3D Printers

we don't sell them, sorry

Jason,

     We looked hard at picking up a line but decided against it. Even now it seems like the wild west (Betamax vs VHS). We have also heard stories like yours where dealers had picked up a line (I think there are a half dozen technologies) had some initial success and then it kind of lingered. So we decided to wait to let the industry mature. I think Copier Dealers have the infrastructure to sell and support 3D Printers, but the market is still in too much flux.

Thanks fir sharing your experience, I wish I had better news for you,

Vince McHugh

Thanks Vince, You are correct. Everyone and their brother is coming out with a brand of 3D printer. We had some success with the schools but only in the consumer sized machines they can use in the classrooms that are 5,000.00 a piece. We thought it was going to be the next big thing and I think it will be at some point but just not yet. My dad is at the CDA meeting as we speak and he told me last night they had a 3d panel discussion among the group and no one was having success in the group according to him. Now I just have to figure out what to do with the 75000.00 printer on our floor. It is a nice advertising piece and gets a lot of attention and people in the door of the office so we may write it off monthly as advertising as one dealer has mentioned to us already. That dealer got in and spent about 250K on product and training and hasn't sold a single printer. We have probably invested 125k so far and I know it is not part of our strategy this year add to that. We even let our 3D specialist go in January as she did not have any interest in staying and selling copiers/solutions.