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They do claim their printers will allow control over electrical properties: > with control over part and material properties beyond those found in other 3D printing processes, from texture, friction, strength, and elasticity, to electrical and thermal properties, and more

So you should be able to say one part of the board you are printing is electrical and one part is not. That said, none of this is selling now, so it is all just a marketing gimmick.




Yes it's just a long-term vision:

"The long-term vision for HP Multi Jet Fusion technology is to create parts with controllably variable — even quite different — mechanical and physical properties within a single part or among separate parts processed simultaneously in the working area..."




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