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A comment on If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Service [pdf].

Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by acgourley on Thursday July 24, 2014 @07:18PM (#8082911)
The article suggests the postal service 3D printing from their own facility. Is there is precedent of the post office even printing ink on paper and shipping it on behalf of others?
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Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by sp332 on Thursday July 24, 2014 @10:18PM (#8083490)
The only one I can think of was when people could write letters to soldiers in WWII by having them scanned onto microfilm, flown to a closer post office, then printed and delivered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-mail
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Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by golemotron on Thursday July 24, 2014 @07:19PM (#8082920)
They are desperate and with good reason - they've been screwed by Congress.
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Re:If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Servi... by dzhao on Thursday July 24, 2014 @07:20PM (#8082921)
They are just suggesting that 3D printing businesses locate themselves close to postal facilities so that they can quickly ship things. 3D printing hubs is a bit of a misleading heading.
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