<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/1315/full-colour-3d-printers/ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:58:39 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12903/#p12903 It's still one color at a time.  BFB printers have had 3 extruders for a long time, though for a lot more money.   Color blending has been done, but without much control.

]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:58:39 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12903/#p12903 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12899/#p12899 Maybe we spoke too soon

http://reprappro.com/Tricolour_Mendel

]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:05:25 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12899/#p12899 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12760/#p12760 From the video link, it seems that Staples owns the company that is making the paper.  I wonder if they will be able to use the scrap from their print services in its manufacture.  They have the advantage of having recycled material that matches the final output, rather than a mishmash.

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:49:33 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12760/#p12760 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12742/#p12742 Well I suppose it depends entirely on whether or not they recycle the scraps. Those demo videos show the equivalent of an A4 ream of paper for something a couple of inches wide.

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:47:07 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12742/#p12742 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12732/#p12732 Massive wastage? Surely they just pulp the paper afterwards. No different from fringing up extruded abs prints and remedying those as filament.


I saw a you tube video of a epoxy bount powder printer, that just used a regular inkjet head to colour the powder after it's been glued.

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:24:14 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12732/#p12732 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12725/#p12725 It lays the paper down, makes the cuts, sprays glue onto it in a tight pattern where the object is, and in a loose pattern outside the object.  Then it lays the next page down and makes the cuts for that layer, etc.  Overhangs aren't a problem because they are supported by the sheets underneath which I assume get no glue at that position.

I didn't realize that they had their own special paper developed, but that makes sense.  They originally said that they used ordinary office paper, but they could need something that cuts clean and doesn't leave loose fibers on the edges.

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:01:43 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12725/#p12725 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12721/#p12721 Interestingly idea. The thing that gets me is the massive wastage for each part.

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:56:27 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12721/#p12721 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12713/#p12713 THAT is very cool.

I guess this would be more suited for models not meant to be functional or used in any way, just as visual representations.

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:05:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12713/#p12713 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12712/#p12712

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:58:22 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12712/#p12712 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12710/#p12710 So the machine prints a sheet of paper with whatever colour is required, cuts it out to the correct shape, and pastes it to the previous layer, and repeats? I wonder if it uses support material or how it deals with overhangs?

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:40:53 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12710/#p12710 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12645/#p12645 IanJohnson wrote:

The MCOR Iris prints in full color with paper.

I read that this costs $15K/year, but with free supplies (paper and ink)

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:57:46 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12645/#p12645 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12642/#p12642 If I won the lottery, something like this would be what I would get:

http://objet.com/3d-printers/connex/objet1000

Large size, multiple colour AND material all in the one machine. Does silicone and rubber parts in the same part as well as hard ABS like plastic.

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:33:55 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12642/#p12642 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12629/#p12629 I can certainly some some useful applications. Architectural models, busts, geographical models. But I don't think k it would be very useful for what most of us would want to make. I plan on making robot parts, rc parts. Cosplay costume parts. I think abs is a much better suited material for those types of applications.

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:50:36 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12629/#p12629 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12607/#p12607 They say it's pretty strong, very similar to wood.  If you pick up a pack of printer paper and imagine it all glued together, that makes a pretty solid block of material.  It's like printing 100% infill all the time.   It won't be waterproof, but you could fix that with some kind of coating.

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:09:24 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12607/#p12607 <![CDATA[Re: Full colour 3D printers?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/12604/#p12604 That's pretty cool but wouldn't the end product be pretty useless for any real world application? Unless your just printing out pretty busts...

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:45:24 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/12604/#p12604