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In the long run I hope that the model for this kind of thing will be 'printing as a service', much like how historically you went to a shop to get photos develo
by RobinL 9y ago
In the long run I hope that the model for this kind of thing will be 'printing as a service', much like how historically you went to a shop to get photos developed. It'd be amazing to be able to upload a design and pick it up/get it delivered next day, for the 'commodity cost' of the printing.
- jotux 9y agoThere are a lot of companies already doing this: Shapeways, Ponoko, Stratasys direct, 3dhubs, proto labs, etc. Most have a 2-5 day turnaround but you can pay to expedite and get parts next day. I have two 3D printers in-house at my job (Projet 460 and 3500HD) which we use for day-to-day prototyping and we commonly go to outside companies for limited production runs.
- bradfa 9y agoShapeways already has HP Jet Fusion printers (albeit not with the color printing abilities) that they'll print parts for you on-demand with for quite reasonable prices. It's not "next day" delivery, but it's not far off from how mail-order film photo developing/printing works. https://www.shapeways.com/materials/hp-jet-fusion https://www.shapeways.com/materials/hp-jet-fusion