Five return from PrintEx 07 with Fresh New Ideas.

On the 24th, 25th and 26th, five staff from Queensland Printing attended the national printing industry exhibition (PrintEx 07') in Darling Harbour, Sydney to keep in touch with the future directions of the printing industry.

Don attended two of the forums Control your Future which looked at insights and strategies for survival and success in an increasingly complex printing industry and Digital Dilemmas which looked at making sense of the array of impacts, technologies and issues caused by living in and supplying to a digital world.

Anne and our IT Industry Placement student Cameron searched through the maze of new software available to the graphic design and printing industry before meeting up with Don for a trip to a spectacular new technology park for a guided tour and lunch with Fuji Xerox.

"We are particularly interested in a piece of personalisation software that Fuji Xerox have. It will change the printing industry as we now know it and we want to be one of the first on this new wave of digital transformation" said Managing Director, Anne Blacklaw.

On Friday night Anne attended the National Print Awards before meeting up with Steve and Jason on Saturday morning to look over all the big boys toys.

"To stay in front as an industry innovator we just have to attend these events. To not know what is happening and more importantly what will happen in our industry is to be left behind" said Don Parry.

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Excellence in Printing...Again!

At Friday night’s Queensland Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards, held at the Sofitel in Brisbane, Queensland Complete Printing Services (QPrint) demonstrated yet again that the highest levels of printing expertise can be found right here on the Sunshine Coast. Taking a standout total of 9 Awards, including the two most prestigious awards for the night, saw QPrint continue to establish themselves amongst the printing elite in Queensland. A right usually reserved for large print houses located in Brisbane. For the Third consecutive year, QPrint has won the outstanding Queensland State Government’s Business Excellence and Innovation award, whilst again winning the most prestigious award of the night, Judges’ Choice. The Business Excellence and Innovation award recognises contributions made by the company to the industry overall, whilst the Judges’ choice award recognises the best printing work submitted in Queensland. The remainder of the total saw 3 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze. Find out more at www.qprint.com.au or email us on enquiries@qprint.com.au

When asked about the Business Excellence and Innovation award Director Anne Blacklaw said “It’s an honour to receive this award. We’ve previously won this award in the category for businesses with ten employees or less, twice! This year we were competing with businesses that employ up to thirty people.” “These awards aren’t about me,” said Anne. “The awards are about our staff. Without the staff ? their team spirit and their high standards, we’d be nowhere. Near enough is never good enough for them ? they aim for perfection every time.” Both the Judges’ Choice award and gold medal for book printing were awarded for a book titled ‘Kids of Tasmania’ which a special leather bound version was presented to Prince Fredrick & Princess Mary of Denmark. Innovations at Queensland Printing within the past twelve months include the addition of the Indigo HP digital printing facility, enabling personalized printing of anything from posters to books within minutes. The added benefit of this service is the ability to do small print runs, allowing authors to test their market before investing large sums of money into their project.