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by 3dprinted 3637 days ago
Neat project comparing FDM.

Now, let's be a little more fair and start looking at what production companies will be buying:

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/printers/3d-printers.html

http://www.stratasys.com/3d-printers/production-series

No contest. Having multiple hundreds of thousands of colors, properties (like heat-resistance, flexibility, different opacity), various different materials, automated easily removable supports, decent precision, and serious speed beats the shit out of your desktop model any day of the week. Sorry.