The deal is described as an agreement to “share digital print technology and knowledge for the benefit of students and industry”, with RMIT looking to “grow its digital print offering to help support Australia’s rapidly growing digital print sector”.

The donation of the imagePRESS C1 will allow the IGCT to teach a full JDF workflow on one machine, with the press set to be replaced by a newer machine later this year.

In turn, Canon customers will have access to courses run by IGCT lecturers, with the company aiming to enhance their customers’ ability to get the most out of their technology.

“Providing students with the technology that they will face in the industry is critical to their career success,” said RMIT professor Colin Fudge. “The follow-up courses they might then receive as Canon customers will help them extract the most value from the technologies in commercial environments.

“The contribution of this technology also helps IGCT maintain its position of offering the best and most appropriate technologies to train on.”

“We are pleased to partner with RMIT to help grow Australia’s next print generation and look forward to further developments in our relationship,” said Canon Australia managing director Kenji Kobayashi (pictured, right).

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