3D Inkjet Printer Graveyard

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3D Inkjet Printer Graveyard The Collection houses old jewelry making 3D wax inkjet printers with Jim McMahon's unique sound wave drop generation using single nozzles.

Sound generates the drops. No fluid flows in nozzle. An original technology from 1984. See it at Solidscape.com now

09/21/2026

My 3D printing graveyard may be growing soon if I can't find a home for the 3D printing inkjet historical collection. I have a choice, sell off a few individual pieces or hold off and deliver the entire museum collection to one person or company. This choice will be made soon because time is not on my side. What would you do?

03/26/2026

On Demand drop ejection was introduced in 1973 with the single nozzle piezo driven ink jet technology by Steve Zoltan. Prior to this date, Continuous Ink Jet technology had been improved to print text, numerals, Braille and even topographical maps using hot melt wax and even liquid metal alloys for emblems.
On Demand Ink jets had problems with acoustics. The nozzles were the the same ones from Continuous Ink Jet. Piezo's had been added to CIJ to break the fluid stream into drops before. I think the On Demand Piezo jet was discovered by over driving the piezo's.
Here we are today praising On Demand ink jet and saying a Drop on Demand is good. Inventors have found ways to remove piezo's from the technology. Piezo's have been engineered to try and remove mechanical vibrations from unwanted fluid drop formations. Acoustics was feared when unexpected drop behaviour was seen. Today, only one product uses an improved single nozzle drop on demand technology for high frequency fluid jetting. (This is not low frequency bio printing with single nozzle dispensing)

12/03/2025

What's on my mind? Everything inkjet and acoustical. I don't follow the common fluid flow inkjet technologies. Inkjet began with wicking fluid on paper, then continuous streaming fluid with deflection electronics or magnetism. Everyone thinks on demand fluid flow is the newest inkjet technology.
The new technology works with no flow and no moving parts. It is 100% acoustic and sound waves expel drop drops at high rates. This technology was introduced in 1984 but was actually inspired by accident in 1979 using a crude Single nozzle inkjet. It is really not new, just well hidden.

11/23/2025

I am downsizing my 3D printer graveyard. I have a very large assortment of 3D inkjet printers, accessories and spare assemblies that could be fun for projects and modern art exhibits. Contact me here.

08/10/2025

This collection of ink jet 3D printers features actual products from the original manufacturers (BPM, Sanders Design International, Visual Impact Corp) and preliminary 3D research.

You all read about my experiences with designing the Echo Ink Jet system. It is simply a tubular ink jet with no interna...
07/07/2025

You all read about my experiences with designing the Echo Ink Jet system. It is simply a tubular ink jet with no internal moving parts and just a fluid supply. The drops are energized by sound or acoustic energy from longitudinal waves inside the nozzle. The fluid does not flow, it just transfers sound (molecular) energy to the apperture (or***ce) fluid surface. The fluid surface vibrates at a fixed frequency and releases one (1) drop per electrical pulse to the piezo transducer. It can do this once or as many as about 16,000 times per second on command. The printhead carriage moves to a new location and another drop is placed until the job is printed. The ink or material jetting is a solid at room temperature but liquid in the jet.This jet and material were the first 3D materials delivered to build models. Prior to this the same material printed Braille characters but these were never labeled 3D models. In 1984 these materials and jets printed layers of CMYK drops to make color pixels. Is one pixel, one part of a 3D model? I think so. If this is true, this jet and material was printing 3D in 1984 with the Pixelmaster full color printer, sold around the world. Pixels are single 3D objects. What do you think?

05/18/2025

There have been many inkjet printer products but only a few inkjet technologies.
Think about it. Which product did you buy? What is the type of inkjet in it? What is the ink material?
Now think about 3D inkjet printers. How many inkjet materials are there?
1. Solvent based inks.
2. Hot melt inks
3. UV Cured Resin inks
4. Nano particle loaded inks
5. Can you think of another?

04/23/2025

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