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by aimran
Tue Dec 01, 2015 4:25 am
Forum: 3DP printing
Topic: Hacking the HP45
Replies: 749
Views: 2890024

Re: Hacking the HP45

Got bored of FO4 already? ;) I'd like to help but I really don't have any experience with 3DP nor electronics. I'm a mechanical engineer by trade and have only a Prusa i3 at home. Currently helping a guy localise the Prusa i3 in my country to cut a few hundred bucks. I'm doing that for free because ...
by aimran
Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:22 am
Forum: 3DP printing
Topic: Hacking the HP45
Replies: 749
Views: 2890024

Re: Hacking the HP45

I know this is a bit late in the game but why the need to hack an print head? Can't we trick a normal printer into thinking it's printing on paper and move the print head in the y-axis using its paper feed roller mechanism? Each layer is sliced as a separate page to trick the printer and when print ...