Their family textile-dyeing-and-printing trade, handed down for generations, uses natural vegetable dyes and wooden hand blocks for printing.

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After being expelled from school at the age of 14 he took on a variety of jobs, including message boy in the printing trade, apprentice electrician, apprentice baker and builder's labourer.

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Minneapolis is the fourth-largest printing center in the U.S., according to Printing Industry Midwest, a trade association.

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In New York, the Inhabitat team dropped by the 3D Printing Conference and Expo -- the first trade show of its kind -- and we rounded up some of our favorite 3D-printing innovations on display.

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Web sites such as GigaOm, TechCrunch and Valleywag--with a few laptops, a web server and some hustle--are crowding into beats once dominated by trade publications and enthusiast magazines who rely on printing presses and full-time writers and editors.

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Can there be defense trade control in the era of the internet and 3D printing?

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