Printing Innovation Asia Issue 9 2021
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The iGen4 was like an old Iridesse is like a new spo TM
The iGen4 was superb in its time, and now we’re loving the results of the Iridesse’sTM features like underlay inks, full metallics and the extra gamut of colours and finishes. At the same time, its simplicity and reliability have allowed us to practically double our output – certainly makes our jobs easier!” Challenge
• How to replace ageing equipment while offering new and exciting services to a discerning customer base. • How to maximise return on investment while growing a small business in a fiercely competitive, dynamic environment.
Solution
• The six colour IridesseTM Production Press with GX print server goes above and beyond expectations. • Digital Print Australia capitalises on the valuable relationships built over decades of FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia service that has the hallmarks of integrity and innovation.
Benefits
• Digital Print Australia expands confidently into new print options, and new market segments and increases return customer spends. • Digital Print Australia doubles print output and offers leading-edge products like dry inks and metallics. Digital Print Australia pushes the boundaries of what's possible every day with Iridesse . In 1973 a young Steve Lewis set up shop in central Adelaide as a freelance typesetter – and he’s never looked back. During his army service onshore and in Vietnam, Steve discovered a love for photography, illustration and producing the printed word. TM
Together with his wife Karen, who’s constantly been his stalwart support and encourager, company financial director and co-visionary, they’re still highly involved in the success of Digital Print Australia. The business employs 12 people and produces leading-edge design and printing, whether simple business cards, general stationery, one-off photo books, commercial or self-published books or photography competitions.
Steve and Karen have always aimed at the high-end print and photography market, specialising in book production. However, Digital Print Australia does produce the full range of printed products, with a stellar reputation for outstanding service. Steve’s passion for pushing the boundaries of creative design has seen the company evolve through nearly five decades of step change in the publishing industry. From hot metal typesetting and bromides to becoming a PostScript bureau before installing their first digital press in the mid-1990s, the Lewis’s have seen it all. Digital Print Australia has stood the test of time and come out on top by consistently investing in the highest quality equipment. Today, Digital Print Australia, and its enthusiastic staff, enjoy almost limitless creativity with their six colour IridesseTM Production Press with GX Print Server leading their equipment line-up, alongside their
Nuvera 120 Monochrome Press and VersantTM 80 Press with EFI Print Server. The Business Challenge Digital Print Australia undertook extensive due diligence, taking almost 12 months to investigate the alternatives and decide on a digital press successor to the iGen4. As always, they were looking for the leading edge of quality with reliability, but were also mindful of retaining the value already established in the deep supplier relationship with FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia. Steve and Karen recognise that a critical factor in their ongoing leadership in the printing world is the depth and longevity of professional relationships with their key equipment providers. To remain leaders in the field, Steve readily acknowledges the vital role of
