I saw this printer years ago. It's not plastic, it's actually laser cutting slices of paper one layer at a time. .002" is pretty good resolution, but... it's glued paper. So I guess you could call it, wood?

Makes sense why staples is on board, just going to sell more paper
http://vimeo.com/44001453

This is interesting, nonetheless.

Rather pay a modest price for 'fake wood' than a premium for NOS/factory repro. Besides, a big steel ball is going to be whacking it most of the time.

This would be great for proto-typing.
You could have one 3d printed and than make a silicone mold from it to make resin copies.

That's a lot of friggin' paper just to "print" something. I thought half the appeal of 3d printing was that you weren't being wasteful with the media? Guess someone will always find a way to create more garbage. =\

Current polymer printers can create internal supports to strengthen printable models while allowing them to remain hollow, light, and strong. I guess this thing could be doing that as well, but did you see all the paper they're having to extricate to get the model out?

I would think that whatever was left over from a printing job would just go back into recycling.