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Specifically the type of printer that prints using spools of plastic filament, but that seems like the most common type anyway

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[-] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 68 points 9 months ago

Btw our heads are very slowly 3-D printing our hairs...

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

Just wait until you find out what your ass does.

[-] Burninator05@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

Soft serve ice cream machine?

[-] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago
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[-] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

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[-] waz@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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[-] sxan@midwest.social 23 points 9 months ago

Also, our fingers are printing fingernails.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe 2D is more accurate description.

[-] Perfide@reddthat.com 11 points 9 months ago

Hair is three dimensional.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

But the hair printer is not. It can’t make changes in third dimension.

[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

1D would actually be the most accurate, if we were going by movement.

[-] sus@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

So is printer paper and printer ink

[-] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I think hair is a 1d printer process.

[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 9 months ago

You're going to love/hate 3D printer pens

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 18 points 9 months ago

I didn't know this was a thing and I want one.

[-] Norgur@kbin.social 17 points 9 months ago

Really fun thing to play around with, although it requires some practice to do cool stuff with it.

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

There are some amazing creators on YouTube using these things. They’re so fun to watch.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I know this is impossible but I suddenly have a memory of seeing this at 2am while watching adult swim as a kid

[-] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago

I seem to remember something like this describes. Where instead of the ink being smooth, it was raised up, like a speed bump on the paper.

https://www.markersupply.com/sagl3dgelpe.html

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Those are plotters, not printers.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I think you got mixed up a bit.

A plotter is a specialized printer used for drafting and generally uses big (usu. 3-4ft length) rolls of paper. Some types do use pens, though they're usually short and specially shaped making them difficult to use manually

The OC was referring to the pens that work like an auto-feeding hot glue gun using colorized glue, or PLA if the heating element gets hot enough.

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

I think the main difference between printer and plotter is rasterization vs vector graphics.

[-] serpineslair@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Thought it was a pregnancy test at first glance.

[-] inconel@lemmy.ca 22 points 9 months ago

Not all printers are, but FDM printers are. SLA printers, the one uses projector and resin to makr high detailed figurines or parts with precision are basically fancy nail polish and curing light combimed.

[-] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[-] WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

It's a mime act with a comb.

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 17 points 9 months ago

It's exactly how I described it to my friends

They said "omg u have a 3d printer" I replied "nah it's just a glue gun on rails"

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Wait until you learn about resin printers

[-] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Yup, this is how I explain FDM printing to friends. It's like a giant hot glue gun, layer one layer at a time. Except instead of a giant hole for glue, it's a 0.4mm hole, really tiny.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

A personal computer is basically just a really fancy calculator.

[-] RealPuyo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

A calculator is just a very basic computer.?

[-] xoggy@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Calculators calculate while computers can be programmed with new instructions. Fancy calculators that can be programmed though, as you say, are basic computers. Meanwhile calculators that run BASIC are BASIC computers.

[-] thantik@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I run a 3D printer shop and that's what I tell customers all the time -- "It's a really tiny hot glue gun attached to a really cheap robot"

[-] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Nothing worse than a pile of hot snot to make that Instagram video project a reality.

[-] rikudou 1 points 9 months ago

Not really, different stuff altogether. 3D pens would be probably closer.

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