For his diploma project, industrial designer Mugi Yamamoto created a device named “Stack Printer”.
As its name suggests, this printer is stacked on top of a sheaf of papers, “eating” its way down to the very last piece.
Yamamoto studied how printers were designed, and chose to make one without a tray as he found that the tray is the machine's most bulky component.
By doing so, he had hoped to make printing more convenient as users do not need to get up to replenish the paper with such a design.
However, the printer can only work its way through 200 pieces of paper at a time as the printed pages will rest atop this machine, weighing it down.
Yet, its sleek and clean design makes it aesthetically appealing and may prove to be more portable and user-friendly than a regular printer.
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[via Dezeen Magazine ]