So at the TCT show at the NEC (Birmingham, UK) this year one of the interesting developments was by XYZprinting. They have just launched their Da Vinci Color.

This is a kind of combination CMYK inkjet and FDM 3D printer. It uses an special type of filament that absorbs ink from their CMYK inkjet cartridges. As the printer prints it is able to print out this "conventional" ink onto the pla so that you can produce full colour prints.

It is quite impressive and gets around having to have multiple filaments. It's not quite a Polyjet but it is a very good alternative method of getting full colour prints.

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