In message , Bill Wright
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Thank you. So all these different plastics are available as 'ink'?


Different materials come in different formats. PLA comes as a filament
on a drum, others come as a liquid resin. Different types of printer
use different materials.

It may be worth spending a bit of time on You Tube looking at different
types of printers at work to get a better idea of what is involved.

Adrian
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