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I'm a bit surprised they're not selling prints.

Someone put a web front end on this, with an approximate preview of results.

This is a fun alternative:

  http://watercolorbot.com

There is a retro art movement around x-y desktop plotters. (My first "printer" was a plotter and it was magical (if a bit slow) to program and use.

While i agree completely, RIT's college of imaging science is a very R&D heavy college. Monetization is rarely a top-of-mind consideration for their projects.

> RIT's college of imaging science

Just a minor point, the coffee printer is from the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences[0], not the Center for Imaging Science[0]. CIAS does have some applied programs, though it has a fair number of pure-art programs. CIS is more R&D focused.

[0] https://cias.rit.edu/

[1] http://cis.rit.edu/

Many people doing stuff like this are just doing it for shits and giggles. They don't want to deal with the business side of things.

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