Re: My 3D printer software done

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "vrsculptor"
<vrsculptor@...> wrote:

>
> I've completed the software to read and render Rhino SLC files to

the

> screen or printer. I would happily upload them to the file area in

a

> 3D Printer folder if I could get access.
>
> Now that the software is done (or at least working) I am going to
> start on the hardware. I'm planning on hacking a new $39 HP D2430.

Its

> guts look similar to the one that Graham is using. My initial plan

was

> to use Lexmark printers but they have a couple of problems like the
> use of stepper motors for paper feed and their mounting system is
> vertical making it much more difficult to deal with than the HP's.
>
> I have concerns with using these "el cheapo" printers for much more
> than a proof of concept. The are very lightly built and their
> cartridges are not well suited to high volume printing. If this

proof

> works out I would like to build one based on an Officejet PRO

printer.

> The high end models use the same parts as HP's industrial OEM
> printers. HP offers high capacity tanks for them and the print

heads,

> even though they are not part of the cartridge, only cost in the

range

> of $50 and are drop in.
>
> See < http://www.hp.com/oeminkjet/products/1000/overview.html>. I

have

> asked them for prices but I'm not very hopeful.
>
> Wil keep you posted.
>
> Roger
>

Cool, How does it work? I've got rhino to fill the countours with
surfaces but don't have time to work on a script to print each slice.
Have you guys think about using a old inkjet plotter, it should be
easyer to deal with it then a regular printer.

Fogassa