Friday, 1 June 2007 - Sydney, 24 May 2007 - Canon Australia has partnered with Sydneyside magazine at the PrintEx 07 exhibition to showcase the output capabilities of the imagePRESS C7000VP digital press. During the three-day conference for the professional print and graphics art industry in May, Canon printed copies of Sydneyside on cover and page stock, and handed them to delegates as take-away examples of the capabilities of the new device.

The highly-anticipated imagePRESS C7000VP sets new standards in on-demand and flexible printing capacity. The imagePRESS C7000VP incorporates industry-first innovations for outstanding image quality, consistency and stability at a lightening-quick 70 prints per minute. The new machine promises to raise the benchmark for high-speed digital colour presses, with quality comparable to offset-press production. New technologies present in the machine offer exceptional image quality, consistency and stability job after job, while a new oil-less fusing system provides the look and feel of an offset print with a gloss that matches the media. The imagePRESS C7000VP promises to make a significant impact on the professional print industry by enabling savvy operators to create new revenue streams and service offerings.

Nic Boyde, Publisher of Sydneyside magazine was at the event, and said, "Sydneyside is designed and produced to a very high technical standard, incorporating high-quality photography, high-quality stock and the best possible sheet-fed offset printing. We were very pleased to see how well the imagePRESS C7000CP copes with our exacting reproduction standards".

Sydneyside magazine is targeted at affluent visitors to Sydney, and is focused on the needs of the most sophisticated guests of the best of the 5-star hotels in Sydney. Strong editorial content includes up-to-date information on events and happenings in the harbour city.

"Canon is pleased to have partnered with One World Publications for the launch of the imagePRESS C7000VP. In printing issues of Sydneyside magazine on the Canon stand at PrintEx, Canon was able to demonstrate to the professional print industry the speed, output quality and production capabilities of the Canon's flagship digital press," said Steven Brown, Production Printing Systems Group Manager, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon Australia.