How fast that translates to printing organs and Star Trek-style replicators, however, depends on how many people start playing with the technology now, he said.

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But recording technology has evolved much faster than did printing technology so fast, in fact, that librarians can't keep up with it.

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Although Heidelberg dominates the traditional offset commercial printing market, Xerox leads the fast-growing digital-production color segment with a market share of 55%.

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Now that the Fed is (hopefully) just months away from taking the printing presses off overtime, the paramount question is how fast interest rates will climb.

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