Is this a good idea? should all shops have one in U.K?

Question

When i was on holiday in spain i went to buy a newspaper (the sun), and it was a machine, i put 1 euro in and it prints a newspaper off in 60 seconds.

i think all shops should have one then there would be less paper wasteage from unsold newspapers.

Answer 1

blinding idea.....

i think the paper boy should carry the machine around with him in the morning..lol

Answer 2

Brill idea

Answer 3

Interesting idea at first read.

However tell me about the toner, who changes it, how often it needs refilled, how much fuel is spent to refill the toner, paper, and service these machines.

Is the toner being refilled, or is a new one put into the machine, and the old one sent to the landfill?

~Garnet

Homesteading/Farming over 20 years

Answer 4

I like it, but what about suscribing to the paper online? That would save even more paper.

Answer 5

this is a great idea, saves wasting printing ink and wasting newspaper!

Answer 6

I was In Hawaii in 1982 and they had newspaper machines on Street corners then

Answer 7

Wonderful idea!   :-)

Answer 8

Sounds cool could do it for books mags etc even better

Answer 9

As a printer by trade, I think it is a bad idea.

Maggie Thatcher killed off 85% of the British printing industry when she was in power, ...please don't let robots kill off the rest.

Remember when computers became public? They said it would cut down on paper usage. How wrong they were!

We use more paper than ever now that we are computerised.

In the early seventies a sunday newspaper in the UK cost 8d in old money (less than 4p in current money) and was the size of a car door, now it is half the size and costs an arm and a leg, ...and a wheelbarrow to carry it home in.

Let's see if a roadside newspaper printing/vending machine can put all the supliments and leaflets/ DVD's, etc., inside!

Answer 10

that's a brill idea

i never buy news papers as i look on line but ppl on the run this is great

but it could slow the rush hour down so maybe it's only good for tourists