HP Designjet 3D Printer Now On Sale

[darjr]

HP Designjet 3D Printer Now On Sale, Churns Out Solid Plastic Objects From the Desktop | Popular Science

I want the color model please.

It's only the beginning. In a couple of years it'll look like the first gen ipods look like to the new as of yet unreleased iphone.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Its all well and good until you get your first plastic jam.

 

[Nifft]

It's going to all be over when these things can sexually reproduce.

Cheers, -- N

 

[D'karr]

It's going to all be over when these things can sexually reproduce.

Cheers, -- N

Right now they can asexually reproduce, so it is over now....

 

[Nifft]

Right now they can asexually reproduce, so it is over now....

Nah. They can't print circuit boards or make the chips which go in them.

"...yet", -- N

 

[coyote6]

Hmm, I wonder if you could print plastic minis with it?

 

[renau1g]

Hmmmm $17.5k can buy a lot of minis though.... although the freedom to create your own is cool, however you might need to be a CAD designer or something to get really nice ones

 

[Dire Bare]

Hmmmm $17.5k can buy a lot of minis though.... although the freedom to create your own is cool, however you might need to be a CAD designer or something to get really nice ones

While the individual hobbyist (who is loaded) might go for this . . . what I'm really wondering if this printer makes sense for a business like WotC or Reaper. Minis on demand! Anything in the back catalog, we'll just "print" it for you!

 

[darjr]

or some one with access to a back catalog or old classics and a 3d scanner

 

[Peter Lee]

Honestly, with a properly designed CAD model you'd be able to drop on whatever weapon combination, head, pose, etc, that you want. You'd also be able to get around some of the pose restrictions that the casting process requires.

The big question is the fidelity of the final piece. I've seen some 3D printers that are really grainy. (The Figureprints models for Rock Band/WoW, for instance, would look horrible at a 25mm scale.)