• Staples Will Offer On-Demand 3-D Printing In Stores in Netherlands and Belgium as early as 2013
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[QUOTE]3-D printing is at an awkward, prepubescent stage right now. The printers aren't exactly common, but a few early adopters have them. That leaves out the people who'd like to use them occasionally without investing in a printer of their own, and that seems like the market Staples is catering to by offering 3-D printing to customers. The office supply business is joining up with 3-D printing company Mcor Technologies to offer the disappointingly unfuturistic-sounding "Staples Easy 3D." Customers will send Staples their design files and Staples will return full-color 3-D prints made by the 506dpi Mcor IRIS printer, for pick-up or delivery. At first, the option is only for customers in the Netherlands or Belgium in early 2013. The company says they're planning to roll it out to other countries "quickly" after that, but it's not clear how quickly or which countries are next in line for the technology. In the meantime, what are the lucky Dutch and Belgian citizens to do with this technology? Staples suggests it could be used to make "customised parts, prototypes, art objects, architectural models, medical models and 3D maps," but presumably there's some people who'll want to give it a go just for the novelty, too.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-11/staples-will-offer-3-d-printing-stores[/url]
Wait, we have Staples here in Holland?
Oh hey, Shapeways might have some competition.
Put one in the staples at my city and I [B]will[/B] use it.
I wonder how much it'll cost.
Will I get kicked out of the store if I try to print a dragon dildo?
[QUOTE=Egonny;38677296]I wonder how much it'll cost.[/QUOTE] Obscenely expensive. 3D printing is [I]not[/I] cheap. The printers themselves cost upwards of $300 (with most units costing several thousand), and the plastic (ABS, like LEGO uses. Some printers use other plastics) they use is expensive. Shapeways, a commercial 3d printing service, costs $2.50 per cubic [I]centimeter[/I] for their cheapest material. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XJzJc.jpg[/IMG] $72 an object which has a rectangular volume of 6.4x6x5.2 cm
We have 3D printing on demand at my University. It's pretty cool!
My highschool had a 3d printer with a max printing size of about 1ft^3, and if I remember correctly the printer itself had a 5 figure price tag, and (had we been charged for using it) would cost a couple hundred dollars to print even tiny figures.
[QUOTE=Saber15;38677412]Obscenely expensive. 3D printing is [I]not[/I] cheap. The printers themselves cost upwards of $300 (with most units costing several thousand), and the plastic (ABS, like LEGO uses. Some printers use other plastics) they use is expensive. Shapeways, a commercial 3d printing service, costs $2.50 per cubic [I]centimeter[/I]. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XJzJc.jpg[/IMG] $72 an object which has a rectangular volume of 6.4x6x5.2 cm[/QUOTE] Shapeway prints in dozens of materials though, the cheapest is $0.75 for full colour in sandstone. They also offer prints in Sterling Silver for 20$ per cubic centimetre. [editline]2nd December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Saber15;38677435]My highschool had a 3d printer with a max printing size of about 1ft^3, and if I remember correctly the printer itself had a 5 figure price tag, and (had we been charged for using it) would cost a couple hundred dollars to print even tiny figures.[/QUOTE] We use PLA plastic, and we're only charged around 30$ for a 3inch cube, my friend printed off a companion cube.
[QUOTE=Saber15;38677412]Obscenely expensive. 3D printing is [I]not[/I] cheap. The printers themselves cost upwards of $300 (with most units costing several thousand), and the plastic (ABS, like LEGO uses. Some printers use other plastics) they use is expensive. Shapeways, a commercial 3d printing service, costs $2.50 per cubic [I]centimeter[/I]. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XJzJc.jpg[/IMG] $72 an object which has a rectangular volume of 6.4x6x5.2 cm[/QUOTE] There are far cheaper methods. My uncle works on 3D printers for GM, and he regularly brings home things like 6-inch long tron bikes and MP5k scale models, or like 5-inch tall Scoobie Doos and whatnot, and for free. As of now commercial printers use expensive materials, but the higher-end industrial ones are capable of using far cheaper and far lighter materials. 3D printing is fast evolving and doing so at a rate faster than the commercial market is opening. This is an incredibly intelligent move by the companies and I think that they will see something big out of this.
Wonder how long it will take the copyright police to shut them down.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;38678030]Wonder how long it will take the copyright police to shut them down.[/QUOTE] lets print those record- i mean dvds
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;38678069]lets print those record- i mean dvds[/QUOTE] You mean Linux distros?
[QUOTE=Saber15;38677412]Obscenely expensive. 3D printing is [I]not[/I] cheap. The printers themselves cost upwards of $300 (with most units costing several thousand), and the plastic (ABS, like LEGO uses. Some printers use other plastics) they use is expensive. Shapeways, a commercial 3d printing service, costs $2.50 per cubic [I]centimeter[/I] for their cheapest material. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XJzJc.jpg[/IMG] $72 an object which has a rectangular volume of 6.4x6x5.2 cm[/QUOTE] It's not the material cost, it is the time it takes to do them! Bigger prints can take > 8 hours
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;38677171]Wait, we have Staples here in Holland?[/QUOTE] Yes, also known as Office Center : [url]http://www.staples.nl/[/url]
That's awesome, I'd use the shit out of it if I had 3D Coat, Blender etc. And spend all my time making little models.
[QUOTE=Saber15;38677412]Obscenely expensive. 3D printing is [I]not[/I] cheap. The printers themselves cost upwards of $300 (with most units costing several thousand), and the plastic (ABS, like LEGO uses. Some printers use other plastics) they use is expensive. Shapeways, a commercial 3d printing service, costs $2.50 per cubic [I]centimeter[/I] for their cheapest material. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XJzJc.jpg[/IMG] $72 an object which has a rectangular volume of 6.4x6x5.2 cm[/QUOTE] $300 ? Oh no! [url]http://www.epinions.com/prices/canon-2545i-copier[/url]
[QUOTE=Saber15;38677412]Obscenely expensive. 3D printing is [I]not[/I] cheap. The printers themselves cost upwards of $300 (with most units costing several thousand), and the plastic (ABS, like LEGO uses. Some printers use other plastics) they use is expensive. Shapeways, a commercial 3d printing service, costs $2.50 per cubic [I]centimeter[/I] for their cheapest material. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XJzJc.jpg[/IMG] $72 an object which has a rectangular volume of 6.4x6x5.2 cm[/QUOTE] What is that thing made out of? Cheap plastic prints cost amounts in the single-figure range.
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;38682911]What is that thing made out of? Cheap plastic prints cost amounts in the single-figure range.[/QUOTE] Only the finest ivory, printed right out the ass of a woolly mammoth.
Ughhhhhh, the nearest place to have a possibility of finding a 3d printer is 2 hours away.
I hope we get these in the US, because I work at staples.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;38677171]Wait, we have Staples here in Holland?[/QUOTE] Yeah but you are not really allowed in their shops unless you own a buisness. (Taxes and all that stuff)
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