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Experiment with Colour Printing

pocketmoon

Experiment with Colour Printing
December 08, 2013 07:26AM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 53

White ABS. Coloured in sections of the filament (prior to extruder) with red, green and black sharpie pens smiling smiley

Obviously only the surface of the filament is coloured.

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Pondering he possibility of 'just in time' colouring of the outside of he filament, just prior to the Hot End.

Rob.

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woodencase01

Re: Experiment with Colour Printing
December 08, 2013 07:30AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 112

Amazing! Excellent job!!

I've seen coloring done this way a few times and I think this is the way to go.

It could be interesting to work on a system like traditional printers with ink.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/08/2013 07:31AM by woodencase01.

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Dirty Steve

Re: Experiment with Colour Printing
December 08, 2013 12:04PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 560

I've run some Sharpie colored filament, I highly suggest not to!!!

The marker ink is only on the surface of the material, and as the filament feeds thru the extruder, the ink will deposit on the inside of your hot end and nozzle.

A better way is Rit dye method because it actually penetrates the filament, and is not just on the surface.

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dave3d

Re: Experiment with Colour Printing
December 08, 2013 01:16PM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 329

This is a really interesting idea that could be developed further I think.

You could just buy clear transparent filament and inject whatever coloured pigment you want. A multicolour automatic system?

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tmorris9

Re: Experiment with Colour Printing
December 08, 2013 08:40PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 1,171

Take a look at what Rich of Rich-Rap does with tie-dye [richrap.blogspot.com]

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nechaus

Re: Experiment with Colour Printing
December 08, 2013 10:12PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 313

i just use pens to color the white filament before it enters the machine, works very well, just not accurate, good for vase's and things like that