Another piece falls into place for Benny Landa’s Nanographic revolution, with EFI’s Fiery technology officially signed up to power the high-speed press’s digital front end. A 1000-strong crowd of EFI users at the Las Vegas Connect event were treated to the announcement earlier today, personally delivered by Guy Gecht, EFI CEO, and Benny Landa himself.
Nearly two years since the grand unveiling at drupa 2012, and the great wagon train behind the Landa nanographic press trundles ever closer to market. Originally slated to land late 2013, now pushed back by a year, the first B1 Landa S10 beta install is set of Q4 this year. A sticking point has remained matching hardware and technology to the digital press’s unprecedented speed, workflow and colour management demands.
- Guy Gecht, EFI CEO, and Benny Landa
According to Benny Landa, CEO and chairman of Landa Corporation, “Reaching this remarkable and exciting goal requires partnering with the best-in-class providers. That is the reason we chose Fiery technology and EFI as our development partner – to deliver the highest quality ultra-high-speed front-end platform to match the quality and performance of our Nanographic Printing press.”
The breakthrough nanographic process promises cost-effectiveness printing short-to-medium job lengths up to five times faster than existing digital technology, creating technical challenges for running job data. The Landa digital front end will stream jobs at full-speed for four- to eight-colour printing, and enable press operators to perform last-minute job changes on the press, proofing and print rush jobs on the fly.
Guy Gecht, EFI CEO, told the gathered crowd he was excited about the opportunity the partnership represented to work alongside Landa, a man he calls an industry legend.
“Landa Nanographic Printing presses have potential to accelerate the migration of mainstream commercial printing and packaging to digital printing. The Landa DFE provides a proven, ultra-high speed and well-integrated front-end platform that Landa customers will require,” said Gecht.
The Landa digital front end will support all job dynamics including static, variable data printing and EPID (Every Page Is Different) printing. It will also collect production feedback from the presses and support closed-loop colour control and inspection.