That's a pity. I hope he sends it back to the CHM in a few years. I feel sorry for the machinists who gave the demos, they seemed to have a real connection with it.

It'd be awesome if you could make it print the lyrics for Daisy Bell before it's shipped. I know it can print numbers. Can it print words too?

I guess bit-mapped graphics are not an option ;-)

I am sure they will revise the container in which it was initially shipped.
At one of the demonstrations I was told that when it arrived all the parts
were oxidized from the changes in temperature and humidity during the flight
and it had to be taken apart, all the parts polished and then reassembled.

It should have been shipped in a nitrogen filled enclosure.

I took many pictures if it during the demonstration and have shared them
with many of my hi-tech friends.

Viewing it in operation is a once in a lifetime event