| Inkjet printing | Extrusion printing | Laser-assisted printing | DLP printing |
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Printing process | Serial (drop by drop) | Serial (line by line) | Serial (dot by dot) | Parallel and continuous (projection based) |
Printing speed | Medium (mm/s) | Slow (10–50 um/s) | Medium (mm/s) | Fast (mm3/s) |
Resolution | 50 um | 5 um | < 500 nm | 1 um |
Cell viability | > 85% | 40–80% | > 85% | 85–95% |
Material choice | Thermo/pH/photo-sensitive | Thermo/photo-sensitive | Photosensitive | Photosensitive |