Abstract:
According to an example, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory. The memory may have stored thereon machine readable instructions that may cause the processor to access an initial halftone image of a three-dimensional (3D) object, the initial halftone image being generated from a continuous tone image of the 3D object. The instructions may also cause the processor to iteratively modify voxel data for the initial halftone image to identify updated voxel data that more accurately corresponds to the continuous tone image than the initial halftone image and to generate halftone image printing data for the 3D object containing the updated voxel data.
Abstract:
A method of three-dimensional (3D) printing is provided. Print data is received, which defines patterns of at least one agent to be applied to a layer of build material. These patterns are at least partially based on a 3D model of at least one object to be generated. The print data is processed to determine regions which are distant from said patterns. The print data is modified to add a further pattern of a detailing agent to be selectively applied to the layer of build material to generate fracture regions in a processed volume of build material.
Abstract:
According to an example, a computing apparatus may include a processing device that may access a three-dimensional (3D) object model of a 3D object and determine whether 3D render data for an equivalent 3D object model has previously been processed, is scheduled to be processed, or is currently being processed, the equivalent 3D object model being equivalent to the accessed 3D object model. The processing device may assign 3D render data corresponding to the equivalent 3D object to the 3D object or may generate processed 3D render data for the 3D object using the accessed 3D object model depending upon whether 3D render data for an equivalent 3D object model has previously been processed, is scheduled to be processed, or is currently being processed.
Abstract:
In some examples, a lamp assembly for a printing system includes a heating lamp to generate heat in an active region of the printing system, and a housing comprising an inner chamber containing the heating lamp, an airflow inlet to receive a cooling airflow for provision into the inner chamber of the housing to cool the heating lamp, and a plurality of exhaust holes through which heated exhaust air is to exit from the inner chamber of the housing, the plurality of exhaust holes formed in a wall of the housing. The lamp assembly further includes an attachment element to attach the lamp assembly to a carriage of the printing system.
Abstract:
According to an example, in a method for forming a three-dimensional (3D) printed object, a plurality of layers of the 3D printed object and a channel that extends through the plurality of layers may be formed, in which the plurality of layers is formed of a first material. In addition, a supporting element may be inserted into the channel such that the supporting element extends through multiple layers of the plurality of layers, in which the supporting element is formed of a second material that differs from the first material.
Abstract:
According to an example, a three-dimensional (3D) printer may include a spreader to spread build material granules into a layer on a build area platform, a pressing die positioned above the layer of spread build material granules, in which the pressing die is to apply pressure onto the layer of build material granules to fragment the build material granules into primary particles to increase the density of the layer of build material granules, and a printhead to selectively deposit a fusing agent between the primary particles of the spread layer of build material granules.
Abstract:
Energy efficient printheads are disclosed. An example printhead includes a substrate with channels to direct ink toward a plurality of nozzles of the printhead. The example printhead further includes a passivation layer on the substrate. The passivation layer includes a first thin film of a first dielectric material formed using atomic layer deposition.
Abstract:
Certain examples described herein relate to the processing of object data corresponding to a three-dimensional object. First data corresponding to a first portion of the three-dimensional object and second data corresponding to a second portion of the three-dimensional object, separate from the first portion, are determined. The first data is halftoned using a first halftoning technique to generate control instructions for an apparatus to produce the first portion of the three-dimensional object. The second data is halftoned using a second halftoning technique to generate control instructions for the apparatus to produce the second portion of the three-dimensional object.
Abstract:
A printhead may include a number of s-shaped dies embedded in a moldable substrate. An medium-wide array may include a number of printheads with each printhead including a number of s-shaped dies and an ejection fluid feed slot to provide a single type of ejection fluid to the s-shaped dies. An s-shaped die of a printhead may include a number of columns of nozzles and an electrical interconnect coupled to a number of firing chambers associated with each of the nozzles, the electrical interconnect positioned adjacent to the number of columns.
Abstract:
According to an example, an arrangement of parts to be printed in a build envelope of a three dimensional (3D) printer may be determined through identification of a plurality of parts to be printed and generation of a respective virtual bounding box for each of the plurality of parts. In one example, a determination may be made that a total volume occupied by the generated virtual bounding boxes falls below a predetermined threshold of the build envelope volume and an arrangement of the virtual bounding boxes inside the build envelope that results in a total height of the virtual bounding boxes being minimized may be determined, to enhance efficiency in printing of the plurality of parts by the 3D printer.