Casio’s ‘2.5D’ printer can mimic leather and fabric

The secret behind this trick lies within Casio’s “digital sheets.” These appear to be slightly thicker sheets of paper, but in fact, they contain a layer of micro powder between the inkjet layer and the paper or PET substrate. Each powder particle consists of a liquid hydrocarbon coated with a thermoplastic resin (acrylonitrile), and such …

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