Backing a Kickstarter project isn't the same thing as purchasing a product. These people haven't got a product to sell at this point, and what they've got isn't too convincing. They may eventually come up with one, but since they've already made the decision to deceive people on their Kickstarter page, the chance that you'll actually get a printer that meets your expectations is slight. The best you're likely to end up with is a refund. $3000 USD is enough to buy quite a number of prints; if that's what you want; I don't think it's really enough to buy a functional full-color powder printer. If you really want a color printer but can't afford a new ProJet, used Z-corp machines come up on Ebay pretty frequently. Here's one, for example, going for a lot less than $90,000: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZCORP-Z406-3...item2595860fe0

Andrew Werby
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