Generating three-dimensional objects and generating images on substrates
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMegha Jaiswal, Rishi Sharma, Sanket Naik, Fernando Juan, Edward Dale Davis
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Abstract
A printing system may be provided. The printing system may include an agent distributor to selectively deliver at least one printing agent onto a substrate on a first type of supply module and a layer of build material on a second type of supply module. The printing system may include a controller to control the agent distributor to selectively deliver the at least one printing agent in patterns derived from data representing a slice of a three-dimensional object to be generated and representing an image to be generated on the substrate.
Claims15
A printing system comprising:
- an agent distributor to selectively deliver at least one printing agent onto a substrate on a first type of supply module and a layer of build material on a second type of supply module;
- and
- a controller to control the agent distributor to selectively deliver the at least one printing agent in patterns derived from data representing a slice of a three-dimensional object to be generated and representing an image to be generated on the substrate.
A printing system comprising:
- a housing having a surface defining a receiving volume to removably receive first and second types of supply modules;
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- a controller to control the printing system to generate a three-dimensional object in the first type of supply module and to generate an image on a substrate in the second type of supply module.
A method comprising:
- obtaining control data derived from data representing a three-dimensional object to be generated and an image to be generated;
- positioning a substrate on a first support member in a first type of supply module in a printing system;
- depositing a layer of build material on a second support member in a second type of supply module in the printing system;
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- selectively delivering, using an agent distributor, at least one printing agent onto the substrate in a first pattern based on the control data and onto the layer of build material in a second pattern based on the control data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.