drupa Theme Takes ‘Nanographic’ Turn –Michelson

There was a great deal of anticipation about Benny Landa and the debut of his Nanographic Printing process among the trade press and industry pundits leading up to drupa 2012. After all, Landa has a well-earned reputation as a charismatic showman and marketer based on the glitzy introduction of the Indigo E-Print 1000 digital color printing press at the Ipex show in 1993, followed two years later by the unveiling of the Omnius press, which could digitally print on cans, bottles and other packaging surfaces. They marked the culmination of his pioneering R&D efforts that began in 1977, and earned Landa the title as the “father of digital offset printing.” In 2001, he sold Indigo N.V. to HP and, flush with cash, then founded Landa Corp. in 2002.