THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) DIGITAL FINISHING ARCHITECTURE
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1. A system comprising:
- a three-dimensional (3-D) printer creating a 3-D item based on 3-D printing information;
a finishing device operatively connected to said 3-D printer performing finishing operations on said 3-D item based on finishing information; and
a communications device operatively connected to said 3-D printer and said finishing device, said communications device automatically providing said 3-D printing information to said 3-D printer and said finishing information to said finishing device.
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Systems and methods include/use, among other components, a three-dimensional (3-D) printer creating 3-D items based on 3-D printing information, and a finishing device. The finishing device performs finishing operations on the 3-D item based on finishing information. Also, such systems and methods include a communications device, and the communications device automatically provides the 3-D printing information to the 3-D printer, provides the finishing information to the finishing device, and provides two-way status information updates between the 3-D printer and the finishing device.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a three-dimensional (3-D) printer creating a 3-D item based on 3-D printing information; a finishing device operatively connected to said 3-D printer performing finishing operations on said 3-D item based on finishing information; and a communications device operatively connected to said 3-D printer and said finishing device, said communications device automatically providing said 3-D printing information to said 3-D printer and said finishing information to said finishing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a three-dimensional (3-D) printer creating a 3-D item based on 3-D printing information; a finishing device operatively connected to said 3-D printer performing finishing operations on said 3-D item based on finishing information; and a communications device operatively connected to said 3-D printer and said finishing device, said communications device automatically providing; said 3-D printing information to said 3-D printer and said finishing information to said finishing device; and two-way status information updates between said 3-D printer and said finishing device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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providing 3-D printing information to a three-dimensional (3-D) printer, said 3-D printer automatically creating 3-D item based on said 3-D printing information; automatically providing finishing information to a finishing device using a special-purpose communications device, said finishing device automatically performing finishing operations on said 3-D item based on said finishing information, and said communications device being operatively connected to said 3-D printer and said finishing device; and automatically providing two-way status information updates between said 3-D printer and said finishing device using said special-purpose communications device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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