Users including bam (LulzBot) and Caleb Kraft (Make: Magazine) have turned their 3D printers into 2D printers! By custom printing a rig for a ballpoint pen, a 3D printer can be set to plot a drawing uploaded as a design jpeg. This may seem like a silly use of a 3D printer, but it is also undeniably great to watch a drawing being made on a plotter. Check out the full article: http://3dprint.com/19828/3d-to-2d-draw/


Below is a tree being drawn via Bic pen attached to a 3D printer: