Most pen plotters work by moving the pen on two axes, but [Benjamin] took a different approach, using the friction drive bars from the printer to move the paper on one axis, and a servo to move ...

It’s why desktop 3D printers are such a powerful ... The design, which the team calls the Deep Ink Diver (d.i.d) is inspired by another plotter that [JuanGg] created. While the fundamentals ...

Thankfully, laser operations are much quicker than 3D printing, measured in seconds and minutes instead of hours and days. Bambu Suite is the new desktop app for laser, blade, and pen operations ...

The plotter was the first output device to print graphics and large engineering drawings. Using different colored pens, it could draw in color long before color inkjet printers became viable.