Seems like it would be easy to make a model that still houses the paper to prevent tipping and would still allow for infrequent loading.
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#12Would it require a perfectly stacked pile? It would seem annoying if you slightly bang in to the pile and have it be off balance.
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#13Is there a video of it in action?
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#14I'd be knocking the thing over all the time I'm afraid. Would probably only use 100 or so sheets at a time, though.
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#15All I see is a target for my stumbling clumsy self!
And a big cleanup job afterward.
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#16That's a very cool project. But I wonder how it gets over the initial friction of lifting and pulling the paper through as it goes lower on the stack. Surely there's a limit after which, you'd need to remove the completed sheets off the top?
There has to be a limit, but in most real world use, people rarely leave tons of paper on the printer without collecting it (of course there are exceptions).
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#17This printer concept is also cool: http://renelee.net/arc/
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#18I recall reading about this idea in the science-fiction role-playing game Shadowrun. It's set in 2060-2080, so technology is better in nearly all ways: including a printer design as described here. Very interesting, in the shadow of the total lack of progress in actual printer technology in the last few decades.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
From what I can see, it looks like there are a series of rollers that rest on the paper, which allows the printer to pull the top sheet with little, of any, friction.
Little friction against the device itself, but not the other sheets beneath it. The weight of the device + completed sheets on top will add to the friction between the next sheet and those below it.
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#20This is beautiful. I love the idea of an inverted printer, where instead of paper moving through the printer, it's as if the printer is moving through the paper.
This should be in MOMA.