You can even engrave and burn laser images into all sorts of materials ... the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links.

[Viacheslav] built a plotter that is fast and accurate. He wanted to take it one step further and added a laser in place of the pen. The 300 mW unit does a nice job of wood-burning any pattern ...

The H2D desktop printer can print using two materials at once, laser engrave graphics on flat and curved surfaces, precisely cut materials like leather and wood, and draw on your creations in color.

This laser display is persistent thanks to a glow-in-the-dark screen. [Daniel] built it using a Blu-ray laser diode. As the laser dot traverses the screen, it charges the phosphors in the glow ...

Newer electrostatic plotters are really large-format laser printers and focus light onto a charged drum using lasers or LEDs. See electrostatic. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.