Brad wrote:

It would be good for models, but functional parts... nope.

I agree with that.  Water, heat, etc will mess those prints up faster then ABS or PLA.  Not even sure if they would hold up to making a mold, of course wouldn't need full color for that.

I think it will be targeted at businesses for promo purposes.

It would be good for models, but functional parts... nope.

I agree with that.  Water, heat, etc will mess those prints up faster then ABS or PLA.  Not even sure if they would hold up to making a mold, of course wouldn't need full color for that.

IanJohnson wrote:

Here is a video of the Iris from their channel.  They don't have very many examples of color models, what they have shown are really cool-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnn-ACoM … ature=plcp

Is this the printer that does layers of paper?

Seems so. I'm not sure this would be great for making parts.

Here is a video of the Iris from their channel.  They don't have very many examples of color models, what they have shown are really cool-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnn-ACoM … ature=plcp

Is this the printer that does layers of paper?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnn-ACoM … ature=plcp

Fortunately the labor and material costs for the Mcor is low enough they should be able to do consumer pricing.  And it's a good fit for Staples because there is no way they are paying $5 for a ream of paper.  They buy it wholesale in massive quantities.  It will be factored in to the overall cost, but doesn't need to have the retail markup of a box of paper applied to it.

In my opinion people are going about pricing the wrong way for home 3d printing.  If printer ink people thought the way we're thinking we would pay $1 per ink cartridge instead of $40.  You charge what the market will pay.  I look at the cost of a shapeways or the prices I personally am paying for people using 3dsystems printers for my prototypes.  If I base my prices off a percentage of that cost because my quality is a percentage of theirs I don't feel like I'm robbing anyone.  It doesn't cost me anything to do it.  I paid for the machine already, the electricity to run it is next to nothing, the cost of the filament per print is less than $1, and I've already got the software and computer needed to design anything I can dream up and run the printer.  I have tremendously real costs to print each item, but that doesn't mean I have to sell them for $2 each. 

I have the added benefit of a handful of years of buying 3d printed parts from a professional service house, so I know what I can get away with in my niche market.  If I was doing something for a brother or a friend I would do it for free.  An aquaintance I'd probably go design + (shapeways/2)

I can see using this for for bigger prints, and especially the color.  Layer resolution is .1mm (thickness of paper) and you don't have to worry about overhangs.  You just need to make sure that there won't be any interior volumes where you can't get the leftover paper out.  It would be great to pick up the same or next day rather than wait on Shapeways.   At the beginning I don't imagine there would be much wait since the market for that service is still small.   

I wish it wasn't Europe first, but Mcor is Irish and they are more established there.   I'm happy for them, it's a great printer.  The paper and glue method is much more compatible with the mainstream and would be a good home printer if it wasn't so big.  Can you imagine how much easier it would be to operate one of these?  No complicated toolpaths, only full slices like a DLP printer.  But no issues with focus, cure times, expensive toxic materials.  It just cuts an outline, sprays some glue, lays the next page on and cuts the next outline.   No judgement calls on how to tweak the settings for a particular type of object, just one speed for the blade, a set amount of glue for the part, and a light pattern of glue dots for the outside.  Bad prints go into the paper recycle bin.

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20121129- … sy-3d.html