Landa

Landa Digital Printing, Nanograpy, Benny Landa. When you search these on the internet, you will probably only get raving reviews. But I’ve been critical from day one, when I watched a demo at drupa 2012 where the ‘touch screen’ responded before it was touched. It was just a movie playing. And the first samples I laid my hands on, I wasn’t impressed. And all kinds of celebrations, they need to be put into context. That’s why I started documenting Landa Digital Printing and all the promises made, long before others dared to take a critical look.

Landa Digital Printing: The flight of Icarus

The verdict is in: Landa Digital Printing is sold to FIMI for 80 million US$ in a flash sale. Benny Landa, who a few years ago claimed his company was worth 2 billion US$, is […]

Landa Digital Printing – a textbook example of ‘sunk cost fallacy’?

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will have noticed that I’m a fan of ‘behavioral economics’. It’s a fascinating field in economics, that studies the irrational behavior of human beings. One […]

The evolution of offset printing
And why is this relevant to the troubles at Landa Digital Printing

It might seem a bit strange to have an article on the evolution of offset printing. Still, it’s highly relevant at this moment: it provides some context on Landa Digital Printing and its difficulties in […]

Landa Nano: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
And The Alternative

Last Saturday, I visited drupa. And on my list was, of course, getting samples from Landa. Plus, a bunch of other digital printing presses, including one of the other B1 digital printing presses: the Koenig […]

Always put numbers in context!
(the next Landa Nano celebration)

Here’s an important lesson for life: always put numbers in context. E.g., the fact that I own 20 billion dollars. Unfortunately, it’s Zimbabwean dollar, which is worthless. (*) And with that in mind: what’s up […]

The crossover between digital and offset printing, in real life

The word is a kind of magic, mystical: the ‘crossover’ between digital and offset printing. It’s the holy grail. It’s the number everyone wants to know. It’s a number that some vendors are showing off […]

Failing nozzles in inkjet: what is acceptable?

With inkjet, there is always a risk of failing nozzles. But the big question is: what is acceptable? One of the readers of this blog recently contacted me. He had a print job that was […]

The Landa Promise: source material

The introduction of the video interview Morten from Inkish.tv had with me, contains some quotes and promises from Benny Landa. These are only a few quotes. In preparation of that interview with Morten, I dug […]

The Landa S10P World Record:
a closer look at the numbers…

If there is one printing company that excels at using social media, it’s Reclameland.nl (Simian). Wouter (the owner and literary the ‘face’ of the company) does an excellent job! And I mean that. And his […]

Landa Nano Print Quality IRL: inkjet vs inkjet (Canon VarioPRINT iX)

The article about the Landa Nano print quality in real life did gain some traction: within 24 hours, it was read over 1.000 times, it was shared a lot via LinkedIn, via WhatsApp. But one […]

Landa Nano Print Quality IRL: I’m not impressed

There was one reason why I definitely wanted to attend drupa 2020: to finally get my hands on samples of Landa Nano. As you know, the show was canceled, and it seemed I had to […]

drupa 2020: what you will see in Düsseldorf

Twenty-twenty is an exciting year for the printing industry: it’s a drupa-year. With a renewed interest in print as a communication medium – something I’ve been advocating for many years – and the introduction […]

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