The desktop 3D printer

Yesterday, Andrew Sheppard pointed me at a desktop 3D printer for under $5000. That brought back some memories...

In the early 80s, I worked for Imagen, the company that made the first laser printer that sold for under $20,000, the first laser printer that sold for under $10,000, and the first laser printer that sold for under $7,000. We didn't make the first laser printer that sold for under $5,000. That was Apple's first LaserWriter, and although the company survived for a few years more, it's really what did us in.

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