From ComputerWorld: After announcing in 2014 it would bring an industrial 3D printer to market within two years, HP went mostly silent -- until now.
Next week, HP plans on pitching its Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer at the South by South West (SXSW) conference in Austin.
Steve Nigro, president of 3D printing at HP, said the MultiJet Fusion 3D Printer is on schedule for mass production and will ship late this year; it will retail for between $100,000 and $1 million.
HP is not interested in going after a piece of the $4 billion-to-$6-billion 3D printer market, Nigro said. Its focus is on the $12 trillion manufacturing market.
"First off, ...we're targeting rapid prototyping..., but we're really looking at the production opportunities where ultimately you start doing final parts production using 3D printing -- where Multi Jet Fusion will shine.
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