Entering a location, maybe a book shop, and having the book you want printed and bound within a few minutes—this is the promise of Gutenberg One.

The Gutenberg One is a compact and fully self-contained printing and binding unit for books, which is small and affordable enough to be placed in a wide range of locations. If the idea sounds somehow familiar, you might have heard about predecessor projects like the Xerox Espresso Book machine.

So far, these book-on-demand on-site printers have had a very limited impact on the market. France-based Gutenberg & Co promises to change this with the Gutenberg One. To fit in a limited retail space, the Gutenberg One has a footprint of about 4 square meters (43 square feet) and is able to produce a book in under five minutes.