Challenging The Status Quo

• A digital sheetfed press that prints 136 letter-size color ppm.

• Indigo's first black-and-white digital press, running 136 ppm.

Landa made no effort to mask his enthusiasm for digital printing, which he feels will eventually replace offset—perhaps by the decade's end. Already, he said, the quality of Indigo's digital printing is at least on par with that of offset, and in some cases it's even better. Plus, he added, the ability to personalize makes digital printing a superior choice. He forecasted the end of high-volume publications and a waning need for super high-speed presses.