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The article suggests the postal service 3D printing from their own facility. Is there is precedent of the post office even printing ink on paper and shipping it
by acgourley 12y ago
The article suggests the postal service 3D printing from their own facility. Is there is precedent of the post office even printing ink on paper and shipping it on behalf of others?
- golemotron 12y agoThey are desperate and with good reason - they've been screwed by Congress.
- dzhao 12y agoThey are just suggesting that 3D printing businesses locate themselves close to postal facilities so that they can quickly ship things. 3D printing hubs is a bit of a misleading heading.
- sp332 12y agoThe only one I can think of was when people could write letters to soldiers in WWII by having them scanned onto microfilm, flown to a closer post office, then printed and delivered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-mail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-mail