In this research, we propose a novel digital fabrication system that makes a paper through an additive manufacturing process, especially for graphic designers. By using our system, designers can design various properties (e.g. thickness, color, transparency) of papers and output them in situ, which is hard in an existing paper production process.

In the current implementation, we use existing papers as the material and add CMC (Carboxymethyl Cellulose) and water to make the solution for printing. We designed the machine, which consists of a dispenser and an XY plotter, and created several output examples using the machine.

In ACM SIGGRAPH2018 (2018 August in Vancouver), we held a workshop for participants to design their own paper using our machines.

Publications:
Wataru Date and Yasuaki Kakehi. 2018. PaperPrinting: a Machine for Prototyping Paper and Its Applications for Graphic Design. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Studio (SIGGRAPH ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 8, 2 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3214822.3214830

伊達 亘, 筧 康明: “PaperPrinting: 紙のプロトタイピングから行うグラフィックデザインの提案”, 日本デザイン学会研究発表大会概要集, 2018, 65巻, 日本デザイン学会第65回春季研究発表大会, セッションID D5-01, p. 204-205, (2018/06), https://doi.org/10.11247/jssd.65.0_204, https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jssd/65/0/65_204/_article/-char/ja