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   From: rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com   
      
   "Robert Clark"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>...   
   >>>   
   >>>Separate print heads assumes an inkjet model. These deposition methods   
   >>>do not have print heads. they lay down a layer of powder and then melt it   
   >>>where it needs to form the image.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>The Desktop Metal system is more akin to inkjet printing and does not use   
   >>powders:   
   >>   
   >>Desktop Metal Production System.   
   >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUOCiRktuCo   
   >>   
   >   
   >Uh, Bob?  The video says it uses powders.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Bound into solid rods with a binder similar to the solid rods used for   
   plastic 3D-printing:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fused_deposition_modeling   
      
      
     Bob Clark   
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