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The field of additive manufacturing has experienced an incredible surge over the last few years. Affordable end-user printers, which open a wide variety of new production opportunities, have spread throughout the so called "maker community", while overblown reports about the possibilities on offer have whipped up a real hype. Although new ways of making products have now become available, what can actually be achieved often lags behind people's expectations. On the one hand, this is down to component quality and the materials being used, while on the other hand, most printers found in the end-user sphere use the FDM or DLP process, which significantly restricts the printing methods that can be utilized.