With around 200 exhibitors demonstrating their wares, and the industry currently in positive mood it is likely to be a busy few days. PrintEx has kept to the shell stand scheme concept to a certain degree, but visitors this time will see bigger stands from the major players.

Given the logistics of putting equipment in the exhibition will also have a preponderance of wide format machines on show, leading the casual visitor to conclude it is a display print expo. However much of the real focus will be on digital workflow and improving productivity, which are increasingly seen as key to lowering cost per page.

Highlights here will include Heidelberg's Anicolor, the innovative new inking and dampening solution, which the company says enables makeready in less than 20 sheets. The big digital print vendors including HP Indigo, Fuji Xerox, Canon, Konica Minolta, will all have new solutions on display. Finishing equipment will also be prominent, Curries for instance will have the first Aussie outing for the new Horizon perfect binder.

There will be plenty of high level people in town for the show, local printers are well advised to grab them while you can and leverage their knowledge, for instance Fred and Bob McCurdy from soft proofing developer GTI Graphic Technology of the United States will be on the GMG Kayell stand.

This year's PrintEx also features two Industry Forums, chaired by media heavyweights Peter FitzSimons and Jennie Brockie, on the Thursday and Friday respectively at 11am-12.30pm. FitzSimons' Forum will focus on business sissues, while Brockie's will look at the impact of digital.

PrintEx07 is open each day at 10am, on Thursday it closes at 9pm, Friday 6pm, and Saturday 4pm.

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