introduce security measures to a production print facility, I would focus on increasing the in-line standards with the associated costs and risks and would probably make changes to the hard drive security on the printer as one of the last measures to be put in place. Some standards that could guide you in this process include: • ISO 15408-3: 2008. This standard defines the assurance requirements of the evaluation criteria. It includes the evaluation assurance levels that define a scale for measuring assurance for component targets of evaluation (TOEs), the composed assurance packages that define a scale for measuring assurance for composed TOEs, the individual assurance components from which the assurance levels and packages are composed, and the criteria for evaluation of protection profiles and security targets. • IEEE standard 2600.1 (-2009). This standard is for a protection profile for hardcopy devices in a restrictive commercial information processing environment in which a relatively high level of document security, operational AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 35 FEATURE Of all the resources in today’s businesses, data can be the most valuable – and also the most vulnerable. • • accountability, and information assurance are required. Typical information processed in this environment is trade secret, mission critical, or subject to legal and regulatory considerations such as for privacy or governance. This environment is not intended to support life-critical or national security applications. This environment will be known as 'Operational Environment A'. ISO/IEC 27000 family standard is an information security standard published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and by the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC), titled Information technology–Security techniques– Code of practice for information security management. ISO 3100 provides principles and generic guidelines on risk management that can be applied throughout the life of an organization, and to a wide range of activities, including strategies and decisions, operations, processes, functions, projects, products, services and assets. The security of a production printing environment requires detailed attention as the level of security you deploy will have to be in line with your client’s requirements and could have an impact on your overall production cost. I'd like to leave you with this thought: If your business reputation and client trust is attached to your data security chain, can you afford for it to break? JACQuEs VAN Wyk, RiCOh sA According to van Wyk securing the information on devices is a crucial element in the chain to meet regulatory, compliance and general data and information security requirements in the modern, connected age, particularly when handling sensitive data. 'As the segment highlighted, many devices that had reached end of lease terms then disposed of still contained their hard drives, unaltered,' said van Wyk. 'Nobody had formatted the drives, magnetised them to destroy data, removed them, opened them, nor destroyed the platters they contain that store the actual data. In some cases data on the drives were encrypted but a skilled person using software downloadable from the Internet could retrieve the data and reproduce any of the documents the drives contain, encrypted or not.' Van Wyk says that crime syndicates could use the information to access bank accounts to syphon funds, or disgruntled employees to sabotage the organisation, one of the most common types, or by a competitor to disrupt a tender or another nefarious purpose. 'Since most of these devices are leased or serviced and maintained by the internal IT department, it is important to engage the vendor’s security services. Any vendor worth their salt will offer them yet they are not always enforced. People, as with many IT systems, are the weakest link in the chain. PG 36 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 With that in mind and considering the potential reputation loss for the vendor involved, Ricoh has a certified, audited process for any machines that we work on, whether it be to service them or when they reach end of life,' says van Wyk. According to van Wyk, these services are what your vendor should provide: 1. Before the vendor removes the device from the customer’s premises they should inform the customer of the potential threat, offer to leave the drives onsite, or insist on following the necessary procedure should the drives remain in the device. 2. The necessary procedure is twofold: a) For devices reaching end of life, the drives should be removed, formatted, physically opened, the platters removed and physically destroyed. The same applies to RAM modules and fax boards. b) For devices under maintenance or service the drives should not be connected to any networks nor removable data storage media, a format service should be offered and a waiver signed by the customer in the case of refusal. 3. Most importantly, for both procedures, the entire process should be audited for verification and certificates issued for every device. Industries and sectors that cannot afford to be complacent include, but are not limited to: • Government. • Financial services. www.AfricaPrint.com FEATURE • • • • • • • Pharmaceutical. General office. High-tech. Laboratories. Law firms. Accounting practices. Medical and hospitals. fOuR PhAsEs Of DOCuMENT sECuRiTy ON yOuR DEViCEs: There are four phases to securing the documents your devices handle, with escalating security threats from phase one to four: Phase 1: restrict unauthorised device access and control device output. Phase 2: secure network devices, secure network print data and destroy latent data. Phase 3: Phase 4: A comprehensive approach, based on foundational, functional, advanced and usable security, is critical in safeguarding the vital information assets of today’s businesses. • physically secure data ports, encrypt Web communications and authenticate users. monitor and control resources and audit all device activity. GREG GRiffiTh, kONiCA MiNOlTA sOuTh AfRiCA Griffith says the growth in global communications has led to the exponential rise in damaging security breaches. Of all the resources in today’s businesses, data can be the most valuable – and also the most vulnerable. The day-to-day use of copying, print and scan systems makes digital printers indispensable at many levels. As a consequence, it is paramount that these devices are given the protection needed to withstand the ongoing threats to security. 'Current concerns include the security of documents on digital printers' hard disk drives (HDD). On Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS devices, the print, scan and copy jobs are processed within the Random Access Memory (RAM); once the digital printer is switched off, any and all remnants of the jobs are deleted permanently from the RAM and cannot be recovered,' says Griffith. However, some processes can be routed through the devices’ HDD. Whilst this cannot be done unknowingly, it is critical that companies make certain that their valuable data is safe from theft – preventing it from being stolen from the digital printer by an unauthorised user, or extracted if the HDD is removed. To prevent this, Konica Minolta South Africa would recommend: • Changing the default admin password on the device. • Creating an HDD lock password. The HDD lock password function is standard in all Konica Minolta digital printers. When this function is enabled, a password is applied to the HDD BIOS and prevents an intruder from www.AfricaPrint.com • accessing the hard disk data. Creating an HDD encryption key. This will encrypt the data stored on the HDD with an advanced encryption standard (AES) supporting 128-bit key size. Once an HDD is encrypted, its data cannot be read, even if it is removed. Use additional security software options available on certain print controller to completely remove all traces of deleted printed files stored on the hard drive through overriding all data three times. These additional options should adhere to the ISO15048 criteria. To ensure that your data is more than just secure, Konica Minolta also offers lock down protection with bizhub SECURE: a set of enhanced password and data security measures to give bizhub PRESS digital printers an extra level of security. 'Ultimately, a secure document workflow is everyone’s responsibility, get to know your device, ask for help from your digital printer provider and use all the tools at your disposal,' he says. • • BEsT PRACTiCEs fOR hARD DRiVEs • • AMANDA hEThERiNGTON, ByTEs DOCuMENT sOluTiONs Hetherington says, 'A comprehensive approach, based on foundational, functional, advanced and usable security, is critical in safeguarding the vital information assets of today’s businesses.' Xerox recommends the following to help protect your Xerox device: • Don’t connect your Xerox device directly to the public Internet. Make sure it’s behind a firewall or router so that only you and your users have access to it. This keeps outsiders from accessing the machine and interrupting your business. Please check with your IT department if you’re unsure. • Don’t leave the administrator’s password set to the default. Change it so that unauthorized individuals can’t guess easily guess it and take control. • Choose a password that is at least eight characters in length with a combination of letters, numbers and special characters. Never share the administrator’s password with anyone who does not have a legitimate need to know. Enable SSL/TLS and validate any certificates used with the device. Information on this can be found in the appropriate Secure Installation and Operation document for your device. Use the Xerox Security Information, Bulletins and Advisory Responses section below to find those guides and to access other security-related information, including important bulletins regarding software updates. • • • Disk encryption will effectively protect data at rest from unauthorized access. Image overwrite is effective at removing data from the hard drive once the data is no longer needed. Xerox recommends that the following features be enabled for products supporting Disk Encryption and the Image Overwrite feature. Disk Encryption – Depending on the specific model, the encryption process uses state-ofthe-art AES 128-bit or AES 256-bit encryption to secure data at rest. On Demand Image Overwrite – Executed prior to removal or as needed to remove all image data from disk or other nonvolatile storage. Immediate Image Overwrite – Automatically executed immediately after jobs are completed to remove image data from disk or other non-volatile storage. Scheduled Image Overwrite – Automatic, daily overwrite of all image data from disk or other non-volatile storage including any pending jobs. THANK YOU TO THE CONTRIBUTORS: GREG GRIFFITH (KONICA MINOLTA SOUTH AFRICA) AMANDA HETHERINGTON (BYTES DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS) FRANK ROMANO (RIT PROFESSOR EMERITUS) RIAN VAN DER MERWE (FINEPRINT) JACQUES VAN WYK (RICOH SA) AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 37 FEATURE AFRICA pRINT ExpO SPARKS MAJOR EXHIBITOR SALES & QUALITY VISITOR ATTENDANCE The 2015 Africa print expo, which took place from 22-24 july at Gallagher Convention Centre, ignited visitors' print potential; welcoming over 5500 print professionals, 46% of which were new visitors to the event, who were able to scope the latest technology from a leading line-up of 125 exhibitors, and explore industry trends with a wide range of educational features. Visitor statistics confirm the quality of attendees, with almost 70% of the audience from senior job positions, 53% with final decision-making authority and 85% of visitors involved in the decision-making process.  QUALITY AUDIENCE or senior management 70% Owners in 85% Involved decision-making Exhibitors were also very positive about the expo, with many reporting increased sales compared to the 2014 event. Africa Print was co-located with FESPA Africa, Sign Africa and Africa LED. 'It was our second year at Gallagher Convention Centre and we are very pleased with the feedback from exhibitors and that there was growth in the number of visitors. The task now is to follow up on visitor feedback, analyse visitor data and see how many international visitors we had and from which countries so that we can deliver an even better expo in 2016. We are putting together a very focused plan with our partners FESPA, to attract more visitors from the Southern African Development Community region to attend in 2016,' said Dyelan Copeland and Charnia Yapp, expo organisers from Practical Publishing. The organisers would like to thank all sponsors, exhibitors and partners FESPA for their support. number of buyers,' said Wynand Boshoff from Powerbind. The next Africa Print expo, co-located with FESPA Africa, Sign Africa and Africa LED, will take place from 7-9 September 2016 at Gallagher Convention Centre. 'We were extremely happy with the event, we had a lot of good leads and we will be expanding our stand at next year's event,' said Greg Van Heesch, Digifab. EXhiBiTORs GAVE POsiTiVE fEEDBACk ON ThE EVENT: Gavin Peterson from Clear Solutions said, 'We are happy with the amount of visitors at this year's event; which was very busy, and we had a lot of interest in our equipment.' 'The quality of our prospects are very good. Most of the visitors who engaged with us are serious buyers,' said Raymond Waldeck, MD Antalis South Africa. 'It was a really good show. We have four confirmed sales and we generated serious interest from a PG 38 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 Visitors were also enthusiastic about the expo. Graham Hawthorn, Director, Grosvenor Branding Solutions, said, 'This was a fantastic expo where I was able to do three months worth of research in a day and half, and all the under one roof.' www.AfricaPrint.com FEATURE 46% NEW VISITORS 5,504 UNIQUE VISITS TOP 10 COUNTRIES 4% International visitors outside of South Africa NIGERIA TOP 3 AREAS OF INTEREST: Digital printing machinery Individuals from 40 countries MALAWi Digital printing consumables ZAMBIA MOZAMBIQUE ZIMBABWE NAMIBIA BOTSWANA Print finishing SWAZILAND Each stand was judged at the expo according to criteria based on design and staff friendliness and professionalism. The stand winners and runners-up include: sMAll flOOR sPACE: lARGE flOOR sPACE: First: Optimus Runner-up: Rectron First: Agfa Graphics Runner-up: Sharp sMAll shEll sChEME: MEGA flOOR sPACE: First: OKI Runner-up: Pantone First: Canon Runner-up: Antalis South Africa Third place: Xerox MEDiuM flOOR sPACE: First tie: Trisave-Hamada Runner-up: Fellowes Beswick LESOTHO RSA see you next year: 7-9 september 2016 MEDiuM shEll sChEME: First: Tulip Inks www.AfricaPrint.com www.africaprintexpo.com AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 39 FEATURE Africa Print Cape Town Expo COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT Dahle - Runner-up, Small Shell Scheme. Xerox - Large Floor Space Winner. Canon - Medium Floor Space Winner. Rexel - Small Shell Scheme Winner. The Africa Print expo in Cape Town, which took place from 2-3 September at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, allowed the 1100 visitors that attended to see the latest business opportunities. Exhibitors were also very positive about the expo. Exhibitor feedback on the event: Denton Office Solutions: 'It was a very productive show and we really enjoyed it as we were very busy. We got way more visitors than expected.' Clear Solutions: 'It was a small but very powerful show. We had a lot of interested visitors and a number of sales.' Dahle: 'We had a very good show and a very good response to all our products. The quality of visitors was very good.' Graficomp: 'It was a great show; the quality of the leads we got was very good.' Rexx Screen and Digital Supplies: 'We had a really great show with a good visitor response. The show is very much worth the money spent on it.' Each stand was judged at the expo according to criteria based on design and staff friendliness and professionalism. The stand winners and runners-up include: Floor Space Large winner: Xerox Floor Space Medium winner: Canon AP Small Shell Scheme: Winner: Rexel Office Products Runner-up: Dahle PG 40 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 Upcoming Africa Print regional expo events include: Africa Print Durban: Durban ICC Hall 3 | 24-25 February 2016 Africa Print Polokwane: Meropa Casino | 7 April 2016 Africa Print Cape Town: CTICC Hall 1 | 11-12 May 2016 Africa Print Nelspruit: Emnotweni Arena | 29 June 2016 Africa Print Expo 2016: Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg 7-9 September 2016. www.africaprintexpo.com www.AfricaPrint.com DEPARTMENTS INDUSTRY IN-DEpTH PAUL hAGLICh BY MEGGAN MCCARThY Africa print journal interviews paul Haglich, who is retiring after 45 years of service at Bytes Document Solutions. PlEAsE DEsCRiBE, iN shORT, yOuR lifE lEADiNG uP TO ThE sTART Of yOuR CAREER AND fROM ThAT POiNT TO yOuR CuRRENT POsiTiON. Haglich grew up in the South of Johannesburg. After serving in the Air Force for a year, Haglich completed his National Technical Certificate. He was then employed as a technician at the SABC for three years. Haglich joined Rank Xerox in 1971 as a technician. 'We only had three copiers in those days,' he says, laughing. He stayed in the technical division for a decade, becoming a product specialist and section leader. In 1981, the first laser printer, the Xerox 9700, was launched. Haglich was the technical manager of the team that launched the product in South Africa. 'This was the first time that Xerox was targeting IT departments. We were replacing dot matrix printers, the early printers that used flash overlays, in the IT departments of big corporations. That was the birth of electronic printing,' he says. 'I went for training for seven weeks on that technology.' In 1991 Haglich moved into the marketing division for production systems. Colour presses started coming in soon after this. The company started bringing in Xerox digital printers, such as the Docucolour 2060. After that, technology was introduced rapidly, with the subsequent launches of the Docucolour 5000 then 8000. The groundbreaking iGen was then launched. From then on, Xerox released more products that were closer to offset printing and easier to operate. Xerox was also focusing on its black and white printing solutions. 'The Docutech is a legend of a product in monochrome printing. Once Docutech was introduced in South Africa, it became a huge success. So we had a very powerful range of black and white printers and colour presses then came in to complete the range. I've been privileged to be involved in these developments since the beginning. I've never been bored in my job because there was so much happening with new products and challenges. Overall, I've had a very exciting and fulfilling career.' WhAT DO yOu ENJOy ThE MOsT ABOuT WORkiNG iN ThE PRiNTiNG iNDusTRy? 'I enjoy meeting customers using our technology, to see how our solutions help their businesses.' WhAT iMPORTANT iNDusTRy-RElATED ChANGEs hAVE yOu NOTiCED OVER ThE PERiOD Of TiME yOu hAVE BEEN PART Of iT? Haglich has been there to see all the technology milestones, including the first duplex copier that could copy on both sides automatically. Then there was the telecopier, the first version of the fax machine, which allowed you to send www.AfricaPrint.com documents all over the world. There was also the first word processor, and the 9400, the first big production copier. He has also seen major market changes. 'Initially, printers were cynical about digital, but the iGen changed this, because printers could see that the quality of digital had improved,' he says. 'With shorter runs, they needed to add to their offerings. Today, print runs are decreasing, and digital solutions have to be considered by most printers. Digital also gives them options like variable data, which opens up new revenues.' Haglich also believes that printers have to become a communications company, offering clients the whole spectrum of communication methods. 'This isn't easy, because you have to have the right skills in place for people to team up with customers, but if you can become a strategic partner, you're more likely to keep clients because you're offering more value added services.' ANy hOBBiEs OR iNTEREsTs? CAN yOu TEll us sOMEThiNG iNTEREsTiNG ABOuT yOuRsElf? Haglich enjoys dinghy sailing, cycling and is an aviation enthusiast — getting his Private Pilot Licence is on his bucket list. His five grandchildren also keep him busy. WhAT ARE yOuR PlANs AfTER lEAViNG ByTEs DOCuMENT sOluTiONs? Haglich will still serve in a part-time consulting role for Bytes Document Solutions, where he will look after existing clients. 'Forty five years have gone by in a flash. I'm very grateful to have had a career I enjoyed. I've travelled a lot and it's been satisfying to have been involved in launching all the new products into the South African market. It's been a very interesting journey for me.' ByTEs DOCuMENT sOluTiONs [email protected] www.bytes.co.za AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 41 DEPARTMENTS Gazette Printing SA Launching Digital Printing Course Printing SA is launching a Digital Printing Course developed for the digital sector, and is, according to the organisation, the first course of its kind in the country. The course consists of seven stand alone modules, which allow people from the industry to select the modules they would like to attend instead of attending the full courses from one to seven. There are two target audiences: one is aimed at individuals employed in the industry and the other at individuals new to the industry. digital printing processes and applications – e.g: − History and Development in Digital Printing − Workflows − Digital Printing Processes − Origination − Colour − Machine types (wide/medium vs narrow format, inkjet and laser printers etc) − Media − Pre-handling and post-handling − Plastic sheeting/plastic film − Inks − Finishing − Occupations The aim of the course is to increase the flow of individuals into the industry through a Digital Skills Pool. Printing SA will manage the advertising, screening, selecting and recruitment of unemployed candidates to be taken through psychometric testing and then all modules from one to seven. Once they have completed the courses, they will be offered to the industry to be employed in the sector. The course is set to be launched in October 2015, only in Johannesburg, other regions will be launched in 2016. The modules include the following: 1. • • Introduction To Digital Printing This course will cover the brief history of developments/ progressions in digital printing. It provides an overview of and introduction to the different 2. • Colour Basics of colour including: colour matching, colour profiling/ applying colour profiles and understanding colour. − Introduction to colour − Colour Perception − Temperature and Ink − Colour chart and standards • Split Between Wide/Medium Format and Narrow/Sheet Fed Digital 3. Media − Different media types and uses (outdoor and indoor) − Reel control − Stock rotation − Storage and maintenance − Environmental impact/footprint − Quality Control − Media and Substrates − Environmental impact/footprint 6. Finishing − Introduction to binding and booklet making − Cutting/Blades and other finishing products − In-line, off-line and near-line − Covering for narrow format finishing − Introduction to Quality control − Introduction to wide format finishing processes − Safety 4. Inks − Different types of inks − Application and matching to different media / machines − Health and safety – different inks on different media and possible health risks − Environmental impact/footprint (VOC emissions) − Effects of Inks on finished products 5. 7. Overview Of Machines − Various Machine types − Printer functions, capabilities and limitations − Maintenance − Life span − Safety − Quality control DTP and File Design − Desktop publishing − Desktop tools and resources − File Format − RIPS (Raster Image Processor) − Variable Data − Pre-flighting, impositioning and proofing Course dates will be announced soon. For more information contact Shallon Mphasane at [email protected]. www.printingsa.org BORDER CAPE CONTACT Mr Geoff Warren TEL +27 (0) 83 626 7768 (+27 31) 705 8744 EMAIL [email protected] CONTACT Mr Ken Leid CENTRAL EASTERN CAPE CONTACT Mr Colin de Jager CONTACT Mr Ken Leid TEL +27 (0) 82 658 4283 (+27 21) 595 1367 TEL (+27 11) 287 1160 TEL +27 (0)82 658 4283 (+27 21) 595 1367 EMAIL [email protected] EMAIL [email protected] EMAIL [email protected] FREE STATE & NORTHERN CAPE KWA ZULU-NATAL NATIONAL OFFICE NORTHERN CONTACT Mr Colin de Jager CONTACT Mr Geoff Warren CONTACT Mr Steve Thobela CONTACT Mrs Lana Human TEL (+27 11) 287 1160 TEL +27 (0) 83 626 7768 (+27 31) 705 8744 TEL (+27 11) 287 1160 TEL +27 (0) 82 415 1041 +27 (0) 87 805 3675 EMAIL [email protected] EMAIL [email protected] EMAIL [email protected] EMAIL [email protected] PG 42 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 www.AfricaPrint.com DEPARTMENTS BuSineSS MAnAgeMent ProgrAMMe 2015 grADuAtion ceLeBrAtion The 2015 printing and packaging Business Management programme Graduation was held at Wits University on 30 july, where 13 graduates completed the johannesburg course. From the 21 students that were enrolled on the Business Management programme, 17 were bursary students sponsored by printing SA. The Business Management Development Programme (BMP) and Management Development Programme (MDP) courses are offered through the WITS Professional Development Hub building. 'The Printing SA team are the drivers of this programme, and their vision has made it a success. We've had 85 people who've graduated from the MDP and BMP courses to date,' said Dr. Tim Hutton, Head of Business Development at Wits Enterprise. 'The Printing SA partnership with Wits aims to develop leaders who can take the printing and packaging industry to greater heights,' said Steve Thobela, Printing SA CEO. The BMP (NQF 5) course objective is to introduce managers to business principles and provide the theoretical tools to cope with the demands of the workplace, and enhance their abilities to analyse information, complex processes and problems. This will be an overview of the Business principles in the Printing and Packaging industries. The MDP (NQF 7) course objective is to broaden the perspective of managers, salespeople and specialists in the printing and packaging industry whose Printing SA BecoMeS FuLL MeMBer oF FeSPA printing SA was unanimously voted into full membership of FESpA at the General Assembly meeting of FESpA, held on 4 September 2015 in Madrid, Spain. Steve Thobela, CEO of Printing SA, attended the meeting to highlight the success Printing SA has had since it was accepted as an associate member of FESPA earlier in 2014. This year, Printing SA hosted the Printing SA Africa conference at FESPA Africa at Gallagher Estate for the first time. As part of FESPA, Printing SA intends growing such joint initiatives not only for the benefit of its members but for the industry at large, both in South Africa and on the rest of the African continent. FESPA's business model of 'profit for purpose' provides Printing SA with the necessary resources to grow the sector, especially the digital and screen printing sub-sectors. This also means Printing SA is part of the 37 national associations which are members of FESPA. Printing SA is an international role player representing the industry and South Africa as a country at this very important platform. www.printingsa.org www.AfricaPrint.com previous experience has been mainly in a specialist area, by providing knowledge, skills and techniques that will lead to more professional management, the ability to make sound and informed decisions, increase the effectiveness of working with diversity in the workplace, and to foster awareness of economic, political and social factors affecting business management. Both courses allow learners to attend one two-day module per month, over a period of six months. These courses are fully accredited and recognised by WITS Enterprise and Printing SA. The BMP NQF 5 and MDP NQF 7 courses are part-time and assist new managers and employees in various sectors of the Printing and Packaging industries. for more information on the programmes, contact shallon Mphasane from Printing sA: [email protected], or Delchia Jacobs from Wits Professional Development hub: [email protected]. FeSPA AWArDS 2015: cALLing on PrinterS FroM AFricA to enter FESpA is calling on all African printers to register their interest in the next FESpA Awards, taking place at FESpA Digital 2016 in Amsterdam on 9 March. The FESPA awards are recognised as one of the most important awards programmes in the global print industry, the FESPA Awards supports winners with promotional opportunities in multiple markets which help drive up sales, as well as bring wider recognition and kudos among designers and buyers. Strictly for the best, most innovative printers. The FESPA Awards are the home of quality print. This awards Programme is renowned across the industry for their outstanding recipients, impartially judged by industry experts who in turn have contributed significant advances to the techniques and technology across the industry. This programme is: • Open to all screen, digital, specialists and 'multi-technologies' users for printing, sign and POP making, textile, decoration and industrial applications. • Open to all members and non-members of any Association member of FESPA. South African printing companies can drop off their entries at the Printing SA (member of FESPA) and Practical Publishing offices by 19 January 2016 and they will courier your entry. Addresses for entries: Johannesburg entries: Practical Publishing, 19 Kloof Road, Shop 5, The Kloof Mall, Bedfordview, 2007 or Printing SA Central Chamber, 575 Lupton Drive, Midrand, 1682 Cape Town entries: Printing SA Cape Chamber, Block A, Unit 8, N1 City Mews, Goodwood, Cape Town Durban entries: Printing SA KZN Chamber, Unit 2, Afriscan Park, 21 Qashana Khuzwayo Road, New Germany, Kwa-zulu Natal for any further enquiries contact Zama Zulu at Printing sA on +27112871160 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 43 DEPARTMENTS Gazette Printing SA centrAL chAMBer hoLDS AnnuAL gALA Dinner printing SA Central Chamber held their annual gala dinner at the Thabo Eco Hotel in the beautiful setting of the klipriversberg Nature Reserve on the 6th of August. Over 300 guests were treated to a carnival of colour, with less talk and more fun. that Printing SA has had in assisting employees with successful learnerships; the 35 students and six managers who have graduated through the Wits Management Course set up by Printing SA as well as the 100 students who enrolled for the supervisory course. The Central Chamber has identified projects and initiatives to assist members and their 4777 employees. Adinolfi wished everyone success and growth. steve Thobela, CEO of Printing sA, Teresa Adinolfi, Chairman of the Printing sA Central Chamber and Colin de Jager, Director of the Central Chamber. The group from Renform put in a lot of effort with their CMYK outfits and were the audience's favourite, with Screenline a close second. Teresa Adinolfi, Chairman of the Printing SA Central Chamber, spoke of the training successes Steve Thobela, CEO of Printing SA, spoke about three pillars of Printing SA, which include strategic planning, training and marketing. He did not shy away from declining member numbers, instead he encouraged all present to be a part of the solution and tell the industry what Printing SA is doing. The college is up and running at the new Printing SA premises in Midrand with a busy training programme. Thobela also asked the industry to embrace National Print Day on 14 October this year to promote print to a wider audience. www.printingsa.org Visitors to Africa Print Cape Town enjoyed a Printing and Packaging qualification development project and labour law ammended update by kenneth leid, Director of the PRiNTiNG sA - Cape Chamber. Printing SA ceLeBrAteS one YeAr At MiDrAnD PreMiSeS Steve Thobela, CEO of printing SA, welcomed the press, lecturers and printing SA colleagues to its one year celebration at its Midrand premises on 21 September 2015. When the training college in Honeydew closed doors, it was a sad, but strategic decision at the time to consolidate. Patrick Lacy, previous CEO of Printing SA, gave Thobela the opportunity to find a home for Printing SA in his tenure. As Thobela said, 'This was no accident, this building was part of our long term strategy. The search wasn't easy, but this building perfectly meets all the requirements.' Since moving to Midrand, Printing SA has had the largest intake of students. The Central chamber had 39 students in the first year, instead of taking the three years they anticipated. The Printing SA board has given the mandate for Printing SA to find more property to expand. The Midrand location works for staff and students and it is just around the corner from Gallagher Convention Centre, where FESPA Africa and Africa Print is hosted annually. meal together. The pay day treat is a long standing tradition, but on this day the pay day treat was in honour of the move on 23 and 25 September 2014 when Printing SA moved into their new building. While reminiscing about eating KFC on the floor in the office a year ago, guests were treated to a The next event to look forward to is International print day on 14 October 2015. PG 44 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 Thobela ended the formalities on a positive note, 'We still have a long way to go and lots to do, but it can be done with this great team!' www.AfricaPrint.com DEPARTMENTS PIECE OF pApER BY MEGGAN MCCARThY ExpERIA DIGI FROM NOR pApER Experia Digi is a coated paper designed to convey every chromatic nuance perfectly. The degree of humidity and its fibre and gloss content were designed specially to make it utterly reliable, guaranteeing outstanding results at all times. All products in the Digi range have been studied and optimised for Indigo technology and for all the major laser printers from Xerox, Kodak, Océ, Canon, Konica Minolta, Ricoh and others. More features: • High printability coated wood-free paper, FSC certified for digital printing. • Perfect run-ability at all working speed. • Clear and well defined image reproduction. • Impeccable chromatic performance. www.bytesdocumentsolutions.co.za SAppI ATELIER™ FOLDING BOx BOARD Atelier™ is a GC1 Folding Box Board (FBB) with high bulk, an ultra silky smooth coating and a really white reverse side, with a lick of coating. Atelier™ is available from 220gsm to 350gsm, with a bulk 1.72. This allows you to reduce grammage without sacrificing stiffness and thickness. Its quality and yield, makes it unique and competitive. Atelier™ can be used for packaging of beauty products, pharmaceuticals, confectionery, luxury foods and drinks, toys and almost any other application on carton work you can think of. Not only will it enhance your packaging, but Atelier™ can be used for point of sale material, folders, book covers, promotions, business cards, shopping bags and so much more. www.antalis.co.za www.AfricaPrint.com AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 45 USEFUL DEPARTMENTS WEBSITES & APPS BY MEGGAN MCCARThY WWW.SA-VENUES.COM WWW.RUGBYWORLDCUp.COM WWW.TRIVAGO.CO.ZA This site helps you find the perfect accommodation for holidays or conferences. It includes a wide range of hotels, bed and breakfasts, wedding venues, conference venues and tours and safaris. This will be your go-to site for all things rugby. It has information on fixtures, pools, news tickets, and a fan centre with games and images to ensure you get your rugby fix. Now you can compare hotel prices in South Africa from 283 sites all in one place, to ensure you get the best deal. COMpUTICkET GLYMpSE RUGBY WORLD CUp Now you can book and pay for tickets to concerts, live events, sporting events and more right from your cellphone. This app helps to keep you and your loved ones safe by allowing you to share your GPS location in real time with them, and them with you. It's also useful for coordinating meetings with several people coming from different directions. This app will allow you to get your rugby fix on the go. It has information on fixtures, pools, news, tickets and a fan centre with games and images. Available on iTunes and Google store. www.rugbyworldcup.com/mobile. Available on iTunes and Google store. 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You will be required to generate quotes and place orders. Administrative skills and superior level of customer service will secure you this position. Trisha Moodley (+27 11) 616 4754 Johannesburg JuNiOR GRAPhiC DEsiGNER 31 July One permanent position and two contract positions are available for Junior Graphic Designers looking to start their career and build their profiles. The company is based in Alrode, Alberton, and specialises in Visit Africaprint.com to post or view free online classifieds for the commercial and digital print industry. www.AfricaPrint.com Print and Digital Media. Varsha Devlal (+27 11) 613 3000 Alberton DTP/GRAPhiC DEsiGNER 31 July DTP/Graphic Designer needed for a large company based in Joburg. Must have large format print experience. Must have Illustrator, In Design and Photoshop experience. Mail: Ilzabeth@rpoafrica. co.za or [email protected]. Ilzabeth Gauteng GRAPhiC DEsiGNER 24 July We are looking for a fast and effective graphic designer capable of working in Photoshop and CorelDraw. Minimum five years' experience. Please send your CV to [email protected]. Conrad +27 (0) 82 636 4418 Pretoria PRiNT OPERATOR 24 July Must be fully conversant with Roland printers and have current working experience with print preparation, layouts, colour matching and laminating. Knowledge of vinyl cutting and application would be advantageous. Send CV's to [email protected]. Mandy Nel (+27 11) 704 7632 Kya Sand PRODuCTiON MANAGER, DEsiGNERs AND MAChiNE OPERATORs 24 July Looking for staff in the form of: production manager, production assistants, designers (2D and 3D), DTI operators and machine operators (Latex printers, Zund flatbed cutter, laminators and vinyl cutters). Send CV's to [email protected] Tony Kerslake +27 (0) 82 886 7643 Durban jOB SEEkERS CORElDRAW/PhOTOshOP DEsiGNER 13 AuGusT I specialise in: redraws, layouts, colour seps, pad, screen, digital (b-cards, posters, flyers, banners, etc). I also consider myself a very hard worker. [email protected]. Farren +27 (0) 73 515 4565 Johannesburg lOOkiNG fOR EMPlOyMENT ANyWhERE iN AfRiCA 12 AuGusT Have five years' experience. I ran two large format printers, two cutters, one CNC hot wire and one CNC router. Management skills, stock ordering and manufacturing. Duane Scharneck +27 (0) 60 616 7280 Port Elizabeth DiGiTAl OPERATOR 6 AuGusT Have worked on Mimaki JV 5, Mimaki JV 33, all slovent based and UV flatbed printing on most substrates. 12 years' experience. Willing to learn new things. Have used Rasterlink and RIP software. Michael Kleinbooi +27 (0) 73 127 3180 Cape Town BUSINESS CARDS We want your company business cards. Scan your business card and email it to [email protected] or post it to PO Box 8825, Edenglen, 1613. There is no cost involved, just a bit of free publicity and inspiration for others. PG 48 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 www.AfricaPrint.com EVENTS CALENDAR DEPARTMENTS 2015 LABELExpO EUROpE 2015 3D pRINTSHOW 29 september-2 October 2015 Brussels Expo, Belgium www.labelexpo-europe.com 16-17 October 2015 Carrousel Du Louvre, Paris www.3dprintshow.com TANZANIA pRINT pACk ExpO TANZANIA TRADE SHOW 2015 17-19 November 2015 Diamond Jubilee Hall, Dar-e-Salam, Tanzania http://www.printpacksignexpo.com 20-22 November 2015 Mlimani Conference Centre, Dar es Salaam www.tanzaniatradeshow.com 2016 AFRICA pRINT DURBAN pACkpRO 2016 24-25 february 2016 Durban ICC Hall 3 www.africaprintexpo.com 25-27 february 2016 Chennai Trade Centre Chennai, India www.packproexpo.com COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT FESpA DIGITAL AMSTERDAM AFRICA pRINT pOLOkWANE 8-11 March 2016 Amsterdam RAI Exhibition Centre www.fespa.com 7 April 2016 Meropa Casino www.africaprintexpo.com AFRICA pRINT CApE TOWN DRUpA 2016 11-12 May 2016 CTICC www.africaprintexpo.com 31 May-10 June 2016 Messe Düsseldorf, Germany www.drupa.com COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT AFRICA pRINT NELSpRUIT AFRICA pRINT 2016 29 June 2016 Emnotweni Arena www.africaprintexpo.com 7-9 september 2016 Gallagher Convention Centre, JHB www.africaprintexpo.com COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT pRINT 16 - GRApH ExpO 2016 GRApH ExpO 2016 25-28 september 2016 Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida http://www.graphexpo.com 2-5 October 2016 McCormick Place 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60616 www.graphexpo.com COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT send details of any workshops, events and exhibitions to [email protected] or upload and view the online calendar at www.AfricaPrint.com. www.AfricaPrint.com www.AfricaPrint.com AfricaPrint AfricaPrint AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 PG 49 THE BACK PAGE DEPARTMENTS We want to feature really interesting photo's on The Back Page. This is a free opportunity for companies in the print industry to send us a photo and a fun caption for inclusion. Maybe you have a great view in the background with a printing machine busy in the front, antique equipment, staff dressed up for a fun event or some finishing equipment in action...We understand that you have your client's identities to protect and competitors you may not want to divulge anything to, so just be more creative with cropping your photo! E-mail high resolution jpeg files to [email protected] COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL PRINT The Africa Print expo in Cape Town, which took place from 2-3 September at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, allowed the 1100 visitors that attended to see the latest business opportunities. Steve Thobela, CEO of Printing SA, welcomed the press, lecturers and Printing SA colleagues to its one year celebration at its Midrand premises on 21 September 2015. PG 50 AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 www.AfricaPrint.com