>>>Since a lot of peripherals now are wireless it really doesn't require anything being physically hooked to them as long as you address them and send something. Lots of printers working that way now printing pictures from phones etc. Bluetooth or Wifi kind of makes physical connection moot so now you are just down to handshake protocols.
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>Fair enough. I've noticed that Kinkos already offers a service where you can upload a document to be color printed and bound ready for collection/to be couriered within minutes. I'm told some people in NY don't bother with printers any more since the local print shop has nicer quality and can bind it professionally for little more than the cost of using your own inkjet.
Even cooler: I've been interesting 3D printing for a while and there are already services where you can design something using some opensource 3d modeling software, upload the design to a service and in a week have your gizmo back 3D printed in any one of a number of materials at what I think is a very reasonable price ( quite a number of places offering the service. Good way to get some return on investing a 3D printer.)
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