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Wondering how they are printing these. Not aware of a plastic printer that can do that kind of color - are these hand painted afterwards, or come off the machin
by jtagen 14y ago
Wondering how they are printing these. Not aware of a plastic printer that can do that kind of color - are these hand painted afterwards, or come off the machine looking like that?
- chao- 14y agoThe maker-bot style, plastic printers are not the only printers out there. For example, I know that the current Z-Corp printers create figures out of a sort of powder and literally use inkjet ink to put the full spectrum of color you would expect right into the surface of the model as it is made (it can get to be a millimeter or so deep, so it doesn't just scratch off). Although you do have to coat it in a lacquer/sealant to strengthen the model post-print. I wonder how the Japanese machine accomplishes this, or if it even needs to? My experience comes from some work I did for a startup that has such a machine, and uses it for similar purposes (human figures). They've got a decent page showing off their examples: http://www.actionfigurelabs.com/figure-gallery http://www.actionfigurelabs.com/figure-gallery