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The Genius of the Lego Printer

Posted by timothy on from the dot-by-dot-by-dot dept.

Barence writes "If you've ever struggled to build anything more complex than a cube of Lego, this will blow your mind. It's a fully functioning Lego printer, complete with felt tip print head."

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  1. Linux by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but is there a Linux driver?

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  2. Re:It's not a printer by poopdeville · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, it's not a plotter. Plotters are able to move the substrate back and forth underneath the pen. Combined with the left and right motion, a plotter can make a line in any direction on the substrate. "Plotters are restricted to line art," as your wikipedia link says. This can't even do line art. It must rasterize ("pixelize") an image before it can be printed.

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  3. Re:Technically... by mea37 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Plotters draw vectors. Based on the demo this is pretty clearly raster-based. Don't let the way it holds the ink fool you; it's a printer.

  4. Re:No by tattood · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't get it.

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