For methods of applying a 2D image on a 3D surface, see pad printing. For methods of printing 2D parallax stereograms that seem 3D to the eye, see lenticular printing and holography.
An ORDbot Quantum 3D printer.
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Timelapse video of a hyperboloid object (designed by George W. Hart) made of PLA using a RepRap "Prusa Mendel" 3D printer for molten polymer deposition.
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History of printing
Woodblock printing (200)
Movable type (1040)
Printing press (1453)
Etching (ca. 1515)
Mezzotint (1642)
Aquatint (1772)
Lithography (1796)
Chromolithography (1837)
Rotary press (1843)
Hectograph (1869)
Offset printing (1875)
Hot metal typesetting (1884)
Mimeograph (1886)
Screen printing (1910)
Spirit duplicator (1923)
Inkjet printing (1951)
Dye-sublimation (1957)
Phototypesetting (1960s)
Dot matrix printer (1968)
Laser printing (1969)
Thermal printing (ca. 1972)
3D printing (1984)
Digital press (1993)
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Additive manufacturing or 3D printing[1] is a process of making a three-dimensional solid object of virtually any shape from a digital model. 3D printing is achieved using an additive process, where successive layers of material are laid down in different shapes.[2] 3D printing is also considered distinct from traditional machining techniques, which mostly rely on the removal of material by methods such as cutting or drilling (subtractive processes).