3D Printer produces full-color plastic parts.
Press Release Summary:
Built upon ColorJet Printing (CJP) technology platform, ProJet® 4500 continuous tone, full color 3D printer produces plastic parts for various modeling, functional prototyping, and real-use products. Strong, semi-rigid parts are delivered directly, pixel-by-pixel, from printer in pantone-like color without post-processing or painting. Designed to generate minimal waste, printer comes with sustainable VisiJet® C4 Spectrum materials.
Original Press Release:
3D Systems First to Deliver ProJet® 4500 Full-Color Plastic 3D Printer
- Prints strong, semi-rigid, high-res, pantone-like color plastics fast
- Ready-to-use parts and assemblies directly from the printer
- Only continuous-tone, full-color plastic 3D printer available today
- Green safe print process with minimal waste reduces parts cost
ROCK HILL, S.C. and FRANKFURT, Germany -- 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced the immediate availability of its ProJet(R) 4500 3D printer, the first and only continuous-tone, full-color plastic 3D printer available on the market. This category-defining 3D printer delivers ready-to-use vibrant, full-color durable plastic parts straight out of the printer for a wide range of modeling, functional prototyping and real-use products.
The ProJet 4500 builds on 3DS' powerful ColorJet Printing (CJP) technology platform and comes with a new class of sustainable VisiJet(R) C4 Spectrum materials. This revolutionary printer delivers strong semi-rigid parts, pixel-by-pixel, straight out of the printer, in high-resolution, pantone-like color with a superior surface finish. Safe for office, easy-to-use, sustainable to operate and fast to print on, the ProJet 4500 is economical and comes with fully integrated material recycling for greater yield and better total material usage.
"Leapfrogging from monochrome to full-color functional plastics redefines 'the possible' for designers, engineers, architects, marketers and artists," said Buddy Byrum, Vice President, Product and Channel Management, 3D Systems. "For the first time ever, users can get directly out of a 3D printer real-use parts, vibrant models, and functional prototypes in full color, quickly, accurately and affordably."
The ProJet 4500 prints fast, generates minimal waste, requires no supports and delivers ready-to-use, full-color, functional parts and assemblies without post-processing or painting. This category-defining 3D printer is ideal for consumer products, home furnishings, healthcare, toys and collectibles companies, and completely shifts the paradigm for professionals engaged in architectural modeling, marketing communications, fashion design and more.
3DS invented the CJP class of 3D printers and was the first to commercialize 3D powder-based systems in 1994. Today its CJP class printers are the undisputed category leader.
Get your ProJet 4500 with functional VisiJet C4 Spectrum materials today and begin to manufacture the future today at http://www.3dsystems.com/3d-printers/professional/projet-4500.
3DS is demonstrating the ProJet 4500 and revealing a dozen new products that catapult its entire portfolio of design-to-manufacturing solutions forward at EuroMold 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany, December 3 -- 6, 2013 at the Frankfurt Messe, hall 11, stand E68. The exponential speed, size and capacity gains delivered by these groundbreaking printers, advanced material options, and new scan-to-design and inspection tools defines the very essence of 3DPRINTING 2.0.
About 3D Systems Corporation
3D Systems is a leading provider of 3D content-to-print solutions including 3D printers, print materials and cloud sourced on-demand custom parts for professionals and consumers alike with materials including plastics, metals, ceramics and edibles. The company also provides integrated software and hardware tools including scan to CAD and inspection. Its expertly integrated solutions replace and complement traditional methods and reduce the time and cost of designing new products by printing real parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used to rapidly design, create, communicate, prototype or produce real parts, empowering customers to manufacture the future.
More information on the company is available at www.3DSystems.com.
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