Processor code for older printer controller???

[thuffner3]

Hello all,
I'm in the design phase of building a home brew 3D printer.
I'm thinking because of the lightness of components. That perhaps I can utilize most of the guts of a few old printers.
My question is this, Can I use the controller cards of these old printers? If so, what do I have to do to make this thing work, with say! conventional g-code or other such available software?

TIA
Neil

[erase42]

hi, just wondering what you are calling a 3d printer? do you mean like a pen plotter that can lift and drop the pen tip, or something with a print head that can print on non flat surfaces? More curious here than able to help.

[thuffner3]

Check out Z-Corp, they have a really neat 3D- Printer

Neil

[vacpress]

there is another post like this, where i suggest a few ways to rig-up a system comprable to z-corp without having to do the hard part -adapting an inkjet nozzle... it lets you experiment with a regular ghostscript and java solution...

[thuffner3]

Do you have a link to that post, or isit readily searched for?