For those who don’t know about the technology of 3d printing, it has been around for a while. Earlier models of 3d scanners and printers were far too costly and would have been expensive for anyone other than engineers, scientists, and major manufacturing firms, which could afford to have this technology in-house.Today services are far less costly with the average printer and scanner sitting in a more reasonable price range for smaller business entities. In fact, it is easy to pick up a 3d scanner or printer for around the same price as a top of the range flat screen 3D TV.