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General info

This project is a printer made of Lego Mindstorms EV3 set

Printer

printer

In order to run this project you obviously need to build your own lego printer. It does not need to be identical to mine, but they must share some features, described below: TODO

Assembling instructions: TODO

Software

Python scripts load an input file, change its resolution, reduce the number of colors to 2 (single pen) or 6 (5 pens) and finally print it.

Technologies

  • python
  • ev3dev library

Setup

Use this instruction to set everything up:

How to run

TODO

Features

  • Paper format: A5
  • Output resolution: 150 x 180
  • Number of colors in basic mode: 2 (pen color + background).
  • Number of colors in multicolor mode: 6 (5 pens + background). Multi-pass printing with manual pen switching.
  • Semi-automatic calibration

Sample printouts:

printer

Future features:

  • Resolution increased to 300 x 360
  • Multicolor printing with any number of pens.
  • Improved accuracy

Status

The project is in progress.