The University of Michigan has recently developed a machine for making books. The Espresso Book Machine printed and bound book of 300 pages in 7 minutes, sequence emotion
It consists of a black and white printer Kyocera FS-9530DN and a large format color printer Konica Minolta Magicolor 7450 for printing blankets. The software that controls the printing is Open Source (Open Printing Database ). The maximum finished size is 8.5 x 11 "or more or less 21.5 cm x 28 cm.
This machine contributes to the evolution of the practice commonly called Print on demand or POD (Print on Demand) and participates in the development of custom publishing (a book = individual), self-publishing ( self-publishing ) and sharing of academic resources.
Graphic designers, bookbinders, printers: On your marks to contribute to this technological and sociological instill quality and value-added fruit of knowledge and experience it takes at any cost share with industry to that the shape of the book can still be meaningful and contribute the editorial statement of a new era.
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