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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.

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)

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3-D printers are machines that “print” three-dimensional objects by melting plastic and depositing the material layer by tiny layer based on a computer-generated design. They have long been used in industry, but the consumer market is growing.

3-D printing makes its way to consumers

Plastic items made by Diego Porqueras using a 3-D printer.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

3-D printing makes its way to consumers

More plastic items made with a 3-D printer at Diego Porqueras’ Deezmaker store in Pasadena.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

3-D printing makes its way to consumers

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)

3-D printing makes its way to consumers

A shoe with a phone case was made with a commercial 3-D printer at 3D Systems Inc.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

3-D printing makes its way to consumers

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)

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