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7th October 2014
 
 
This week's survey 
(These survey questions are sent in by our readers. Please spend a minute to give your answer to this week's survey as one or possibly more of your industry peers thinks this question is important and wishes to see your point of view as well as others in the industry.)  
 

  

Last week's survey results...

Who's happy they have converted to Latex inks?  

  • I converted to Latex technology over 3 years ago and have not looked back. (Dean Rowland, Signwave Newtown) 

  • YES and YES 
  • We have had great results since moving to Latex 2 years ago. Positives - quick dry so use straight away, multi purpose indoor/Outdoor, no solvent smell. Negatives - can be soft and scratched easily at times, Can take a while to get correct media settings that work, Lack of machine back up service outside of Auckland. (Steve Harwood, Marathon Visual Media) 
  • The ink is fine we just HATE our HP machine which has been sold to us as a lemon ..it has too many user design flaws & non compatible profiles & does not deliver as promised the machine has cost us time & money we are so disappointed as a customer. 
  • We are happy with the latex ink technology in our production house however it's not a complete replacement to our previous printing options. Latex has certainly opened up doors that we were previously unable to get to with low cost uncoated medias, however there is some work that we still need to print via eco solvent/aqueous/UV direct so it compliments our plant to add more options for print media. The only thing we would hope for in future iterations of latex technology is the addition of green/orange/light black inks to increase colour gamut and vibrancy. (Jeremy Gibson, Ellar Graphics) 
  • I dont have a problem with the latex ink so yes, i dont like my HP 260 machine that delivers it. this machine has the computer power of a 1990 atari and that is insulting an atari really cause they were great and the HP is a horses ass that takes up too much time and has too many design faults. (Rex Vizible, The Old Foundry).
  • Converted from Solvent to Latex and was pleasantly surprised. Best move we have ever made. (Jeff Unger. Addcolour Digital)
  • So far so good but the machine is totally different and more difficult to operate and uses heaps of heads. Onyx is a pain and does not do sample prints
  • Been very happy since changing over from a Roland to HP with latex inks due to the instant dry time (Chad, Politix Clothing)
  • Absolutely! The range of medias it can print to is excellent, and being able to use a print instantly is fantastic for production throughput and to get out of sticky situations like having to print part of a wrap that's being fitted. I still have 2 eco-solvent machines, but the Latex gets the bulk of the work.
  • I'm very happy! Hardly use the solvent machine anymore. With the 3rd generation of machines out now which address the shortfalls on the second generation, you would be foolish not to consider the benefits and buy one of these machines. Benefits are: Great colour, Low ink usage, low cost head replacement ($134.00 each) which last 10 times over their intended volume. Immediate to use dried prints, durable outdoors un-coated, prints on nearly all materials including un-coated fabric. NO SMELL! Virtually no down time. This is the future! (We have the HP) Why would you buy anything else?? (Peter Arman, Print Central)
  • Hells yeah! Gone are the days for hanging around waiting for outgassing. Who has time for that in this industry with "Need it Yesterday" demands. Especially with cast or wrap films where the adhesive can be affected by solvents creating applying and removal issues. Technology has given the industry a blessing here!
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(As a publishing practice to protect ourselves from any potential liability, company and individual names that are referred to negatively in any of these comments are removed)


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New South Wales


 (NSW, Brookvale) ROLAND SC500 
 (Posted 6th October 2014) 

(NSW, Kingsgrove) NUR FRESCO parts

(Posted 5th October 2014) 

(NSW, Kingsgrove) Wanted in any condition Mimaki JV33
(Posted 5th October 2014) 

(NSW, Newtown) AGFA Anapurna UV flatbed printer 

(Posted 30th September 2014)

(NSW, Artarmon) Arizona 350GT flatbed, Fotoba Cutter, Laminator, Hiace Van for sale 
(Posted 24th September 2014)
 (NSW, Glendenning) SEIKO V64s

(Posted 19th September 2014) 

(NSW, Dural) STAHLS HOTRONIX Air Swinger

(Posted 18th September 2014)

(NSW, Cromer) Seiko H74S 
 (Posted 9th September 2014)

(NSW, Padstow) Mutoh Ultima Cutting Plotter

(Posted 8th September 2014)

(NSW, Padstow) Mutoh ValueJet VJ-1204
(Posted 8th September 2014)

(NSW, Miranda) Roland XC540 Printer 

(Posted 4th September 2014)

(NSW Kempsey) Mimaki CJV30-130
(Posted 3rd September 2014) 

(NSW, Lismore) DTG M2 Direct to Garment Printer. 
 (Posted 2nd September 2014
(NSW. Strathfield) Mimaki CJV30-160 Printer/Cutter

(Posted 28th August 2014)

(NSW. Sydney) Lamkote Tri-Seal wide format laminator.

(Posted 23rd August 2014)
(NSW, Bathurst) Mimaki CJV30-130. Print/cut. + Royal Sovereign heat assisted 1400mm laminator
 (Posted 22nd August 2014) 

NSW, Taren Point) Roland SC-500 printer / plotter

(Posted 20th August 2014) 

(NSW, Artarmon)  UV Matt Cold Lamination Film
(Posted 18th August 2014)  

(NSW, Sydney Inner West) Canon IPF8000S 

(Posted 6th August 2014) 

(NSW, St Leonards) HP Designjet 5500 

(Posted 24th July 2014)

(NSW, Broken Hill) Graphtec CE6000 

Posted 20th July 2014) 

(NSW, Blacktown) Canon iPF8000 

(Posted 19th July 2014)

(NSW, Nelson Bay) EPSON Stylus PRO 11880 

(Posted 16th July 2014)

(NSW, Artarmon) HP Designjet 5000 

(Posted 16th July 2014) 

(NSW, Artarmon) - Teka Charcoal Filtering system 

(Posted 16th July 2014)

(NSW, Illawarra) (Used) Epson 7800 

(Posted 8th July 2014)

Wanted (NSW, Sydney) wanted kip 7000 series 

(Posted 8th July 2014)

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Victoria


 

(VIC, South Melbourne) Laminator - Applikator 4R Plus
 (Posted 4th September)
(VIC, Keysborough/Mulgrave/Chelsea) Various Screen print; Digital and Finishing Display equipment
(Posted 4th September 2014) 

(VIC, Hawthorn) Mimaki JV3 Printer

(Posted 3rd Septmber 2014) 
 (VIC, Dingley Village) High Resolution Drum Scanner, Hell - Tango

(Posted 30th August 2014)
(VIC, Dingley Village) 1 New DX-4 print head
(Posted 30th August 2014) 

(VIC, Geelong) HP Latex 260

(Posted 7th August 2014) 

(VIC, Geelong) 44 inch RSH-1151 laminator

(Posted 7th August 2014)
(VIC, Geelong) Kip3100 B&W Plotter Colour Scanner.

(Posted 7th August 2014)

(VIC, Richmond) Roland XC540 Printer / Cutter for sale. 

(Posted 7th August 2014) 

(VIC, Richmond) Sign Easy 1600 Mounter Laminator

(Posted 7th August 2014) 

(VIC, Sunshine West) 2010 Inca Spyder V (4 Colour & White) 

(Posted 1st August 2014)

(VIC, Melbourne) BRAND NEW HP DesignJet Z6200

(Posted 28th July 2014)

(VIC, Ocean Grove) Roland SP300

(28th July 2014)

(VIC, Somerville) Vinyl cutter Cammpro

(Posted 16th July 2014)

(VIC, Werribee) Roland VersaUV LEF-12 printer

(Posted 9th July 2014)

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Queensland

(QLD, Slacks Creek) Seiko V64S
(Posted 2nd October 2014)
(QLD, Emerald) Cadet 750c Printer
(Posted 19th September 2014)
(QLD Townsville) Seiko V-64s 1600 
(Posted 8th September 2014)
(QLD, Gold Coast) Epson Stylus Pro 9900
(Posted 2nd September 2014)
(QLD, Narangba) HP 10000s
(Posted 18th August 2014)
(Posted 16th August 2014)
(QLD,Warwick) SP540i 2013 model
(Posted 13th August 2014)
(Posted 13th August 2014)
(Posted 6th August 2014).
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Northern Territory
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South Australia

 

(SA, Prospect) Teckwin UV 3000 Flatbed printer
 (Posted 15th September 2014) 

(SA, Adelaide) Mimaki jv3-160 SP USES NUTEC INK. 

(Posted 10th September 2014)

(SA, Prospect) Mimaki JV33 160-BS & 260-BS with Rasterlink Pro5SG Rip
(Posted 8th September 2014)

(SA, ADELAIDE) MUTOH TEXJET 1604

(Posted 30th July 2014)

(SA, Adelaide) SEIKO H74s.

(Posted 30th July 2014)

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Western AustraliaRE

(WA, Busselton) Mutoh ValueJet 1604.

(Posted 13th August 2014)

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         TasmaniaACE HERE
(24th June 2014) 
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 New South Wales  

  

(NSW, Glebe) Signwriter Tradesman
(Posted 17th September 2014) 

(NSW, North Shore Northern Beaches) - Vehicle signage.
 (Posted 15th September 2014) 

(NSW, Liverpool) Sign Maker/Installer required
(Posted 10th September 2014) 

 

 

Queensland

  

 

(QLD, GOLD COAST & BRISBANE) Sign writer and Installer

(Posted 24th September 2014) 

(QLD, Brisbane Northside)  Signage All-Rounder 
 (Posted 17th September 2014) 

(QLD, Brisbane) Signwriter position available 
(Posted 7th September 2014) 

Wanted (QLD, Brisbane/Ipswich) I am looking for a full time position in Printing
 (Posted 30th August 2014) 

(QLD, Warana) SIGNAGE INSTALLER/PRODUCTION
 (Posted 28th August 2014) 

(QLD, Gold Coast) Prepress Operator - Gold Coast Large Format Printer

(Posted 28th July 2014)

(QLD, Noosa) Wanted skilled Sign Assembly & Installer.

(Posted 4th July 2014)

(QLD, Brisbane)  Service Technician

(Posted 2nd July 2014)


South Australia

 

(SA, Beverley) Sales Executive - 3M/ Sign & Display, Beverley, SA
 (Posted 25th September 2014) 

(SA, Enfield) Sales Role
 (Posted 10th September 2014) 

(SA Blair Athol) Signmaker/Installer

(Posted 5th August  2014)


 

Western Australia


 (WA, Malaga) Customer Service representative - Wide Format Solutions (Posted 10th September 2014)  

 

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Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's a Dustman (Live) 1/6/1961
Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's a Dustman (Live) 1/6/1961

Interesting
 
In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship." 

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
The Obituary follows:

Born 1776, Died 2012
It doesn't hurt to read this several times.
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:

Number of States won by: Obama: 19 Romney: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 Romney: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million Romney: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2 Romney: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Romney won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.

Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegals - and they vote - then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.
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