A new dimension in printing
Diego Porqueras, owner of the Deezmaker store in Pasadena, holds a portable 3-D printer that he sells for $650. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Plastic items made by Diego Porqueras using a 3-D printer. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
More plastic items made with a 3-D printer at Diego Porqueras’ Deezmaker store in Pasadena. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Figures made with commercial 3-D printers sit on a shelf at 3D Systems Inc., which originally had its headquarters in Valencia but moved to South Carolina. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A shoe with a phone case was made with a commercial 3-D printer at 3D Systems Inc. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A plastic 3-D image of Albert Einstein as it appears when it is held up to a light at 3D Systems Inc. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)