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Maryam Aljomairi

05.20 Update

We are a week away from the final presentation, so we've began to fine-tune and clean up some of our systems. The printer carriage has been remade to accomodate a laser to help us set up our origin.
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We've also began working on a letter/number library. We currently have all the letters, although a few need fine-tuning, the code has been written on arduino.
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Here is a sample code for the letter O
We've also milled a relatively complex topography in comparison to what we had milled the other week. It's a 5"x5" cube, which took roughly 3 hours to mill. We're hoping we can swap out the router bit from a 1/8" to a larger tool so we can take larger chunks of materials and reduce the roughing time. We'll be printing text and grid lines later tonight.
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Here's what we plan on presenting for the final:
  • Our Motivations - Existing flat bed printers are expensive, less at desktop scale, do not accept as much variation in the Z axis
  • Video of Use Examples
  • Explanation of System/Current Methods of Use
  • Possible Implications/Future Explorations

For the proof of concept it will be supported as follows:
  • Examples of hacked printhead capabilites, printing text, printing drawings, printing single lineweight, printing with all 12 inkjets
  • Printing on paper
  • Printing on flat substrates with varied thicknesses
  • Printed T-Shirts
  • Printing on 3d Surfaces also milled on same machine
Future Applications:
  • Implications of Z-Axis with Printing
  • Printing with UV Cured Ink
  • Assembly Instructions Printed on Parts
  • Scaled up Possibilities for applications in things like Architecture/Automotive