One such idea is having the 3D printer use a marker to label the enclosure and buttons it just 3D printed. The 3D print shown is an enclosure for a Pocket Operator by Teenage Engineering.

It may have been unfairly labeled a panacea a decade ago, but these days the silence on the topic hardly matches the real-world market 3D printing has found.

Looking for something a bit neater, [sandy] built a simple pen plotter to write labels on a roll of tape. The plotter uses the usual 3D printer components like steppers, drivers, belts, and rails.

In this video, I fabricate a missing piece for a vintage punch clock using 3D printing technology. The piece is designed in Fusion 360 and printed from red PLA on a Prusa i3 MK3S. The ...

State-backed rivals have made open source 3D printing nearly impossibleChinese subsidies shift global competition in desktop 3D printer productionCheap Chinese patents create obstacles far beyond ...

How do 3D printers work? What's the impact on our economy? How expensive are they compared to traditional manufacturing? We take a three-dimensional look at the world of additive manufacturing.