Printer of the future
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Xander
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Printer:
500 000 Japanese yen = 5 686 Canadian dollars
1000 sheets:
300 000 Japanese yen = 3 411 Canadian dollars
They've got a bit of work to do before that becomes genuinely appealing.
500 000 Japanese yen = 5 686 Canadian dollars
1000 sheets:
300 000 Japanese yen = 3 411 Canadian dollars
They've got a bit of work to do before that becomes genuinely appealing.
Yes I know it is rather expensive but like all technology, expensive today - cheaper tomorrow (or rather in 5 to 10 years). Just found the technology to be interesting... perhaps a picture to what the future may hold.
Xander
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Oh, it definitely qualifies as "interesting" but I think the market may be too limited to be practical.
Paper copies are for either long-term storage (waaaay too costly for that), distant distribution (i.e. flyers and mailings.. too expensive), or local sharing.
The only real use I can see for this would be inter-office distribution, between departments, at meetings, and so on.
More practical than little whiteboards but, essentially, the same.
Paper copies are for either long-term storage (waaaay too costly for that), distant distribution (i.e. flyers and mailings.. too expensive), or local sharing.
The only real use I can see for this would be inter-office distribution, between departments, at meetings, and so on.
More practical than little whiteboards but, essentially, the same.
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It is kind of cool, but even if the price comes down, the utility is limited. It would be great for companies and schools who have to distribute printed memos or meeting agendas (why would they still do that?), but not much use to home users who print out bills, emails, and what-not that they intend to keep for years. Some universities are going to all electronic-based texts, and I think that's the real trend. If you can get a document in easily portable format, wirelessly, anywhere in the world, what's the use of re-usable paper that has to go through a machine to be re-used? The PrePeat looks like a fantastic technology, but it might just be another Betamax.
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Ah! Housecalls beat me to it.
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I find the technology interesting, but do not see the overall concept catching on.
This is just way too expensive. $5,550 for the printer, and $3,500 for the paper. That is a $9000 dollar investment, and that is just to start. Considering you are prob. printing things that you are going to need to file or give to someone else, you won't be re-printing onto the paper. So every time you go through 1000 sheets, its time to cough up another $3500!
Again, considering that when you print something, you are printing it to either keep record of, or give away - the whole re-printing thing does not attract me from a financial investment standpoint.
This is just way too expensive. $5,550 for the printer, and $3,500 for the paper. That is a $9000 dollar investment, and that is just to start. Considering you are prob. printing things that you are going to need to file or give to someone else, you won't be re-printing onto the paper. So every time you go through 1000 sheets, its time to cough up another $3500!
Again, considering that when you print something, you are printing it to either keep record of, or give away - the whole re-printing thing does not attract me from a financial investment standpoint.
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