INTEGRATED DESKTOP 3-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING APPARATUS

摘要

There is provided a 3D printing apparatus (100) comprising: a printing module (200) comprising a print head for effecting printing of media layers at a print location; a build module (300) for receiving printed media layers (501A, 501B) from the print module and building the printed media layers to form a 3D object; and transport means (160) configured to transport media layers to the print location for effecting a printing of the media layers and to transport the printed media layers from the print location to the collator module. The printing and build modules are provided integrated in-line. The transport means provides continuous in-line transport of the media through the printing module to the build module.