Decades after a visionary Benny Landa launched two revolutionary print technologies, the company behind the second of those is for sale.

Generational change has brought Landa Digital Printing to the market, with HP – which bought Indigo earlier – considered the frontrunner to acquire it for a “firesale” price. Others reported to have shown interest include Agfa, Brother, Canon, Epson, Fujifilm, Koenig & Bauer and Xerox.

Problems are reported to have arisen when major shareholder and BMW heiress Susanne Klatten gave control to her children, who were put off by a review saying that Landa would not break even until 2030, and would need US$300 million (A$458 million) to get there. Owners of Tetra Pak, the Rausing family are also reported to be shareholders.

It is suggested that a new owner would be paying only about U$100-200 million for the business, which has had US$1.3 billion in funding, and might have been floated on Nasdaq for an estimated US$2 billion.

Currently Landa Digital Printing is under Israeli Title 10 court protection, expiring later this month. It is the fourth company he has been involved with since the Indigo sale to experience difficulties.

Pictured: Landa with the nanographic press he launched in 2012; the liquid-toner Indigo was first shown at Ipex in 1993