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The name "3D printer" is said to be based on the product name "3D printing" by company Z, which was a manufacturer of full-color 3D printers, that was later acquired by 3D Systems. The company's products used the additive manufacturing method developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The additive manufacturing machine uses an inkjet method that blows out adhesive and color ink that hardens the gypsum material from the nozzle, and the mechanism was like a printer, so it seems to have been named so.
Currently, various manufacturers use the term “3D printer” for additive manufacturing machines other than inkjet type. In this way, 3D printers can be interpreted as a kind of marketing term rather than a technical name.
In addition to 3D printing, additive manufacturing is also called "additive manufacturing" (AM, additive manufacturing). It seems that there is no strict definition for the proper use of each name. all additive manufacturing methods are unified with "3D printer".
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The name "3D printer" is said to be based on the product name "3D printing" by company Z, which was a manufacturer of full-color 3D printers, that was later acquired by 3D Systems. The company's products used the additive manufacturing method developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The additive manufacturing machine uses an inkjet method that blows out adhesive and color ink that hardens the gypsum material from the nozzle, and the mechanism was like a printer, so it seems to have been named so.
Currently, various manufacturers use the term “3D printer” for additive manufacturing machines other than inkjet type. In this way, 3D printers can be interpreted as a kind of marketing term rather than a technical name.
In addition to 3D printing, additive manufacturing is also called "additive manufacturing" (AM, additive manufacturing). It seems that there is no strict definition for the proper use of each name. all additive manufacturing methods are unified with "3D printer".
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