Graphical 3D printing is a relatively novel field of 3D printing focusing on reproducing the visual material appearance of an object in addition to its shape. Applications can be found in traditional prototyping, patient-individual surgery planning, fabricating prosthetic eyes, movie and entertainment industry as well as creating replicas in the field of cultural heritage. This paper gives a rough overview on the major challenges as well as solutions in graphical 3D printing focusing on imaging and computational aspects. It also gives an outlook to future research directions and new applications.
Philipp Urban, "Graphical 3D Printing: Challenges, Solutions and Applications" in Proc. IS&T London Imaging Meeting 2020: Future Colour Imaging, 2020, pp 87 - 90, https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2694-118X.2020.LIM-35