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Abstract

This study started from the awareness that there has been a lack of research in terms of users who are producing 3D printing products and services that are actually contact points with people, compared to research on 3D printing technology and industry itself. The study has been conducted with the limitation of 3D printing at the individual or small business level rather than at the enterprise level, and it also has been carried out by dividing it into a literature study to improve understanding of 3D printing services and users as the subject of study, and a case study to understand 3D printing products and the present condition of users. As a result of the study, 3D printing service users were making and selling a wide variety of finished products at a high rate as well as parts through the 3D printing technology and were classified according to their expertise, affiliation, and products. This means that 3D printing services need to consider various products and user types in order to spread successfully from a few users, and it can be said that this study is meaningful in that it revealed products and user types that should be considered in order to provide the help that 3D printing services need to produce products with a higher level of maturity throughout the services, beyond the 3D output of simple products.