The EBM is a fully integrated patented book making machine which can automatically print, bind and trim on demand at point of sale perfect bound library quality paperback books with 4-color cover indistinguishable from their factory made versions.

Espresso 1.5 is modular in 2 parts and measures about 9 feet long, 5 feet high and about five feet deep with printers.

The EBM will print bind and trim a 300 page book in about 7 minutes with a one printer model and in about 3 minutes with a two printer model. As many as six printers can be integrated into the EBM. Production cost is a penny a page and minimal human intervention is required for operation. The trim size of a book is infinitely variable between 8.5” x 11” and 4.5” x 4.5” and the EBM version 1.5 can bind up to 550 pages.

Routine intervention is needed for such tasks as refilling paper trays and emptying the trim receptacle tray. Occasionally, a paper jam will occur but the frequency is on par with any high quality laser imaging machine, perhaps once or twice a day under heavy use. Once cleared, books will continue to print from the page where they left off.

Consumables used by the EBM are paper, cover stock and toner suitable for laser printers, glue and charcoal filters. The glue comes in pellet form; a single box will cost less than $100 and can be used for roughly 10,000 books. Perhaps one charcoal filter is required per month at a cost of less than a dollar. The EBM is UL approved and well below OSA guidelines. For easy transport it is modular in three parts and can be reassembled at point of use.

EBM 1.5’s are located at the University of Alberta Bookstore in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; the Internet Archive Office in San Francisco, California; the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont; the Bibliotheca Alexandrina at Alexandria, Egypt; and there will soon be EBM’s at the New Orleans’ Public Library in New Orleans, Louisiana, The University of Michigan Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan and at DA Information Services in Mitcham, Australia. While the 1.5 model is a limited production model, our version 2.0 designed for mass production is in development and will be available in a year.

On Demand Books believes that the Espresso Book Machine will be of high value for educational institutions and libraries, public libraries, bookstores, self-publishing, multi-lingual environments and in many other global point of sale or point of need locations.