The country’s biggest sheetfed printer Blue Star, leading trade house Hero Print and an unknown packaging printer all ordered the Komori NS40 Impremia B1 sheetfed Landa-driven nano press at drupa.
The trio join trade house CMYKhub which has already ordered, and online printer Vistaprint in Melbourne, which will get one courtesy of a monster 20 press deal signed by its parent Cimpress, although the Vistaprint version is not yet scheduled to be the Komori press.
The orders will more likely be options to buy, since the nano printing technology has not yet been perfected to the point of commercial release yet. The drupa prints coming off the machines tended to be the impressionist type of images, with no lines or text, although they were seen on the proofs that Landa brought from Israel.
The Impremia NS40s are unlikely to arrive before 2018 at the earliest, with Landa and his 500 scientists still working away to recreate the offset quality images outside of his Israeli laboratory. The first beta test machines are scheduled to be installed next year.
Alex Coulson, managing director of Hero Print says, “I guess it is the next big thing, we have always been Komori users so it just seemed like the natural fit.
“Everything these days is about turnaround time and quality. We feel that we need to do everything to get work out of the door quicker so the Impremia NS40 gives you a lot more ability in that space.”
The Komori version of the Landa nano press will run at 6,500sph, half that of the Landa version, Komori believes the offset quality will be better achieved at this speed.
Carstern Wendler, managing director of Komori’s Australian supplier Ferrostaal says, “The Komori Impremia NS40 nano technology presses will offer new opportunities to Australian print businesses and enable them to generate new efficiencies. We are delighted to have received orders from the companies we have, all of whom are recognised for their outstanding quality.”
Those printers ordering are more likely to have gone through Komori rather than Landa direct because of Ferrostaal’s nationwide and highly regarded service team.
Landa nano technology promises offset quality at offset speeds on offset stock but with all the benefits of digital including no makeready, no plates and variable data printing.
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