If you don't have access to a 3D printer, make the pieces yourself by printing out cartoon characters and taping them to erasers.
It noted that "niche and novelty" applications for 3D printers are on the rise, such as the consumer experiences being developed by Hasbro and Hersheys in partnership with 3D printer makers — for print it yourself toys and chocolates, respectively.
It's much cheaper to have a picture (or group of pictures) printed by a commercial printer than to print it yourself on an inkjet printer.
Cards are free at places likevistaprint.com but I recommend you pay the extra fee to promote yourself instead of your printer on the backside.
If you find yourself waiting impatiently as your printer churns through long documents with charts and pictures, you may want to add more memory to speed things up.
A project called Fabricate Yourself turns the Kinect into a 3D printer of sorts.
If you have a inkjet printer, then you can easily make the prints yourself using the digital camera software.
But before you make the plunge on these specialized printers, you should ask yourself how often are you going to do that kind of printing.
You may delude yourself into thinking that HP is in the printer or server business.
If contention over a printer is the issue, you're probably better off buying yourself a new one and giving the old one to the kids.
