<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Color 3D Printing?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/1636/color-3d-printing/ Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:35:31 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Color 3D Printing?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/15692/#p15692 Alcohol inks work on PLA.  You can get alcohol inks or make them yourself.  Therefore you could add color to printing.

]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:35:31 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/15692/#p15692 <![CDATA[Re: Color 3D Printing?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/15690/#p15690 The Zcorp printer squirts a small amount of binder into a bed of powder that makes it clump together.  It spreads a thin layer of powder over that and does it again for each layer.  It gets color by spraying ink into the powder, like an injket.  When done, you have to dig the model out of the remaining powder and blow it off.  It's very fragile, so the final dipping step was basically soaking it in super glue.

The Mcor is a blend of additive and subtractive I guess.  It is additive because it builds by adding layers of paper.  However it is subtractive in that each layer is cut out of a sheet.  With the Zcorp the extra powder is simply unused material, rather than removed material, and it can be used for subsequent builds.   With the MCor the extra paper is waste which is recyclable, but not directly usable by the printer.

]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:06:21 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/15690/#p15690 <![CDATA[Color 3D Printing?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/15681/#p15681 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnn-ACoMw4w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjBSoykoBNg

Is color 3D printing always a subtractive process or can it be additive as well? Looks like it just involves carving for the most part and dusting away the remains.

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