Does anyone remember dot-matrix printers? You also didn't need a paper tray: http://imgur.com/4tsSx2W
I wonder what if a laser printer could be feed like with the paper of a dot-matrix (with the tray helpers)
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#72Awesome project, cool concept.
I'd imagine the single challenge problem would be wind. If people walk by or the window is open...
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#73Really interesting as an experiment in industrial design and a conversation piece. As a viable product, I have some doubt: anecdotally, when I see people printing documents, they're in something of a hurry, and keeping the pile of paper sheets aligned would be hard. If you slightly knock the printer while using it, the stack of paper may tilt to a side. And having to keep the papers aligned would become an annoyance…
That was my initial thought, but in practice I don't think you'd really stack up the paper as shown in the photos. You might stack up a couple of reams, which is a lot lower than the stacks shown, and it might be possible to add some kind of collapsible/telescoping "corner plates" that would help keep the stack from shifting.
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I scan all my receipts and incoming mail, I doubt you would even be able to make a stable "tower" of these things. It probably only works with new paper. One of my first thoughts was also that leaving the paper open in the free would result in a lot of dust collecting on it.
I've been moving to do the exact same thing at home, to get rid of all that paper clutter. If you don't mind me asking, what scanner do you use - presumably one with an auto document feeder?
Hopefully not the Xerox scanner that can alter the documents.
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#75That'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?
It looks like this is just a design concept (not a prototyped device). In addition to the initial friction issue, the printed page would not be able to be placed on top of the stack after it got too tall. So, nice looking, but unlikely to be very practical.
nice looking, but unlikely to be very practical
Bang and Olufsen sells a lot of home electronics that meet that description.
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I still have paper copies of important documents from the 1980s. I have no idea where the digital copies from that era disappeared to. Paper has its place; it's a fantastic archival medium. I also still print out contracts to review them. They're easier to mark up that way, and I can focus entirely on the paper -- including quickly leafing through it, while comparing multiple pages -- in a way that I can't as easily…
I have no idea where any of my important paper documents are from the 1990s. All my digital documents, though, are in my "Archives" folder. This says more about which medium you and I pay most attention to, rather than how well paper archives.
Documents printed on quality archival paper will outlast digital media, if stored properly.
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I have no idea where any of my important paper documents are from the 1990s. All my digital documents, though, are in my "Archives" folder. This says more about which medium you and I pay most attention to, rather than how well paper archives.
Documents printed on quality archival paper will outlast digital media, if stored properly.
Digital media will outlast archival paper, if copied properly.
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#78Really interesting as an experiment in industrial design and a conversation piece. As a viable product, I have some doubt: anecdotally, when I see people printing documents, they're in something of a hurry, and keeping the pile of paper sheets aligned would be hard. If you slightly knock the printer while using it, the stack of paper may tilt to a side. And having to keep the papers aligned would become an annoyance…
That was my initial thought, but in practice I don't think you'd really stack up the paper as shown in the photos. You might stack up a couple of reams, which is a lot lower than the stacks shown, and it might be possible to add some kind of collapsible/telescoping "corner plates" that would help keep the stack from shifting.
Yeah no need to unwrap the packaging of any but the top pack of sheets anyway.
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#79The sooner the printer dies, the better. Every company or process that makes me print something in 2013 makes me barf. Ever heard of web forms? Docusign? Email? So, as beautiful as this is, it's solving a problem for 1960-1995. Now, all I want to see in the printer innovation is some way to kill it off faster.
Like the Facit typewriter that was innovated out due to the PC. They never saw it comming.
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#80This printer concept is also cool: http://renelee.net/arc/
Pretty cool indeed. The design process [1] is also quite interesting to read.