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[–] Aux 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The problem with printers is that no one actually cares. There are plenty of DIY 3D printers, which are arguably even harder to make, but there's a huge community behind. Regular printers - no one cares.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's actually easier with 3D printers in some ways.

3D printers:

  • Only one extruder needed
  • Parts are easy to source (basic aluminum extrusions, stepper motors, wires)
  • There software is easy to find online and install
  • The accuracy needed is pretty lax

2D printers

  • Can get away with 1 color, but 4 if you need full color which gets complicated fast. Granted 3D printers aren't much better on this front
  • The parts are not easy to source. They're often proprietary and therefore expensive
  • Good luck finding software for it
  • The accuracy needed for printing is far higher than 3D printing

There are open source 3D printers, and quite a few of them. To my knowledge, there are no 2D printers that are open source. At best you can find instructions on how to hack proprietary ones.

[–] Mango 1 points 9 months ago

I want a full color 3d printer.