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<p>[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 2393690, member: 4373"]I guess with modern technology, anything can just happen if you have the right mindset and altitude. </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally within the next 10 - 20 years, I wonder if I would come back here and read this thread again. I suspect that with 3D printing, it would make coin album and coin plastic manufactures worry for good reasons. Understandably at current moment, 3D printing costs are still high but it's only a matter of time. Remember the times when color printers just seem like a novelty? I still remember using a dot matrix printer (!) </p><p><br /></p><p>With 3D printing, you eliminate so many variables such as a minimum amount of print run, ever rising postage prices, outdated albums which takes years just some minor updates, ability to customize - something where current manufacturing method just cannot do with the current market. I suspect when printing cost drops down to less than 10 dollars and the author takes about 10 - 20 dollars each for royalty, it will change the landscape of manufacturing. I don't even think a person even needs to have a 3D printer at home - go to office depot and they can take care of it. Maybe a bit too ahead of times?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 2393690, member: 4373"]I guess with modern technology, anything can just happen if you have the right mindset and altitude. Personally within the next 10 - 20 years, I wonder if I would come back here and read this thread again. I suspect that with 3D printing, it would make coin album and coin plastic manufactures worry for good reasons. Understandably at current moment, 3D printing costs are still high but it's only a matter of time. Remember the times when color printers just seem like a novelty? I still remember using a dot matrix printer (!) With 3D printing, you eliminate so many variables such as a minimum amount of print run, ever rising postage prices, outdated albums which takes years just some minor updates, ability to customize - something where current manufacturing method just cannot do with the current market. I suspect when printing cost drops down to less than 10 dollars and the author takes about 10 - 20 dollars each for royalty, it will change the landscape of manufacturing. I don't even think a person even needs to have a 3D printer at home - go to office depot and they can take care of it. Maybe a bit too ahead of times?[/QUOTE]
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