[zan2434]

doesn't PCB stand for "Printed Circuit Board"? So it's still mostly printed.. The rotor is 3d printed, and the stator is manufactured via PCB techniques. I understand what you mean regarding it not being totally printed though.

[TaylorAlexander]

While “PCB” does mean “Printed Circuit Board”, it’s kind of a misnomer. The word “printed” doesn’t really accurately describe the process used to make PCBs.

[jdietrich]

They're standard printing techniques, just not "squirt something out of a nozzle" printing. With the exception of drilling and through-hole plating, the processes used in PCB manufacture would be entirely familiar to any experienced printer.

[slededit]

Lithography is a printing process. Machines that make single copies without plates or masks is a newer use of the word.

[metaphor]

Depends what type of PCB[1] we're talking about.

[1] https://www.nano-di.com/dragonfly-2020-pro