3D printing in color

Mimaki Integrates Fraunhofer’s Cuttlefish 3D Printer Driver into 3DUJ-553 Systems

Created by the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD (Germany) as advanced slicer software meant to control a variety of different hardware, Cuttlefish is a 3D printer driver that allows…

Automotive & LifeStyle: DyeMansion Launches ColorsX Series for 3D Printed Color Parts

While much of the focus in 3D printing revolves around hardware, software, and the endless continuum of expanding materials, we don’t hear as much about new finishing processes and colors….

3D Printing News Briefs: August 11, 2019

We’re starting off this 3D Printing News Briefs edition with some good news from Xometry – this week, it announced the availability of Carbon DLS technology as one of its…

3D Printing News Briefs: November 3, 2018

In this month’s first edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting again with news about formnext, before moving on to other business news, a medical story, and a case…

From Ideation to Production: OtterBox Embraces Stratasys’ New J750 Multi-Material 3D Printer

In the future, I would prefer to continue to receive all major news surrounded by otters. This new revelation was brought to me this past week at OtterBox‘s Fort Collins,…

Apple’s Patent Application Could Potentially Revolutionize Multicolor 3D Printing

The Apple rumor mill continues to churn! Last year, murmurs that the mega-corporation may be planning to enter the 3D printing market began to circulate after Apple filed for several patents…

Use Your 3D Printer to Color by Number with This Clever Project

Kurt Hamel is an engineer, builder, maker, hacker and “mad scientist” from Providence, RI, who uses his skills at 3D printing to create some useful and interesting objects and techniques….

Chameleon Ink Cartridge System Offers Filament Colorizing for any FDM 3D Printer

While 3D printing innovators, designers, and artists often share amazing new products with us, we see the bright and shiny results–often in an apparent display of tech-savvy genius and talent…

Spectrom 3D Divulges Plans for Individual Voxel Coloring within FFF 3D Printing Process

As we walked along the Sands Expo showroom floor at 2015 International CES, there were dozens of companies on hand showing off their latest 3D printing and scanning innovations, spread…

California Jewelry Designers Convert 3D Printed ABS Plastic Into Gold in Several Different Ways

There’s no question that 3D printing is revolutionary in any number of ways, but one of the serious limitations of this rapidly developing technology, albeit a generally aesthetic one, is…