Now we only need a fast way to erase. Then it could be used in big companies.
Plastic is good for archiving. So why not.
Also Armyis1337, screw your tease avatar.
Everything I need to print I need to hand in to my teachers anyway, pretty useless for me. Even most companies print something so they can keep it, not print over it again, so it's pretty darn expensive for something so cool but useless.
[QUOTE=sami-pso;20127815]Now we only need a fast way to erase. Then it could be used in big companies.
Plastic is good for archiving. So why not.
Also Armyis1337, crew your tease avatar.[/QUOTE]
It's an elbow.
[QUOTE=Jund;20129027]It's an elbow.[/QUOTE]
lol is it really? certainly doesn't look like one to me...but don't ruin our fantasies!
But the problem is that the paper must be kept around if you intend to reuse it.
Sometimes ill print shit and forget about it and find it crumpled up under my table a year later.
[QUOTE=Muscar;20116790]It can be used over 1000 times, 1000 normal papers are way more expensive than 3USD.[/QUOTE]
1000 pieces of paper is much better for the environment than a piece of plastic though.
I guess this will be number #1489359 futuristic invention which won't be used till another 10 years.
Could be useful.
The ink costs more than my printer, and it prints 5 times faster than that one does, I haven't used $5000 in Ink and Paper + the cost of the printer yet, in 3 years... This thing won't survive long enough to pay for itself currently for anything other than a Medium sized business
Pretty good for the environment( I know I know). And is really cheap considering how 1000 sheets costs around 2000€ and they can be used around 1000000 times. yet 1000000 sheets of standard A4 paper would be like 3x the price.
[QUOTE=InsanePyro;20123717]"Ugh it's hot out.....FUCK THERE GOES MY ESSAY" (I would imagine it uses much high temp then any day would be)
Any how thats cool...I also imagine most people might look at you funny if you hand them your next report on a sheet of plastic[/QUOTE]
I think the sheets are effected by extreme temperatures... like 200 degrees or something.
Protip
300 yen = about 3 cents
So 30$ gets you 1000 sheets
I won't be getting one anytime soon.
:siren:This just in!!:siren:
EVERYTHING is expensive from the beginning, when normal printers where new people reacted the same way, and with the speed that technology currently develops I'd give it 5 years till these papers cost as much as normal ones does today.
[QUOTE=omega322;20147118]Protip
300 yen = about 3 cents
So 30$ gets you 1000 sheets[/QUOTE]
protip
you're wrong.
[url]http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=300+yen[/url]
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will unfortunately break my wallet.
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do not want.
It sounds amazingly innovative until you realize it's essentially a thermal printer that operates on a slab of what is essentially lamination which, unlike paper, can be wiped clear. This is old technology, we're talking predating the Gameboy Printer which used the same thing.
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cool i want one now
500 000 Japanese yen = 5559 U.S. dollars
no thanks
This would [b]only[/b] be useful if we had a shortage in paper or had to start conserving paper for some other reason. Here's why:
A) In order for the product to be effective, a company would have to replace just about every printer with this special type of printer, otherwise you'd have to walk/travel some distance in order to return the paper when you're done using it.
B) Paper is often stapled, folded, spilled on, ripped, and scuffed. Explain how you can get around this? You can't, so the actual usage of the paper is further restricted.
C) Given the price of an individual piece of paper, companies would have to [i]hope[/i] their employees conserved the paper like they are supposed to, something that would be difficult to maintain as laziness should be expected.
D) Paper is not a huge financial burden to large companies of which the product is aimed at. Adapting this new system would be a large hassle, increase maintenance overhead, and likely result in more waste and financial deficit than the latter.
Overall, interesting invention (I'm sure it's been thought of before though) but not practical or functional in the real world.
Doesn't exactly work for students either, cause 90% of the time the work you hand in you don't get back, so good bye 1000 reusable limit
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