There are drawbacks, of course. The size of products that can be made using a desktop 3D printer is usually limited to something that can fit within a five-inch (12.7cm) cube.

当然，家庭使用的三维打印机也有不足，使用桌面三维打印机制能制作出五立方英寸（12立方厘米）大小的产品；不足工业用三维打印机能够制作的产品尺寸的六分之一。

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Early printers were limited. High cost and limited USES meant the 3-d printer market was small.

早期的三维打印机应用范围有限，高昂的成本和有限的应用范围也意味着三维打印机的市场很小。

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Companies need to properly lock down their MFPs, but traditionally there has been a limited availability of printer security solutions to keep them Fort Knox safe.

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The printer, since Gutenberg, had been limited to the function of re-creation: if you wanted to print a specific image or letter, you had to have a physical character or mark corresponding to that image or letter.

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"Adafruit has always been a company that offers creative and engaging products and we are excited to be able to partner with them to offer the Limited Edition MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer, " noted Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot.

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