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Laser printers are everywhere now. There's one in every office. But there are still printing presses. Everyone expects that the "killer app" will be replacing
by noonespecial 14y ago
Laser printers are everywhere now. There's one in every office. But there are still printing presses.
Everyone expects that the "killer app" will be replacing injection molding or something. It will be something much more unexpected.
- retroafroman 14y agoExactly, and this is the example I use most frequently. Home printing let us make flyers for lost cats and party invitations. You could feasibly print out your own book, but no one with a brain would do it. 3D printing (which should realistically be called what is has been for years-additive prototyping) doesn't replace any part of the major manufacturing industry, it compliments it and makes it available to do a few things at home.