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And the short-run manufacturing is really what we’re pushing, when you get into [the] manufacturing [segment], that’s a 12 trillion dollar industry -- [though] we have a long way to go. But HP appears to be off to a good start. I think HP has a real game-changing technology on its hands here, Joe Kempton, an analyst at market researcher Canalys, said. As long as the company can come through with the type of speed and low cost advantages that it has promised. And higher volume production is the next stage for 3D printing.