"... why buy a $5k printer when you can just contract someone else to print for you? ..." I didn't add making a business out of it, good point. I think the cos

"... why buy a $5k printer when you can just contract someone else to print for you? ..." I didn't add making a business out of it, good point. I think the cost would be made back if you use the printer to produce custom packages for electronics like say Ninja Blocks (co-founder Marcus Schappi) http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ninja/ninja-blocks-connect-your-world-with-the-web http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ninja/ninja-blocks-conne... or if you're an artist like Micah Ganske http://micahganske.com/index.html http://micahganske.com/index.html who wants total control to experiment, build then create limited edition builds.