Matthew Whitton, managing director at fast Proof Press at Nerang on Queensland's Gold Coast  is the lucky winner of the $8000 Epson Workforce printer, the main prize in the Australian Printer reader survey.

“I am 44, been in the industry my whole life, 20 years reading AP, and I never thought I would be lucky enough to win the prize. I have never even won a chook raffle before”, says Whitton.

“I did a little bit of research now I have won and I am interested in seeing the qualities and capabilities of the printer first-hand.”

Fast Proof Press is a second-generation family run printer, which Whitton says does work from the Gold Coast, to Sydney, and as far north as Papua New Guinea.

Craig Heckenberg, general manager, Epson Australia says "We are very pleased for Matthew and congratulate him on winning the Epson WorkForce Pro WF-R8590TC. Epson is committed to supporting Australian businesses and being in the print business, I am sure Matthew will appreciate this printer’s ability to deliver 75,000 pages before the ink needs changing."

"On behalf of Epson Australia I wish Matthew continued success in the future.”

The AP reader survey drew more than 1000 responses from printers around the country, and gave a revealing insight into the way industry news and information is consumed.

Australian Printer was shown to be the most popular industry magazine by some distance, thanks to its unbroken 67 year heritage and its sharp news and feature reporting.

Full results of the survey will be published in the upcoming issue of Australian Printer.

The Workforce Pro has won the prestigious US BLI Buyers Laboratory Summer Pick and Outstanding Innovation awards.

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