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You could probably 3d print most of the parts quite easily except the print head
by ishtanbul 2y ago
You could probably 3d print most of the parts quite easily except the print head
- RobotToaster 2y agoPaper handling is hard, that's why sprocket feed paper used to be popular.
- DaiPlusPlus 2y agoHypothetically... can't you just print a 2D document directly on a 3D printer?
- aqueueaqueue 2y agoYes but it is expensive and slow, rarely big enough for A4 (or Letter) and would be plastic. Additionally it would be maybe up to 4 colours. Not as in CYMK but as in 4 colours total no mixing. Unless you do a lithographic print but they need a light source to be seen. Also you can print pixels. You convert to G code so it is made up of lines.
- chongli 2y ago3D printers don't have anywhere near the resolution of 2D printers. Take something like a $300 Epson photo printer [1]. It has 5760 x 1440 dpi with 6 colours! [1] https://epson.ca/For-Home/Printers/Photo/Expression-Photo-XP-8700-Wireless-All-in-One-Printer/p/C11CK46201 https://epson.ca/For-Home/Printers/Photo/Expression-Photo-XP...
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoA Creality Ender 3 Pro, a common budget 3D printer, has an accuracy of 0.1mm. That's an equivalent of about 254 DPI. Of course, that's just the positioning. If you're 2D printing on a 3D printer by mounting a pen to the end, you're also limited by the thickness of the pen tip. In any case, you could certainly draw text, but you'd only want to use a font that relies on thin lines, nothing thick. Filled in spaces would be difficult, and of course, photos are just completely out of the question. As mentioned in a sibling comment, really you'd have just reinvented plotters which have existed for decades.
- Mashimo 2y agoYeah, people have put pens on the printhead to make them into a plotter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10zg0aL0Y5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10zg0aL0Y5M