Then he asks for the model number of your printer to facilitate the next, overdue shipment of the toner or cartridge that you use.

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Or it could be a piece of jewellery, cast from a mould made by a 3D printer or produced directly using a growing number of printable materials.

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Essentially, the Cornucopia concept is a 3D printer that precisely mixes foods and flavors from a number of canisters in order to produce something that's edible (and supposedly close to what you ordered).

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With an increasing number of organizations looking to equip their employees with these devices going forward, printer sales could decline considerably.

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